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Leo III of Armenia

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from the south. The throne of Armenia had changed hands multiple times during Leo's brief lifetime, being held variously by his uncle Hethum II in 1295, passed peacefully to his father
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The Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia during the Crusades: The Integration of Cilician Armenians with the Latins (1080–1393)
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Stewart, Angus (2005), "The Assassination of King Het'um II: The Conversion of The Ilkhans and the Armenians",
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in 1299. Thoros III having been killed in 1298, Hethum then passed the crown to Thoros's son, Leo, in 1303.
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at the time was in a volatile situation, maintaining a fragile relationship as a vassal state of the
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In 1303, while still a minor, he was crowned King of Armenia upon the retirement of his uncle
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He was married to his cousin Agnes (Marie) de Lusignan (died 1309), daughter of Princess
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On November 17, 1307, Leo and Hethum were murdered with their retinue at a
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For another Armenian monarch occasionally referred to as Leo III, see
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as Leo had no heirs when he was killed since he was too young.
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In 1305, Hethum and Leo led the Armenian army to defeat a
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Index

Leo III, King of Armenia
Leo II, King of Armenia

Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
Hethum II
Oshin
Hethum II
Anazarbus
Thoros III
Margaret of Lusignan
Armenian
romanized
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
Hethum II
House of Lampron
Thoros III of Armenia
Margaret of Lusignan
Hugh III of Cyprus
Hethum II
Cilician Armenia
Mongol Empire
Mamluks
Thoros III
Sempad
Constantine III of Armenia
Hethum II
Mamluk
Bagras
banquet
Bilarghu

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