Leo VI of Lusignan

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Leo VI of Lusignan was the last king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, a monarch of the Lusignan dynasty who spent much of his life in exile after the fall of his realm to the Mamluks.

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Leo VI of Lusignan canonical 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical figure ⓘ
king ⓘ
member of the House of Lusignan ⓘ
advocatedFor crusade to recover Cilician Armenia ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Leo V of Armenia ⓘ
Leo VI of Armenia ⓘ
associatedWith Crusader states ⓘ
Kingdom of Cyprus ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
birthPlace Cilician Armenia ⓘ
burialPlace Basilica of Saint-Denis ⓘ
capturedBy Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
conflictWith Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
countryRuled Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia ⓘ
deathCause natural causes (presumed) ⓘ
deathPlace Paris ⓘ
dynasty House of Lusignan ⓘ
linked to: Lusignan dynasty
era Late Middle Ages ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Armenian ⓘ
Frankish (Lusignan) descent ⓘ
father John of Lusignan ⓘ
fullName Leo VI of Lusignan ⓘ
imprisonedIn Cairo ⓘ
language Armenian ⓘ
French ⓘ
possibly Greek ⓘ
lastRulerOf Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia ⓘ
legacy remembered in Armenian historiography as the last Armenian king of Cilicia ⓘ
symbol of the end of Armenian Cilician monarchy ⓘ
livedInExile Kingdom of Cyprus ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
lostTerritory Cilician Armenia to the Mamluks ⓘ
mother Soldane of Georgia ⓘ
notableFor being the last king of Armenian Cilicia ⓘ
long exile in Western Europe ⓘ
patron Charles VI of France ⓘ
John I of Castile ⓘ
King of Aragon ⓘ
positionHeld King of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia ⓘ
Titular King of Armenia ⓘ
predecessor Constantine VI of Armenia ⓘ
regnalName Leo VI ⓘ
releasedThrough ransom arranged by Western rulers ⓘ
religion Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
successor none (monarchy abolished) ⓘ
titleGranted Lordship and revenues in France ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leo V of Armenia → alternateName → Leo VI of Lusignan ⓘ
Leo VI of Lusignan → fullName → Leo VI of Lusignan ⓘ