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The Origin of the Name Lampron

Hugh VIII of Lusignan
b. about 1125
Poitou, France

Lord of Lusignan and
Count of La Marche

Portrayed in the Movie "Kingdom of Heaven"

1.Sybylla de Lusignan   1198-1230
2.Mélissende de Lusignan
3.Amalric or Amaury de Lusignan

Also known as: Amalric II of Jerusalem or Amalric I of Cyprus, born Amalric de Lusignan, was an older brother of Guy of Lusignan. His father was Hugh VIII of Lusignan
 

1. Isabella 1216-1252
 

1. Leo II  1236-1289

2. Thoros

3. Sibylla 1240-1290

4. Euphemie

5. Rita of Armenia

6. Maria of Armenia

*Keran, Queen of Armenia, was born as:
Anna of Lampron, daughter of  Prince Hethum of Lampron

During twenty-one years of marriage Leo had fifteen children by his wife Keran, eight sons and seven daughters. Hethum II was their first child.

He was the son of Leo II of Armenia and Kyranna de Lampron, and was part of the Hethumid dynasty, being the grandson of Hethum I, who had originally submitted Cilicia to the Mongols in the 1240s. He was assassinated with his nephew and successor Leo III by the Mongol general Bilarghu, who himself was later executed for this by the Mongol Ilkhan ruler Öljaitü.

The Hethumids, also known as the House of Lampron, were the rulers of the Armenian Kingdom
of Cilicia from 1226 to 1341. Hethum I, the first of the Hethumids, came to power when he married Queen Isabella of Armenia who had inherited the throne from her father.

After 1341, the kingdom went to the House of Lusignan.