Mleh, Prince of Armenia
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Mleh I<ref name='Ghazarian'>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name='Runciman'>Template:Cite book</ref> (Template:Langx), also Meleh I,<ref name='Ghazarian'/> (before 1120 – Sis, May 15, 1175)Template:Citation needed was the eighth lord of Armenian Cilicia<ref name='Ghazarian'/> (1170–1175).Template:Citation needed
Soon after the death of Nur ed-Din (the emir of Aleppo),<ref name='Runciman'/> Mleh was overthrown by his nephew, Ruben III.<ref name='Ghazarian'/>
Early life
Mleh was the fourth son of Leo I, lord of Armenian Cilicia.Template:Citation needed The name and the origin of his mother are not known with certainty.Template:Citation needed It is possible that she was a daughter of Count Hugh I of Rethel, or she might have been the daughter of Gabriel of Melitene.Template:Citation needed
All Cilicia remained under Byzantine rule for eight years.<ref name='Kurkjian'>Template:Cite web</ref>
In the service of Nur ed-Din
Mleh converted to Islam from Armenian Apostolic Christianity.<ref name='Ghazarian'/> Afterwards, he ruled Cyrrhus.<ref name='Gibb'>Template:Cite book</ref>
Rule
On March 10, 1171, Amalric I left Acre for Constantinople where he made a treaty with the Emperor Manuel I Comnenos.<ref name='Runciman'/>
During 1171, Mleh attacked Count Stephen I of Sancerre in Cilicia while he travelled from the Holy Land to Constantinople.<ref name='Runciman'/>
He was buried in Medzkar.Template:Citation needed
Marriage and child
Mleh married an unnamed daughter of Vasil of Gargar (a sister of the Catholicos Gregory).Template:Citation needed
He had one illegitimate child by his unknown mistress:Template:Citation needed
- Grigor (? – January 28, 1209/January 27, 1210 or after)Template:Citation needed
Footnotes
Sources
- Ghazarian, Jacob G: The Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia during the Crusades: The Integration of Cilician Armenians with the Latins (1080–1393); RoutledgeCurzon (Taylor & Francis Group), 2000, Abingdon; Template:ISBN
- Template:Setton-A History of the Crusades
- Template:Runciman-A History of the Crusades
External links
- The Barony of Cilician Armenia (Kurkjian's History of Armenia, Ch. 27)
- Smbat Sparapet's Chronicle
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