Oshin of Korikos (or Corycos) (died 1329) served as regent of the
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (Middle Armenian: , '), also known as Cilician Armenia ( hy, Կիլիկեան Հայաստան, '), Lesser Armenia, Little Armenia or New Armenia, and formerly known as the Armenian Principality of Cilicia ( hy, ...
from 1320 to 1329. He was the son of the historian
Hayton of Korikos
Hayton of Corycus (also ''Hethum, Het'um'', and variants; in Armenian known as "Hethum the Historian" ; c. 1240 – c. 1310/1320) was a medieval Armenian nobleman, monk and historiographer.
Hayton is the author of ("Flower of the Histories of ...
.
["Le Royaume Armenien de Cilicie", ]Claude Mutafian
Armen (Claude) Z. Moutafian (born 21 July 1942) is a French mathematician and a historian who specializes in Armenian history. Foreign Member of Armenian Academy of Sciences. He is the son of Zareh Mutafian.
Biography
Born in 1942 in Clamart, ...
, p.80 He became regent for
Leo IV on the death of
King Oshin in 1320, whom he was rumoured to have poisoned. Oshin was also probably responsible for the deaths of King Oshin's sister
Princess Isabella of Armenia
Isabella of Armenia ( hy, Զապել; 1275–1280 – murdered in Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, Armenia before 9 April 1323) was the daughter of Leo II, King of Armenia, Leo II of Armenia.
Early life and family
Isabella was the fourth daughte ...
and two of her sons, in order to remove rival claimants.
Oshin married twice:
*First,
Margaret d'Ibelin
Margaret is a female first name, derived via French () and Latin () from grc, μαργαρίτης () meaning "pearl". The Greek is borrowed from Persian.
Margaret has been an English name since the 11th century, and remained popular througho ...
, who bore him one daughter,
Alice, who married King
Leo IV of Armenia
Leo IV or Leon IV ( hy, Լեւոն Դ, ''Levon IV'') (also numbered Leo V; ) (1309 – August 28, 1341) was the last Hethumid king of Cilicia, ruling from 1320 until his death. He was the son of Oshin of Armenia and Isabel of Korikos, and came to ...
.
*Second, King Oshin's widow,
Jeanne of Anjou
Joan of Taranto (died March 1323) was Queen of Armenia by marriage to Oshin, King of Armenia. As daughter of Philip I, Prince of Taranto, she was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou.
Life
Joan was daughter of Philip I, Prince of Taranto, an ...
. Oshin of Korikos and Jeanne had a daughter,
Marie
Marie may refer to:
People Name
* Marie (given name)
* Marie (Japanese given name)
* Marie (murder victim), girl who was killed in Florida after being pushed in front of a moving vehicle in 1973
* Marie (died 1759), an enslaved Cree person in Tr ...
, who consecutively married two Armenian Kings of Cilicia,
Constantine V
Constantine V ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντῖνος, Kōnstantīnos; la, Constantinus; July 718 – 14 September 775), was Byzantine emperor from 741 to 775. His reign saw a consolidation of Byzantine security from external threats. As an able ...
and
Constantine VI
Constantine VI ( gr, Κωνσταντῖνος, ''Kōnstantinos''; 14 January 771 – before 805Cutler & Hollingsworth (1991), pp. 501–502) was Byzantine emperor from 780 to 797. The only child of Emperor Leo IV, Constantine was named co-emp ...
.
Oshin and his daughter Alice (Leo's wife) were assassinated in 1329 at the behest of Leo IV.
Notes
References
*"Le Royaume Armenien de Cilicie", Claude Mutafian, Editions CNRS, Paris,
People of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
Regents
1329 deaths
Year of birth unknown
14th-century Armenian people
Hethumid dynasty
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