Stephen of Armenia

Stephen of Armenia (Template:Langx, 1111 – 1162) was the marshal of Armenia, the son of Leo I, Prince of ArmeniaTemplate:Sfn and Beatrice of Rethel.

His father made him marshal in 1138, due to the invasion of Emperor John II Comnenus, and escaped capture by sheltering in Edessa. In 1157, he began raiding Byzantine territories around Marash against his half-brother Thoros' will, although he failed to capture Marash itself. The Byzantine governor of Tarsus, Andronicus Euphorbenus, invited him to a banquet.Template:Sfn Stephen's corpse was found the next day and it was believed Andronicus murdered him.Template:Sfn Thoros avenged his death with a massacre of Greeks within his territories,Template:Sfn which would have led to war had King Amalric of Jerusalem not intervened to bring about a peace.

He had at least three children by his wife Rita of Barbaron:

• Ruben IIITemplate:Sfn
• Leo IITemplate:Sfn
• Dolete, who married Bertrand EmbriacoTemplate:Sfn

References

• Template:Setton-A History of the Crusades
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External links

• Smbat Sparapet's Chronicle
• The Barony of Cilician Armenia (Kurkjian's History of Armenia, Ch. 27)

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