List of monarchs of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
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This is a list of the Lords, Kings and Queens of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, an Armenian state in the region of Cilicia in what is today southeast Turkey. The Kingdom is also known as Armenia Minor.
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- Ruben (or Rupen) I, Lord of the Mountains (1080-1095)
- Constantine I (1095 - 1102)
- Thoros I (1102 - 1129)
- Constantine II (1129)
- Prince Leo I (1129 - 1140)
- Thoros II (1140 - 1169)
- Ruben (or Rupen) II (1169 - 1170)
- Mleh (1170-1175)
- Ruben (or Rupen) III (1175-1187)
- Leo I (formerly Prince Leo II) (1187 - 1198) In 1198 Prince Leo II was elevated to the dignity of King of Armenia by Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, and became King Leo I
- Hethum (or Hetoum) I (1226-1270) (Husband of Isabella)
- Queen Keran of Armenia (1270-1285)
- Leo II (1270-1289)
- Hethum (or Hetoum) II (1289-1293)
- Thoros III (1293-1298)
- Hethum II (1294-1297)
- Sempad (or Sambat) (1297-1299)
- Constantine III (1299)
- Hethum II (1299-1307)
- Leo III (1301-1307) (joint ruler)
- Oshin (1307-1320)
- Oshin of Korikos, Regent of Armenia (1320-1329)
- Leo IV (1320-1341)
- The Lusignans lost all that was territorial remaining of the kingdom in 1375. Thereafter, all kings are merely claimants.
- Constantine IV (1342-1344)
- Constantine V (1344-1362)
- Constantine VI (1362-1373)
- Leo V (1374-1393)
- Ashot of Armenia, rival
- James I, King of Cyprus and Armenia (1396-1398), claimant
- Janus, King of Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia (1398-1432), claimant
- John II, King of Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia (1432-1458), claimant
- Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia (1458-1464), claimant
- Title passed to House of Savoy.
- Boase, T. S. R. (1978). The Cilician Kingdom of Armenia. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press. ISBN 0-7073-0145-9.