22 June Wiki | Leo V the Armenian | Leo V, King of Armenia
22 June Wiki | Leo V the Armenian | Leo V, King of Armenia Leo V or Levon Wei (sometimes Levon VI; Armenian: Levon v; 1342 - 29 November 1393) was the last Latin king of the House of Lausinean, the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. He ruled from 1374 to 1375 Leo was described as "King of Leo V, Armenia" on his own personal seal ("Sigilum leonis quinti regese armeni"), [1] and in the medieval French inscription Lizanan fifth as his Leo, On: Leon de Lizingenen Quint Family and early life Leo was the son of Armenia Constable and John Constable of Regent Armenia. According to contemporary historian Jean Dardell, Leo's mother, Solden was the daughter of the Georgian king. Solden is otherwise unknown to medieval sources, and scholars like Rud-Colenberg have doubted the reliability of Dardell's genealogy. Avoiding documentary evidence shows that Jean de Lusignan never married Leo's mother and that was his colony. Constantin V ordered to kill Leo and his ...