{"slug": "leo-i-king-of-armenia", "label": "Leo I, King of Armenia", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_I%2C_King_of_Armenia", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q541848", "qid": "Q541848", "description": "first king of Cilician Armenia", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1150, 1226], "span_label": ["1150 CE", "1226 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "armenian-kingdom-of-cilicia", "label": "Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "principality-of-antioch", "label": "Principality of Antioch", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "bohemond-iii-of-antioch", "label": "Bohemond III of Antioch", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "antioch", "label": "Antioch", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "knights-hospitaller", "label": "Knights Hospitaller", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "knights-templar", "label": "Knights Templar", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-jerusalem", "label": "Kingdom of Jerusalem", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "holy-land", "label": "Holy Land", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "guy-of-lusignan", "label": "Guy of Lusignan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "conrad-of-montferrat", "label": "Conrad of Montferrat", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1150, "year_label": "1150 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Leo I (or Levon), king of Armenian Cilicia (d. 1219)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362164290#Births", "title": "1150", "revid": 1362164290, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1191, "year_label": "1191 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 8", "text": "May 8 – Richard I and his main fleet arrive in the Byzantine port of Limassol on Cyprus. He orders Isaac Komnenos to release the prisoners and his treasure. Isaac refuses, Richard embarks his forces, and takes Limassol. The Byzantine population and also the Latin merchants in their dislike of Isaac, show themselves friendly to the English invaders. Various leading Crusaders of the Holy Land arrive in Limassol, on May 11. Among them are King Guy of Lusignan of Jerusalem, Bohemond III of Antioch, Humphrey IV of Toron, and Leo I of Armenia. They declare their support for Richard in return that he supports them against their rival, Conrad of Montferrat.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362170549#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1191", "revid": 1362170549, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1194, "year_label": "1194 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October", "text": "October – Leo I (\"Lord of the Mountains\"), ruler of Armenian Cilicia, invites Bohemond III of Antioch to Bagras, ostensibly to resolve their differences. Upon Bohemond's arrival, Leon captures him and his family, and takes them to the capital of Sis.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1292975381#Levant", "title": "1194", "revid": 1292975381, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}, {"year": 1216, "year_label": "1216 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 14", "text": "February 14 – Leo I, King of Armenia (\"the Magnificent\"), with support of the Knights Hospitaller, reconquers the Principality of Antioch. Armenian troops enter Antioch while Prince Bohemond IV of Antioch (\"the One-Eyed\") is absent. The Knights Templar, supporting Bohemond, abandon the citadel, and Raymond-Roupen is installed as Prince of Antioch by the Latin Patriarch, Peter II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371079230#Levant", "title": "1216", "revid": 1371079230, "section": "Events › By continent › Levant"}}, {"year": 1219, "year_label": "1219 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 2", "text": "May 2 – King Leo II (or Levon) of Armenian Cilicia dies, leaving only two daughters. The elder, Stephanie, is the wife of John I; the younger, Isabella, daughter of Princess Sibylla of Cyprus and Jerusalem, is three years old. Leo has promised the succession to his nephew, Raymond-Roupen of Antioch, but on his death-bed he names Isabella as his heir.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1345005371#Asia", "title": "1219", "revid": 1345005371, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1219, "year_label": "1219 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 2", "text": "May 2 – Leo II (or Levon), king of Armenian Cilicia (b. 1150)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1345005371#Deaths", "title": "1219", "revid": 1345005371, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1226, "year_label": "1226 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 14", "text": "May 14 – At the age of 11, Queen Isabella (Zabel), daughter of the dead King Leo, is formally crowned as the Queen of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, in a ceremony at the Armenian capital, Sis.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372695704#April_–_June", "title": "1226", "revid": 1372695704, "section": "Events › April – June"}}]}