Constantine IV (also Constantine VI; ,

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: ''Gosdantin'' or ''Kostantine''; died 1373) was the King of Armenian Cilicia from 1362 until his death. He was the son of Hethum of Neghir, a nephew of Hethum I of Armenia. Constantine came to the throne on the death of his cousin Constantine III, whose widow, Maria, daughter of Oshin of Corycos, he married. Constantine formed an alliance with

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, offering him the port and castle of Corycus. On Peter's death in 1369, Constantine looked for a treaty with the

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. 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, one of the Poitiers-Lusignan dynasty, who would become the last king of Cilician Armenia.

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* {{Armenian kings Year of birth missing 1373 deaths House of Lusignan Kings of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia Hethumid dynasty 14th-century rulers of Armenian Cilicia