Rubenids
Sign in to saveThe Rubenids () or Roupenids were an Armenian dynasty who dominated parts of Cilicia, and who established the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. The dynasty takes its name from its founder, the Armenian prince Ruben I. The Rubenids were princes, later kings, of Cilicia from around 1080 until they were surpassed by the Hethumids in the mid-thirteenth century.
Key facts
- Royal house.surname
- Rubenids
- Royal house.native_name
- Ռուբինեաններ
- Royal house.other_name
- Rubenians, Roupenians, Rupenids, Roupenids
- Royal house.coat of arms
- 200px|Rubenids dynasty coat of arms
- Royal house.country
- Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
- Royal house.parent house
- Bagratuni dynasty
- Royal house.titles
- Lord of Cilicia Prince of Cilicia King of Cilicia Prince of Cyprus Prince of Antioch
- Royal house.founder
- Ruben I
- Royal house.final ruler
- Isabella I
- Royal house.dissolution
- 1252 (main line) 1342 (Hethumid-Rubenids) 1393 (Lusignan-Hethumid-Rubenids)
- Royal house.deposition
- 1375 (Lusignan-Hethumid-Rubenids)
- Royal house.cadet branches
- Hethumids
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- Rubenid princes of Armenia
- Rubenid kings of Armenia
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The Rubenids () or Roupenids were an Armenian dynasty who dominated parts of Cilicia, and who established the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. The dynasty takes its name from its founder, the Armenian prince Ruben I. The Rubenids were princes, later kings, of Cilicia from around 1080 until they were surpassed by the Hethumids in the mid-thirteenth century.
== History == The Rubenid dynasty was established when Ruben's great-grandson, Thoros, was appointed governor of a region in Cilicia by the Byzantine Emperor. Thoros expanded his territory and declared himself the ruler of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia in 1080. The Rubenids continued to rule Cilicia for over a century, with various members of the family taking the throne.