The Hethumids ( hy, Հեթումյաններ Hethumian) (also spelled Hetoumids or Het'umids), also known as the House of Lampron (after
Lampron castle), were an
Armenian dynasty and the rulers 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 1226 to 1341. Hethum I, the first of the Hethumids, came to power when he married
Queen Isabella of Armenia
Isabella ( hy, Զապել; 27 January 1216/ 25 January 1217 – 23 January 1252), also Isabel or Zabel, was queen regnant of Armenian Cilicia from 1219 until her death in 1252.
She was proclaimed queen under the regency of Adam of Baghras. Aft ...
who had inherited the throne from her father.
Hethumid Kings of Armenia
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Hethum (or Hetoum) I (1226–1270)
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Leo II (1270–1289) – son of Hethum I
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Hethum II (1289–1293) – son of Leo II
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Thoros III
Thoros III or Toros III ( hy, Թորոս Երրորդ, same as Theodore; c. 1271 – 23 July 1298) was king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from 1293 to 1298. He was the son of Leo II of Armenia and Kyranna de Lampron, and was part of ...
(1293–1298) – son of Leo II
* Hethum II (1294–1297: second reign)
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Smbat (1297–1299) – son of Leo II
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Constantine I (III) (1299) – son of Leo II
* Hethum II (1299–1301: third reign), regent 1301–1307
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Leo III (1301–1307) – son of Thoros III
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Oshin (1307–1320) – son of Leo II
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Leo IV (1320–1341) – son of Oshin
:''Armenia passed then to the
Lusignans.
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{{Royal houses of Armenia