Thoros II, Prince of Armenia

Thoros II the Great
Lord of Cilicia / “Lord of the Mountains”
Lord of Armenian Cilicia
Reign	1144/1145–1169
Predecessor	Leo I (until 1137)
Successor	Roupen II
Born	1110 (unknown)
Died	February 6, 1169 (unknown)
Burial	Monastery of Drazark
Spouse	(1) an unnamed daughter of Simon of Raban (2) an unnamed daughter of the future Regent Thomas
Issue	Rita unnamed daughter Roupen II
House	Roupenians
Father	Leo I
Mother	(unknown)

Toros II the Great (Armenian: Թորոս Բ), also Thoros II, (unknown – February 6, 1169) was the sixth lord of Armenian Cilicia or “Lord of the Mountains” (1144/1145-1169).

Thoros (together with his father, Leo I and his brother, Roupen) was taken captive and imprisoned in Constantinople in 1137 after the Byzantine Emperor John II Comnenus, during his campaign against Cilicia and the Principality of Antioch, successfully had laid siege to Gaban and Vahka (today Feke in Turkey). All Cilicia remained under Byzantine rule for eight years.

Unlike his father and brother, Thoros survived his incarceration in Constantinople and was able to escape in 1143. Whatever the conditions in which Thoros entered Cilicia, he found it occupied by many Greek garrisons. He rallied around him the Armenians in the eastern parts of Cilicia and after a persistent and relentless pursuit of the Greeks, he successfully ousted the Byzantine garrisons from Pardzerpert (now Andırın in Turkey), Vahka, Sis (today Kozan in Turkey), Anazarbus, Adana, Mamistra and eventually Tarsus. His victories were aided by the lack of Muslim attacks in Cilicia and from the setbacks the Greeks and the Crusaders suffered on the heels of the loss of Edessa.

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