Constantine II, King of Armenia facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Constantine II
King of Armenia
Reign	1342–1344
Predecessor	Leo IV
Successor	Constantine III
Born	Guy de Lusignan
Died	April 17, 1344
Spouse	Kantakouzene (d. c. 1330) Theodora Syrgiannaina (d. 1347/1349)
Issue	Isabella (or Zampea or Maria)
House	Poitiers-Lusignan
Father	Amalric, Lord of Tyre
Mother	Isabella of Armenia

Constantine's arms, a combination of those of Lusignan, Jerusalem, and Cilicia.

Constantine II (Armenian: Կոստանդին Բ), (also Constantine IV; Western Armenian transliteration: Gosdantin or Kostantine; died 17 April 1344), born Guy de Lusignan, was elected the first Latin King of Armenian Cilicia of the Poitiers-Lusignan dynasty, ruling from 1342 until his death in 1344.

Life

Guy de Lusignan was the son of Isabella, daughter of Leo II of Armenia, and Amalric, a son of Hugh III of Cyprus, and was governor of Serres from 1328 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, 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 in an uprising in Armenia on April 17, 1344 and was succeeded by a distant cousin, Constantine III.

Marriages and issue

Guy married twice, firstly to a Kantakouzene (died c. 1330), without issue, and secondly in 1330–1332, Theodora Syrgiannaina (died 1347/1349), with whom he fathered:

• Isabella of Lusignan (c. or after 1333 – in Cyprus, 1382–1387), Lady of Aradippou, married after February 26, 1349 Manuel Kantakouzenos (c. 1326 – April 10, 1380), Despot of Morea.

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