Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia facts for kids
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Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
Կիլիկիոյ Հայոց Թագաւորութիւն
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| 1198–1375 | |||||||||||||
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| Capital | Tarsus (first capital), Sis | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | Armenian (native language), Latin, Old French | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Armenian Apostolic Church | ||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||||
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• Leo I of Armenia [I] becomes the first King of Armenian Cilicia.
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January 6 1198 | ||||||||||||
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• tributary to the Mongols
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1236 | ||||||||||||
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• Sis is conquered by the Mamluks, putting an end to the kingdom.
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1375 | ||||||||||||
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Although the kingdom was established on 1198, its foundations were laid in 1080 by Ruben I when the Rubenid principality of Cilicia was founded.
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The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia was a state formed in the Middle Ages by Armenian refugees fleeing the Seljuk invasion of Armenia. It was near the Mediterranean Sea in what is today southern Turkey. The country was independent from around 1078 to 1375.
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Crusades
The Armenians were the most important of the Crusaders' allies, from the local troops recruited in the Crusader States. Many Armenian mercenaries became available in the early 12th century.
Thoros II was a powerful Armenian prince who offered the transfer of 30,000 Armenian warriors with their families to the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The king and barons were interested.
King Thoros of Armenia proposed that King Amalric of Jerusalem evict the Saracen peasants of his realm and replace them with 30,000 trustworthy Armenian warriors, who would come with their families to populate and defend the country.
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Images for kids
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Situation in the Armenian highlands during the Seljuk Empire.
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The Barony of Cilician Armenia, 1080–1199
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Baldwin of Boulogne receiving the homage of the Armenians in Edessa.
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Little Armenia and its surrounding states in 1200.
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Fortress of Korikos in Cilician Armenia built c. the thirteenth century.
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A young Cilician Armenian knight.
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Little Armenia, a Christian exclave in Anatolia, and its surrounding states in 1300.
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Ghazan ordering the King Of Armenia Het'um II to accompany Kutlushah on the 1303 attack on Damascus.
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Constantin III of Armenia on his throne with the Hospitallers. "Les chevaliers de Saint-Jean-de-Jerusalem rétablissant la religion en Arménie", 1844 painting by Henri Delaborde.
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Cilicia, particularly Kozan sanjak of Adana Vilayet, retained a substantial Armenian population until the Armenian genocide.
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An illuminated manuscript of John the Apostle by Toros Roslin completed in 1268.
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Coin of the Cilician Armenian kingdom, ca. 1080–1375.
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The St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Cathedral at the Holy See of Cilicia in Antelias, Lebanon.
See also
In Spanish: Reino armenio de Cilicia para niños
