Keran, Queen of Armenia

Keran of Lampron
Keran of Lampron
	Portrait of King Leo II and Queen Keran of Armenia by Toros Roslin, 1262.
Queen consort of Armenia
Tenure	1269 - 1285
Died	28 July 1285
Spouse	Leo II, King of Armenia
Issue; …among others	Hethum II ; Thoros III ; Sempad ; Isabella, Princess of Tyre ; Constantine I ; Rita, Byzantine Empress ; Oshin
House	Lambron
Father	Prince Hethum of Lampron
Mother	Unknown

Keran of Lampron (before 1262 – 28 July 1285) was a by-birth member of the House of Lampron and by marriage Queen consort of Armenia.

She was the daughter of Prince Hethum of Lampron by his unknown wife, who probably was from Frankish origin.^[1] She had three known siblings: Marianne, Alix (later wife of Balian d'Ibelin, Seneschal of Cyprus), and Raymond, Lord of Michael'gla.

^ W. H. Rüdt-Collenberg: The Rupenides, Hethumides and Lusignans, The Structure of the Armeno-Cilician Dynasties, Paris, Librairie Klincksieck, 1963, p. 61. speculates that the names of her children indicate her origins, and suggests that she may have been Marie of Antioch, daughter of Bohemond IV, Prince of Antioch, although according to the Lignages d'Outremer she married Thoros, by whom she had one son Buemont (Lignages d'Outremer, Marciana Ms Francese 20, CC.XCII, p. 67.)

[1] W. H. Rüdt-Collenberg: The Rupenides, Hethumides and Lusignans, The Structure of the Armeno-Cilician Dynasties, Paris, Librairie Klincksieck, 1963, p. 61. speculates that the names of her children indicate her origins, and suggests that she may have been Marie of Antioch, daughter of Bohemond IV, Prince of Antioch, although according to the Lignages d'Outremer she married Thoros, by whom she had one son Buemont (Lignages d'Outremer, Marciana Ms Francese 20, CC.XCII, p. 67.)

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