Rubenids
| Rubenids Ռուբինեաններ Rubenians, Roupenians, Rupenids, Roupenids | |
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| Parent house | Bagratuni Dynasty |
| Country |  Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia |
| Founded | 1080 |
| Founder | Ruben I |
| Final ruler | Isabella I |
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| Dissolution | 1252 (main line) 1342 (Hethumid-Rubenids) 1393 (Lusignan-Hethumid-Rubenids) |
| Deposition | 1375 (Lusignan-Hethumid-Rubenids) |
| Cadet branches | Hethumids |
The Rubenids (Armenian: Ռուբինեաններ) or Roupenids were an Armenian[1] dynasty who dominated parts of Cilicia, and who established the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. The dynasty takes its name from its founder, the Armenian prince Ruben I.[2] The Rubenids were princes, later kings, of Cilicia from around 1080 until they were surpassed by the Hethumids in the mid-thirteenth century.
The new Armenian state established very close relations with European countries and played a very important role during the Crusades, providing the Christian armies a haven and provisions on their way towards Jerusalem. Intermarriage with European crusading families was common, and European religious, political, and cultural influence was strong.
Rubenid Princes of Armenia[]
- Roupen I (1080/1081/1082 – 1095)
- Constantine I (1095 – 1100/1102/1103)
- Thoros I (1100/1102/1103 – 1129/1130)
- Constantine II (1129/1130)
- Leo I (1129/1130 – 1137)
- Thoros II (1144/1145 – 1169)
- Roupen II (1169–1170)
- Mleh (1170–1175)
- Roupen III (1175–1187)
- Leo II (1187 – 1198/1199)
Rubenid Kings of Armenia[]
References[]
- ^ "Little Armenia | medieval kingdom, Asia | Britannica".
Little Armenia, also called Lesser Armenia, or Armenia Minor, kingdom established in Cilicia, on the southeast coast of Anatolia, by the Armenian Rubenid dynasty in the 12th century.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Baumstark 2011, p. 103.
- Baumstark, Anton (2011). On the Historical Development of the Liturgy. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press. ISBN 9780814660966.
- Boase, T. S. R. (1978). The Cilician Kingdom of Armenia. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press. ISBN 0-7073-0145-9.
- Edwards, Robert W. (1987). The Fortifications of Armenian Cilicia: Dumbarton Oaks Studies XXIII. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University. ISBN 0-88402-163-7.
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