Thoros III or Toros III ( hy, Թորոս Երրորդ, same as Theodore; c. 1271 – 23 July 1298) was king 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, ...
, ruling from 1293 to 1298. He was the son of
Leo II of Armenia Leo II of Armenia may refer to:
* Leo II, Prince of Armenia
* Leo II, King of Armenia
Leo II or Leon II (occasionally numbered Leo III; , ''Levon II''; c. 1236 – 1289) was king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from 1269''Cambridg ...
and
Kyranna de Lampron, and was part of the
Hethumid dynasty. In 1293 his brother
Hethum II abdicated in his favour; however, Thoros recalled Hethum to the throne in 1295. The two brought their sister
Rita of Armenia to
Constantinople to marry
Michael IX Palaiologos in 1296, but were imprisoned upon their return in
Bardzrberd by their brother
Sempad, who had usurped the throne in their absence. Thoros was murdered, strangled to death on July 23, 1298, in Bardzrberd by Oshin, Marshal of Armenia, on Sempad's orders.
Family
Thoros was married twice; his first marriage, to
Margaret of Lusignan (ca 1276–1296, Armenia) (the daughter of King
Hugh III of Cyprus), took place on January 9, 1288. His only son, by his first marriage, was
Leo III of Armenia, who became heir to his uncle Hethum II. Leo ruled from 1303 to 1307, but was murdered along with his uncle by a Mongol.
References
Sources
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*''Cambridge Medieval History'', Volume IV, p. 634
{{Armenian kings
13th-century births
1298 deaths
13th-century murdered monarchs
Kings of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
Deaths by strangulation
Hethumid dynasty