Constantine of Baberon

Constantine of Baberon (died c. 1263) was a powerful Armenian noble of the Hetoumids family. He was the son of Vassag, the maternal uncle of king Levon I of Armenia. He was the father of the king of Cilician Armenia Hetoum I, who ruled the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1226 to 1270.

Constantine, also known as the Grand Baron Constantine, was married to Alix Pahlavouni^[1] (a third-cousin of Leo II), with whom he fathered:

• Hetoum I of Armenia
• Sempad the Constable
• John the Bishop of Sis
• Ochine of Korykos, father of the historian Hayton of Corycus
• Maria, who married John of Ibelin, Count of Jaffa and Ascalon, the famous jurist
• Stephanie, married in 1237 to King Henry I of Cyprus^[2]

Notes

1. In the Dictionary of the Middle Ages she is referred to as "Dame Alise", and Constantine is "Constantine Payl"
2. Edbury, John of Ibelin and the Kingdom of Jerusalem, p. 66, 100

References

• "Le Royaume Armenien de Cilicie", Claude Mutafian, Editions CNRS, Paris, ISBN 2-271-05105-3, p. 80
• American Council of Learned Societies (1989). "Smbat Sparapet". Dictionary of the Middle Ages. Charles Scribner's Sons, reproduced in History Resource Center.