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
Peter I of Cyprus
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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
Sultan of Egypt
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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