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| Name |
Isabella (Zabel) |
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Queen of Armenia |
| Birth |
27 Jan 1216 or 25 Jan 1217 |
| Gender |
Female |
| Acceded |
1219 |
| Queen of Armenia |
- was the queen regnant of Cilician Armenia (1219\endash 1252)
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| Death |
23 Jan 1252 |
Ked  |
| Notes |
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Zabel_of_Armenia
She was proclaimed queen under the regency of Adam of Baghras. But he was assassinated; and Constantine of Baberon (of the Hethumian family) was nominated as guardian. At this juncture, Raymond-Roupen, grandson of Roupen III (the elder brother of Isabella's father, King Leo I) set up a claim to the throne of Cilician Armenia; but he was defeated, captured, and executed.
Constantine of Barbaron was soon convinced to seek an alliance with Prince Bohemond IV of Antioch, and he arranged a marriage between the young princess and Philip, a son of Bohemond IV. Philip, however, offended the Armenians' sensibilities, and even despoiled the royal palace, sending the royal crown to Antioch; therefore, he was confined in a prison in Sis (now Kozan in Turkey), where he died, presumably poisoned.
The unhappy young Isabella was forced to marry Constantine of Barbaron's son, Hethum; although for many years she refused to live with him, but in the end she relented. The apparent unification in marriage of the two principal dynastic forces of Cilicia (i.e., the Roupenids and the Hethumids) ended a century of dynastic and territorial rivalry and brought the Hethumids to the forefront of political dominance in Cilician Armenia.
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| Person ID |
I64129 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
24 Apr 2013 |
| Family 1 |
Philip of Antioch d. 1226 |
| Marriage |
Jun 1222 |
- He married the 10-year old Isabella in June 1222, who had been queen of Armenia from 1219
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| Family ID |
F551618844 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
22 Apr 2013 |
| Family 2 |
Hethum I, King of Armenia d. 1271 |
| Marriage |
14 Jun 1226 |
- Hethum's father Constantine had been regent for the young Queen Zabel of Armenia. Zabel originally married Philip (1222\endash 1225), son of Bohemond IV of Antioch. However, Constantine had Philip disposed of, and instead forced Zabel to marry his own son, Hethum, on June 14, 1226, to make Zabel and Hethum co-rulers.
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| Family ID |
F551618843 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
22 Apr 2013 |
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| Sources |
- [S1728] Wikipedia-The Free Encyclopedia, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
the free encyclopedia).
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