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This article is about the Cilician king. For the Cilician historian, please see Sempad (Constable).

Smpad (1277- c.1310) was king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from 1296 to 1298. He was the son of Leo III of Armenia and Kyranna de Lampron and was part of the Hetoumid-family.

Sempad seized the throne with the aid of his brother Constantine while his brothers Hethum II and Thoros were in Constantinople.

Smpad managed to receive recognition of his position as king from the Mongol ruler Ghazan when he visited him. He also received a bride from the Mongol Khan in order to form a matrimonial alliance.

On Hethum's return, Sempad had Hethum blinded by cauterization and both brothers imprisoned at Partzerpert. Thoros was murdered there on Sempad's orders in 1298, but Constantine turned traitor again and helped Hethum overthrow Sempad, assuming the throne while Hethum's blindness healed. Sempad again plotted with Constantine to resume the throne soon after Hethum's restoration, and both were imprisoned for the rest of their lives.

Notes

1. Luisetto, p.122, referencing Gestes des Chiprois par.553

References

• Boase, T. S. R. (1978). The Cilician Kingdom of Armenia. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press. ISBN 0-7073-0145-9.
• Luisetto, Frédéric (2007). Arméniens et autres Chrétiens d'Orient sous la domination mongole. Geuthner. ISBN 9782705337919.

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