Mleh, Prince of Armenia
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Mleh I[1][2] (Template:Langx), also Meleh I,[1] (before 1120 – Sis, May 15, 1175)Script error: No such module "Unsubst". was the eighth lord of Armenian Cilicia[1] (1170–1175).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Soon after the death of Nur ed-Din (the emir of Aleppo),[2] Mleh was overthrown by his nephew, Ruben III.[1]
Early life
Mleh was the fourth son of Leo I, lord of Armenian Cilicia.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The name and the origin of his mother are not known with certainty.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
All Cilicia remained under Byzantine rule for eight years.[3]
In the service of Nur ed-Din
Mleh converted to Islam from Armenian Apostolic Christianity.[1] Afterwards, he ruled Cyrrhus.[4]
Rule
On March 10, 1171, Amalric I left Acre for Constantinople where he made a treaty with the Emperor Manuel I Comnenos.[2]
During 1171, Mleh attacked Count Stephen I of Sancerre in Cilicia while he travelled from the Holy Land to Constantinople.[2]
He was buried in Medzkar.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Marriage and child
Mleh married an unnamed daughter of Vasil of Gargar (a sister of the Catholicos Gregory).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
He had one illegitimate child by his unknown mistress:Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Grigor (? – January 28, 1209/January 27, 1210 or after)Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Footnotes
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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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- 1175 deaths
- 12th-century murdered monarchs
- Year of birth unknown
- 12th-century Armenian people
- Monarchs of the Rubenid dynasty
- Medieval Knights Templar members
- Assassinated Armenian politicians
- Converts to Islam from the Armenian Apostolic Church
- Armenian former Christians
- Armenian Muslims
- 12th-century rulers of Armenian Cilicia