Oshin, King of Armenia
Deceased Person
1283 – 1320
Who was Oshin, King of Armenia?
Oshin was king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from 1307 to 1320. He was a member of the Hetoumid-family, the son of Leo II, King of Armenia and Queen Keran.
Oshin became king on the death of his nephew Leo III and brother Hethum at the hands of the Mongol general Bilarghu. He was supported by the Mongol Ilkhan Oljeitu, who had ordered the execution of Bilarghu for the assassination.
Oshin favored a union of the Armenian and Roman churches, which aroused no little popular discontent. In 1309, he had his wife's uncle Oshin, Marshal of Armenia, executed for the murder of his brother Thoros III.
His sister Isabella of Armenia had married Amalric of Tyre, and when Amalric usurped the government of Cyprus from his brother Henry II of Cyprus, Henry was held in Armenia by Oshin. He was, however, released and returned to Cyprus on the assassination of Amalric in 1310.
Oshin was married three times:
⁕First to his cousin, Isabel of Korikos, by whom he had one son, Leo IV. She died in 1310.
⁕Second to Isabelle of Lusignan, daughter of the King Hugh III of Cyprus and widow of Constantine of Neghir, Lord of Partzerpert. Oshin divorced her before 1316. Isabelle died in 1319.
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- Born
- Jan 10, 1283
- Parents
- Spouses
- Joan of Anjou
(1316/02 - 1320/07/20) - Isabelle of Lusignan
- Isabel of Korikos
- Joan of Anjou
- Children
- Died
- Jul 20, 1320
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on July 23, 2013
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