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Constantine II (also Constantine IV; , Western Armenian transliteration
Transliteration

Transliteration is the practice of transcribing a word or text written in one writing system into another writing system or system of rules for such practice....
: Gosdantin or Kostantine; died 17 April 1344), born Guy de Lusignan, was elected the first Latin King of Armenian Cilicia
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia

The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia was a state formed in the Middle Ages by Armenian refugees fleeing the Seljuk Turks invasion of Armenia. It was located on the Gulf of Iskenderun of the Mediterranean Sea in what is today southern Turkey....
 of the Lusignan
Lusignan

The Lusignan family originated in the Poitou near Lusignan in western France in the early 10th century. By the end of the 11th century, they had risen to become the most prominent petty lords in the region from their Ch?teau de Lusignan....
 dynasty, ruling from 1342 until his death in 1344.

He was a son of Isabella
Princess Isabella of Armenia

Princess Isabella, Isabelle or Zabel of Armenia was the daughter of Leo II of Armenia.She was married at Nicosia in 1292/1293 to Amalric, Prince of Tyre, by whom she had six children:...
, daughter of Leo II of Armenia
Leo II of Armenia

Leo I or Leon I , called the Magnificent, was the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, as Leo II, from 1187 and first Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1199 until his death....
, and Amalric, a son of Hugh III of Cyprus
Hugh III of Cyprus

Hugh III of Cyprus , born Hughues de Poitiers, later Hughues de Lusignan , called the Great, was the King of Cyprus from 1267 and kingdom of Jerusalem from 1268 ....
, and was made Governor
Governor

A governor is a governing official, usually the Executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state. In federations, a governor may be the title of each appointed or elected politician who governs a constitutive state....
 of Serres
Serres

Serres is a city in Greece, seat of the Serres prefecture.Serres may also refer to:Places:* Serres, Germany, a part of Wiernsheim in Baden-W?rttemberg...
 in 1328 and until 1341. When his cousin Leo IV, the last Hethumid monarch of Cilicia, was murdered by the barons, the crown was offered to his younger brother John
John of Lusignan

John of Lusignan or Jean de Lusignan , Kingdom of Cyprus and Titular Prince of Antioch. He was son of King Hugh IV of Cyprus and his second wife, Alix d'Ibelin....
, who urged Guy to accept it.






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Constantine II (also Constantine IV; , Western Armenian transliteration
Transliteration

Transliteration is the practice of transcribing a word or text written in one writing system into another writing system or system of rules for such practice....
: Gosdantin or Kostantine; died 17 April 1344), born Guy de Lusignan, was elected the first Latin King of Armenian Cilicia
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia

The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia was a state formed in the Middle Ages by Armenian refugees fleeing the Seljuk Turks invasion of Armenia. It was located on the Gulf of Iskenderun of the Mediterranean Sea in what is today southern Turkey....
 of the Lusignan
Lusignan

The Lusignan family originated in the Poitou near Lusignan in western France in the early 10th century. By the end of the 11th century, they had risen to become the most prominent petty lords in the region from their Ch?teau de Lusignan....
 dynasty, ruling from 1342 until his death in 1344.

He was a son of Isabella
Princess Isabella of Armenia

Princess Isabella, Isabelle or Zabel of Armenia was the daughter of Leo II of Armenia.She was married at Nicosia in 1292/1293 to Amalric, Prince of Tyre, by whom she had six children:...
, daughter of Leo II of Armenia
Leo II of Armenia

Leo I or Leon I , called the Magnificent, was the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, as Leo II, from 1187 and first Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1199 until his death....
, and Amalric, a son of Hugh III of Cyprus
Hugh III of Cyprus

Hugh III of Cyprus , born Hughues de Poitiers, later Hughues de Lusignan , called the Great, was the King of Cyprus from 1267 and kingdom of Jerusalem from 1268 ....
, and was made Governor
Governor

A governor is a governing official, usually the Executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state. In federations, a governor may be the title of each appointed or elected politician who governs a constitutive state....
 of Serres
Serres

Serres is a city in Greece, seat of the Serres prefecture.Serres may also refer to:Places:* Serres, Germany, a part of Wiernsheim in Baden-W?rttemberg...
 in 1328 and until 1341. When his cousin Leo IV, the last Hethumid monarch of Cilicia, was murdered by the barons, the crown was offered to his younger brother John
John of Lusignan

John of Lusignan or Jean de Lusignan , Kingdom of Cyprus and Titular Prince of Antioch. He was son of King Hugh IV of Cyprus and his second wife, Alix d'Ibelin....
, who urged Guy to accept it. Guy was reluctant — his mother and two of his brothers had been murdered by the Armenian regent Oshin of Corycos — but he eventually accepted and took the name Constantine.

Guy was killed or murdered in an uprising in Armenia
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia

The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia was a state formed in the Middle Ages by Armenian refugees fleeing the Seljuk Turks invasion of Armenia. It was located on the Gulf of Iskenderun of the Mediterranean Sea in what is today southern Turkey....
 on April 17, 1344 and was succeeded by a distant cousin, Constantine V
Constantine V of Armenia

Constantine III was the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1344 to 1362. He was the son of Baldwin, Marshal of Armenia, a nephew of Hethum I of Armenia, and a distant cousin of Constantine IV of Armenia....
. He had married twice, firstly in Constantinople
Constantinople

Constantinople was the empire capital of the Roman Empire , the Byzantine Empire , the Latin Empire , and the Ottoman Empire . Strategically located between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara at the point where Europe meets Asia, Byzantine Constantinople had been the capital of a Christendom empire, successor to ancient ancient Greece...
 ca 1318 or 1318 to Kantakuzene (died ca 1330), without issue, and secondly in 1330-1332, and left two children by his second wife, Theodora Syrgiannaina (died 1347/1349), daughter of Syrgiannes Palaiologos Philanthropenos, the Pinkernes ("Cupbearer") (died 1334) and wife. One of them, Isabella (or Zampea=Maria) de Lusignan (ca or after 1333 – in Cyprus
Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is an island country situated in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece, west of Lebanon, Syria, and Israel, south of Turkey and north of Egypt....
, 1382-1387), Lady of Aradippou
Aradippou

Aradippou is a municipality in Cyprus located on the outskirts of the city of Larnaca. It was established in 1986 following a referendum of local residents....
, married after February 26, 1349 Manuel Kantakouzenos
Manuel Kantakouzenos

Manuel Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzenus , . despotes in the Despotate of Morea or the Peloponnese from October 25, 1349 to his death and a contender to the Principality of Achaia....
 (ca 1326 – April 10, 1380), Despot of Morea.