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Constantine IV (also Constantine VI; hy, Կոստանդին, Western Armenian transliteration: ''Gosdantin'' or ''Kostantine''; died 1373) was the King of Armenian Cilicia from 1362 until his death. He was the son of 
Hethum of Neghir Hayton may refer to:
Armenian name
Հեթում (also Het'um, Haithon, Hethoum, Hetum), an Armenian given name
* King Hethum I, King of Armenia (d. 1271)
* King Hethum II, King of Armenia (1266–1307)
*Hayton of Corycus (c. 1235 – c. 1310) ...
, a nephew of Hethum I of Armenia. Constantine came to the throne on the death of his cousin Constantine III Constantine III may refer to:
* Constantine III (Western Roman Emperor), self-proclaimed western Roman Emperor 407–411
* Heraclius Constantine, Byzantine Emperor in 641
* Constans II, Byzantine emperor 641–668, sometimes referred to under this ...
, whose widow, Maria, daughter of Oshin of Corycos, he married.
Constantine formed an alliance with Peter I of Cyprus, offering him the port and castle of Corycus
Corycus ( el, Κώρυκος; also transliterated Corycos or Korykos; hy, Կոռիկոս, translit=Koṙikos; tr, Kız Kalesi, lit. "maiden castle") was an ancient city in Cilicia Trachaea, Anatolia, located at the mouth of the valley called ...
. On Peter's death in 1369, Constantine looked for a treaty with the Sultan of Egypt
Sultan of Egypt was the status held by the rulers of Egypt after the establishment of the Ayyubid dynasty of Saladin in 1174 until the Ottoman conquest of Egypt in 1517. Though the extent of the Egyptian Sultanate ebbed and flowed, it generally i ...
. The barons were unhappy with this policy, fearing annexation by the sultan, and in 1373 Constantine was murdered. Upon his death he was succeeded by his distant cousin Leo V Leo V or Leon V may refer to:
* Leo V the Armenian (813–820), Byzantine emperor
* Pope Leo V, pope in 903
* Leo V, King of Armenia (1342–1393), of the House of Lusignan; last Latin king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
* Leo V (dwarf galaxy) ...
, one of the Poitiers-Lusignan dynasty, who would become the last king of Cilician Armenia.
References
* {{Armenian kings Year of birth missing 1373 deaths House of Lusignan Kings of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia Hethumid dynasty