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Levon II
Levon II was one of the most outstanding monarchs of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia;…
Timeline
- 1198–1210Sis · CiliciaRecognized as king by Pope Innocent III, he consolidated alliances with the Crusader states of Antioch and Jerusalem and carried out church and legal reforms, making the kingdom an important Christian power in the Eastern Mediterranean.
- 1211–1219Cilicia · CiliciaMarried his daughter Philippa to Nicaean emperor Theodore I to counter Turkic and Latin threats, while continuing to organize defenses against Sultanate of Rum attacks, maintaining the kingdom's independent position in the Eastern Mediterranean order of the Crusader era.
Sources
- The Armenian Kingdom and the Mamluks: War and Diplomacy in the Cilician Period — Angus Donal Stewart (2001)
- Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium — Alexander Kazhdan et al. (1991)