Constantine IV of Armenia (died 1344) was the first Latin king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from 1342 to 1344. Born Guy of Lusignan (not to be confused with the 12th century King-Consort of Jerusalem of the same name), he took the name Constantine upon his accession in 1342. He was the son of Isabelle (or Zabel), Princess of Armenia (daughter of Leo III of Armenia) and Amalric de Lusignan.
Guy came to the throne on the death of his cousin Leo V of Armenia. The crown had first been offered to his younger bro ...
August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining.
August 28 - Events.
475 - The Pannonian general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital of Ravenna and appoints Romulus Augustus in his place.
489 - Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy.
1521 - The Turks occupy Belgrade
1542 - Reinforced wi ...
1341 - Events.
The Queen's College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford, is founded.
Petrarch is crowned poet laureate in Rome, the first man since antiquity to be given this honor.
Beginning of the Breton War of Succession over the control of the Duchy of Brittany
Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol, expels her husband John Henry of Bohemia, to whom she had been married as a child. She subsequently marries Louis of Bavaria without having been divorced, which resu ...
1309 - Events.
August 15 - The city of Rhodes surrenders to the forces of the Knights of St. John, completing their conquest of Rhodes. The knights establish their headquartes on the island, and rename themselves as the Knights of Rhodes
Alnwick Castle bought by the Percy family, later Earls of Northumberland
1309 - Births.
Leo V of Armenia (died 1341)
1309 - Deaths.
May 5 - Charles II of Naples
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