page_title: Isabella, Queen of Armenia
hierarchical_section_title: Isabella, Queen of Armenia
caption_attribution_description: مصرى: عمله عليها رسم هيتوم الاول و زابيل. English: Coin of Hetoum I and Zabel. Español: Moneda del rey Hethoum I de Cilicia. Français&#160;: Pièce représentant la reine Isabelle et son mari Héthoum Ier. Magyar: I. Izabella második férjével I. Hetummal egy pénzérmén. Italiano: Moneta raffigurante la regina Zabel con il re Hetum. Moneta raffigurante il re Aitone con la regina Zabel. Português: Moeda representando Isabel (ou Zabel), a filha de Leão II, e Hetum I, o segundo esposo desta e fundador dos hetúmidas, a dinastia seguinte da Arménia Menor. Русский: Изображение Хетума и Изабеллы на монете. 中文: 刻有海屯一世及皇后伊莎貝拉的錢幣.
context_page_description: Isabella, also Isabel was queen regnant of Armenian Cilicia from 1219 until her death.
  She was proclaimed queen under the regency of Adam of Baghras. But he was assassinated; and Constantine of Baberon was nominated as guardian. At this juncture, Raymond-Roupen, grandson of Roupen III set up a claim to the throne of Cilicia; but he was defeated, captured, and executed.
  Constantine of Barbaron was soon convinced to seek an alliance with Prince Bohemond IV of Antioch, and he arranged a marriage between the young princess and Philip, a son of Bohemond IV. Philip, however, offended the Armenians’ sensibilities, and even despoiled the royal palace, sending the royal crown to Antioch; therefore, he was confined in a prison in Sis, where he died, presumably poisoned.
  The unhappy young Isabella was forced to marry Constantine of Barbaron’s son, Hethum; although for many years she refused to live with him, but in the end she relented. The apparent unification in marriage of the two principal dynastic forces of Cilicia ended a century of dynastic and territorial rivalry and brought the Hethumids to the forefront of political dominance in Cilician Armenia.
context_section_description: Isabella (Armenian: Զապել, romanized: Zabel), also Isabel ( 27 January 1216/ 25 January 1217 – 23 January 1252) was queen regnant of Armenian Cilicia from 1219 until her death.
  She was proclaimed queen under the regency of Adam of Baghras. But he was assassinated; and Constantine of Baberon (of the Hethumian family) was nominated as guardian. At this juncture, Raymond-Roupen, grandson of Roupen III (the elder brother of Isabella’s father, King Leo I) set up a claim to the throne of Cilicia; but he was defeated, captured, and executed.
  Constantine of Barbaron was soon convinced to seek an alliance with Prince Bohemond IV of Antioch, and he arranged a marriage between the young princess and Philip, a son of Bohemond IV. Philip, however, offended the Armenians’ sensibilities, and even despoiled the royal palace, sending the royal crown to Antioch; therefore, he was confined in a prison in Sis (now Kozan in Turkey), where he died, presumably poisoned.
  The unhappy young Isabella was forced to marry Constantine of Barbaron’s son, Hethum; although for many years she refused to live with him, but in the end she relented. The apparent unification in marriage of the two principal dynastic forces of Cilicia (i.e., the Roupenids and the Hethumids) ended a century of dynastic and territorial rivalry and brought the Hethumids to the forefront of political dominance in Cilician Armenia.
  The lawful heiress of the empire, Isabella, governed the country together with her husband, and led a pious, religious life. She was blessed for her good deeds and exemplary life by many children, the numerous offsprings of a famous race.
  — Vahram of Edessa: The Rhymed Chronicle of Armenia Minor
caption: Queen Isabella with Hethum I on a coin
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