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Leo, like his predecessors, continued to push the Armenian borders outward, expanding onto the Mediterranean littoral. He captured Korikos during the 1130s, and in 1132 he seized Tarsus, Adana, and Mamistra. This brought him into conflict with the Crusaders, particularly in 1135 when he seized Saravantikar, against the opposition of the Antiochenes. Raymond of Antioch coveted Saravantikar, and in 1136 he seized Leo by treachery and held him for a ransom: 60,000 gold pieces, the promise of help against John II Comnenus, and the surrender of Saravantikar, Mamistra, and Adana. In the ensuing chaos, there was infighting among Leo's sons, and Constantine was blinded by his brothers. Leo agreed to the terms, but quickly returned to the offensive. He recaptured those cities and attacked the Principality of Antioch and its allies from the Kingdom of Jerusalem, but Joscelin II of Edessa mediated a peace and alliance against the Emperor in 1137. Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century Decades: 1080s 1090s 1100s 1110s 1120s - 1130s - 1140s 1150s 1160s 1170s 1180s Years: 1130 1131 1132 1133 1134 1135 1136 1137 1138 1139 Events and Trends Romanesque church at Vezelay - carving completed 1130 Innocent II is elected pope 1139 Alphonso I becomes first... Events Diarmaid Mac Murrough has the abbey of Kildare in Ireland burned and the abbess raped. ... In tetrapods, the tarsi are the cluster of bones in the foot between the tibia and fibula and the metatarsus. ... Adana is the fourth largest city in Turkey and the capital of the Adana Province. ... Mopsuestia is an ancient city of Cilicia. ... This article is about historical Crusades . ... Events January - Byland Abbey founded Stephen of Blois succeeds King Henry I. Empress Maud, daughter of Henry I and widow of Henry V opposed Stephen and claims the throne as her own Owain Gwynedd of Wales defeats the Normans at Crug Mawr. ... The city of Antioch-on-the-Orontes (modern Antakya; Greek Αντιόχεια) is located in what is now Turkey. ... Raymond of Poitiers (1099-June 27, 1149) was prince of Antioch between 1136 to 1149. ... Events Completion of the Saint Denis Basilica in Paris Peter Abelard writes the Historia Calamitatum, detailing his relationship with Heloise Births William of Newburgh, British historian and author of the Historia rerum Anglicarum Deaths November 15 - Leopold III of Austria, Patron saint of Austria Categories: 1136 ... Mosaic of John II John II Comnenus (September 13, 1087 - April 8, 1143) was Byzantine emperor from 1118 to 1143. ... The Principality of Antioch, including parts of modern-day Turkey and Syria, was one of the crusader states created during the First Crusade. ... Official language Latin, French, Italian, and other western languages; Greek and Arabic also widely spoken Capital Jerusalem, later Acre Constitution Various laws, so-called Assizes of Jerusalem The Kingdom of Jerusalem was a short-lived country established in the 12th century by the First Crusade. ... Joscelin II of Edessa (died 1159) was the fourth and last ruling count of Edessa. ... Events Louis VII is crowned King of France. ...

The invasion of John II Comnenus in that year resulted in the fall of Seleucia, Korikos, Tarsus, Mamistra, Adana, Til Hamdoun, and Anazarbe. Leo retreated into the Taurus Mountains with his second wife and their children, but Gaban and Vahka fell in 1138, and he was captured. (His sons by his first marriage had taken refuge in Edessa.) His wife and children were taken off with him to Constantinople, where he died in 1140. However, the Armenians were still active in resistance, and retook Vahka in 1139. On his death he was succeeded by his son Stephen I. The name Seleucia may denote any one of several cities in the Seleucid Empire. ... Anazarbus (med. ... The Taurus Mountains or simply the Taurus, (Turkish Toros, also known as Ala-Dagh or Bulghar-Dagh) are a mountain range, forming the rugged southeastern rim of the Anatolian plateau, from which the Euphrates River descends into Syria. ... For other uses, see number 1138. ... The County of Edessa was one of the Crusader states in the 12th century, in a city with an ancient history and an early tradition of Christianity (see Edessa). ... Events Henry Jasomirgott was made count palatine of the Rhine. ... Events Alphonso I (Afonso Henriques) becomes first king of Portugal Second Council of the Lateran Births Emperor Konoe of Japan Deaths Henry the Proud, Duke of Bavaria and Saxony Categories: 1139 ... Stephen I of Armenia (died 1145) was prince of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from 1140 to 1145. ...

He had four children by his first wife Beatrice de Rethel:

1. a daughter, married Vasil Dgha
2. Constantine (bef. 1109 – bef. 1144, Edessa)
3. Stephen (bef. 1110–1165)
4. Mleh (bef. 1120–1175)

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1. a daughter, mother of the Regent Thomas (tenure 1168–1169)
2. a daughter, married John Tzelepes Comnenus
3. Thoros II
4. Roupen (aft. 1120–1141, Constantinople), murdered in captivity
5. a daughter, mother of Fulk of Bullion, Lord of Bagras

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References

• T.S.R. Boase, editor. The Cilician Kingdom of Armenia. Scottish Academic Press, 1978.

External links

• Armenica.org: Complete history of Armenia, covering 800 B.C. to 2004. (English, Swedish)
• Smbat Sparapet's Chronicle
• The Barony of Cilician Armenia (Kurkjian's History of Armenia, Ch. 27)