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unusual facts about Leo I, King of Armenia



Abas I of Armenia

title= King of Armenia
(Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia

Ashot IV

title= King of Armenia
(Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia)

Bohemond II of Antioch

Leo I, Prince of Armenia allied with the Danishmend Emir Gazi Gümüshtigin against him, and Bohemond's army was lured into an ambush in February 1130 near Mamistra.

Château de Lusignan

The Château de Lusignan (in Lusignan, Vienne département, France) was the seat of the Lusignan family, Poitevin Marcher Lords, who distinguished themselves in the First Crusade and held the crowns of two Crusader kingdoms, the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Kingdom of Cyprus, and even claimed the title King of Armenia.

Gregoria

Cyril Mango in Deux études sur Byzance et la Perse Sassanide (1985) speculated they were descendants of Heraclius of Edessa, a general under Leo I and Zeno.

Gregory V of Cilicia

They brought these claims to Prince Levon I of Armenia many times until he relented and had Gregory imprisoned in his palace at Hromgla.

Smbat I of Armenia

title= King of Armenia
(Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia|


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