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Encyclopedia > Stephen of Armenia

Stephen of Armenia (died February 7, 1165) was the Marshal of Armenia, the son of Leo I of Armenia and Beatrice de Rethel. February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events November 23 - Pope Alexander III enters Rome. ... Leo I of Armenia (died February 14, 1140) was Lord of the Mountains 1129–1140. ...


His father made him Marshal in 1138, due to the invasion of John II Comnenus, and escaped capture by sheltering in Edessa. In 1157, he began raiding Byzantine territories around Marash against his half-brother Thoros' will, although he failed to capture Marash itself. The Byzantine governor of Tarsus, Andronicus Euphorbenus, invited him to a banquet and murdered him on February 7, 1165. Thoros revenged his death with a massacre of Greeks within his territories, which would have led to war had not Amalric I of Jerusalem intervened to bring about a peace. For other uses, see number 1138. ... Mosaic of John II John II Comnenus (September 13, 1087 - April 8, 1143) was Byzantine emperor from 1118 to 1143. ... The County of Edessa was one of the Crusader states in the 12th century, based around a city with an ancient history and an early tradition of Christianity (see Edessa). ... Events Births 8 September - Richard I of England Deaths August 21 - Alfonso VII, king of Castile (b. ... The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ... Thoros II of Armenia (died 1169) was prince of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from 1144 to 1169. ... In tetrapods, the tarsi are the cluster of bones in the foot between the tibia and fibula and the metatarsus. ... February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events November 23 - Pope Alexander III enters Rome. ... Amalric I (also Amaury or Aimery) (1136 – July 11, 1174) was King of Jerusalem 1162–1174, and Count of Jaffa and Ascalon before his accession. ...


He had at least three children by his wife Rita of Barbaron: Ruben III, Leo II and Dolete, who married Bertrand Embriaco. Ruben III of Armenia (died 1186) was prince of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from 1174 to 1186. ... Leo II of Armenia, (Armenian: Levon II) known as The Magnificent (1150 – May 5, 1219) was king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from 1187–1219. ...


External Links

  • Smbat Sparapet's Chronicle
  • The Barony of Cilician Armenia (Kurkjian's History of Armenia, Ch. 27)

External links

  • Armenica.org: Complete history of Armenia, covering 800 B.C. to 2004. (English, Swedish)

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Stephen of Armenia (died February 7, 1165) was the Marshal of Armenia, the son of Leo I of Armenia and Beatrice de Rethel.
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