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Thoros I, Prince of Armenia

d. 1129 · 12th century

Thoros I was the Rubenid lord of Armenian Cilicia from about 1100 to 1129. He took castles of the Cilician plain, including Anazarbus, from the Byzantines and cooperated with the crusader states of Antioch and Edessa against the Seljuk Turks. He is also remembered for avenging the murder of Gagik II, the last Bagratid king of Armenia.

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Armenian Principality of Cilicia

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