Isabelle von Armenien^[1]

1213 - 1252  (39 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Isabelle von Armenien
  Birth	1212-1213
  Gender	Female
  Death	23 Jan 1252	Ked
  Burial	Trazarg
  monastery
  Siblings	1 Sibling
  + 1. Stephanie von Armenien   d. Abt 1219-1220 ▻ Roy Jean de Brienne,  m. Bef May 1214 + 2. Isabelle von Armenien,   b. 1212-1213   d. 23 Jan 1252, Ked  (Age 39 years) ▻ Philip d' Antiochia,  m. 25 Jan 1221 ;   Héthoum von Armenien, I,  m. 1226
  Person ID	I426065	Geneagraphie | Ahnen BvS
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

  Father	Leo von Armenien, I,   b. 1150   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Sybille de Lusignan,   b. 1198   d. Aft 1225 (Age 28 years)
  Family ID	F195781	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Philip d' Antiochia   d. 1226
  Marriage	25 Jan 1221
  Family ID	F195893	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2009

  
  

  Family 2	Héthoum von Armenien, I,   b. 1215   d. 28 Oct 1270 (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	1226
  Children	+ 1. Euphemia von Armenien   d. 1309 + 2. Maria von Armenien   d. Yes, date unknown + 3. Sybille von Armenien   d. 1290   4. Rita von Armenien   d. Yes, date unknown + 5. Leo II von Armenien,   b. Abt 1236   d. 1289 (Age 53 years)   6. Thoros von Armenien,   b. 1244   d. 24 Aug 1266 (Age 22 years)   7. Isabella von Armenien   d. Abt 1268
  Family ID	F227538	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

• Notes

  She was betrothed to Andrew , the third son of King Andrew II of Hungary in 1218, but the betrothal later broken in favor of a more advantageous Russian marriage of her bridegroom. King Leo I died on May, 1219. On his death-bed, he named Isabella as his heiress; and released the barons from their oath of allegiance to his great-nephew, Raymond-Roupen. But the claim of his five-year-old daughter was contested by Raymond-Roupen and by John of Brienne . Isabella emerged as the favourite of the ruling Armenian nobles and thus she was proclaimed queen by acclamation and placed under the regency of Adam of Baghras. But Adam of Baghras was murdered after a few months; and the regency passed to the only remaining influential Armenian house, that of the Hethumian family whose head was Constantine of Barbaron. John of Brienne's claim was based on his marriage to Leo I's older daughter Rita (Stephanie). Pope Honorius III recognized John of Brienne's claim that his wife or her son should succeed. John of Brienne received the Pope's permission to leave the Crusade and visit Cilician Armenia in February, 1220. But as he prepared to sail for Cilicia his Armenian wife died; and when their small son died a few weeks later, John of Brienne had no further claim on the Armenian throne. Raymond-Roupen laid claim to the throne by virtue of lineage through his mother Alice , the niece of King Leo I. Moreover, he had long been considered as King Leo I's heir. Raymond-Roupen approached the crusaders at Damietta in 1219 for support in claiming Cilician Armenia, and was able to return in 1221 with some of them and promises from the Papal legate Pelagius . Raymond-Roupen found some Armenian support in and around Tarsus , notably Vahram, the castellan of Corycus. Together they conquered from Tarsus to Adana , but then met reverses and were forced to retire to Tarsus where Raymond-Roupen was captured and ended his days in prison in 1222; his infant daughters retired with their mother to Cyprus . This event left Isabella the sole and largely incontestable heir to her father's throne. Cilician Armenia, weakened by wars and in need of strong ally, found a temporary solution in a tie with the Principality of Antioch : the regent suggested that Prince Bohemond IV should send his fourth son, Philip, to marry Isabella, insisting only that the bridegroom should join the separated Armenian Church . Philip agreed to adopt the Armenian faith, communion and customs and to respect the privileges of all nations in Cilician Armenia. Philip married Isabell at Sis in June 1222, and he was accepted as prince-consort. The joint-rule of Isabel and Philip lasted only a short while; Philip's disdain for the Armenian ritual, which he had promised to respect, and his marked favoritism to the Latin barons angered the Armenian nobility. Philip spent as much time as possible in Antioch. When it was rumored that Philip wanted to give the crown and throne to Antioch, Constantine of Barbaron led a revolt (at the end of 1224). Philip and Isabella were seized at Tall Hamdun (today Toprakkale in Turkey) on their way to Antioch, and taken back to Sis where Philip was imprisoned, and probably poisoned at the beginning of 1225. On the death of her husband, Isabella decided to embrace a monastic life , and fled to Seleucia . She sought refuge with the Hospitallers . The latter were unwilling to give her up to Constantine of Barbaron but feared the powerful regent; they eased their conscience by selling him the fortress with Isabella in it. Bohemond IV, in anger, determined on war, although such a conflict had been expressly forbidden by the pope as harmful for all Christendom . Bohemond IV called in as ally the sultan at Iconium , Kai-Qobad I , and ravaged upper Cilicia in 1225. Constantine of Barberon arranged for the regent of Aleppo , Toghril, to advance on Antioch. When the latter attacked Baghras , Bohemond IV had to return to his own lands. Isabella was forced into marriage with Constantine of Barbaron's son who was subsequently crowned King Hetum I in Tarsus in June 1226. She is said to have refused to consummate the marriage for several years. In the year 675 AE /1226/ the Armenian princes, together with the Catholicos , Lord Constantine , assembled and enthroned Hethum, son of Constantine, bailli of the Armenians, and also gave him /as a wife/ Isabel, King Leo's daughter. Thereafter there was peace in the House of the Armenians, and year by year they strived for the heights. - Smbat Sparapet : Chronicle Constantine of Barbaron now thought it wise to reconcile Armenia with the Papacy : loyal messengers were sent in the name of the young couple to the Pope and to the Emperor Frederick II . Although Bohemond IV and later his son, Bohemond V attempted to persuade the Pope to arrange a divorce between Isabella and Hethum, but both he and King Henry I of Cyprus were specifically forbidden by Rome to attack the Armenians. The marriage was legalized by Rome in 1237. The queen being near the end of her life, and staying in a place called Ked, she heard a voice from heaven, crying aloud, She felt joyful on this happy vision, imparted it to the bystanders, and died in the Lord; her body was brought to the grave by a large assembly of the priesthood and laid in consecrated earth. -Vahram of Edessa: The Rhymed Chronicle of Armenia Minor

  
  

• Sources

  [S1635] Web.genealogie, Le site de la généalogie historique, (http://web.genealogie.free.fr/).