Person:Ruben II, Prince of Armenia (1)

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Ruben II _____, Prince of Armenia
b.Abt 1165
d.1170
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Name Ruben II _____, Prince of Armenia
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1165
Death[1] 1170
Reference Number? Q614187?


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Ruben II, also Roupen II or Rupen II, (c.1165–1170) was the seventh lord of Armenian Cilicia[1] or “Lord of the Mountains”[2] (1169–1170).[2]

Roupen was the son of Thoros II, lord of Armenian Cilicia, by his second wife (and great niece) whose name is unknown.[2] Thoros II abdicated in favour of his young son Roupen in 1169, and placed Roupen under the guardianship of the Regent Thomas[1] (Thomas was the child’s maternal grandfather).[2] However, Thoros II’s brother, Mleh disputed the succession; Mleh had fled to Nur ed-Din (the emir of Aleppo) and become Muslim after quarreling with Thoros II and attempting to assassinate him.[3]

Mleh refused an amicable settlement with Regent Thomas regarding the succession to the leadership of Cilicia and invaded the country with a force provided by Nur ed-Din.[1] Fearing for Roupen’s life, Thomas entrusted the young child into the care of the patriarch Nerses IV Shnorhali in Hromkla (today Rumkale in Turkey) and fled to Antioch.[1] This measure of caution, however, did not save the life of the young Roupen, who was followed by his uncle’s men and murdered at Hromgla.[1]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ruben II, Prince of Armenia, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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