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People: Ruben I
Topic: Sekigahara, Battle of
Location: Bad Hersfeld Hessen Germany

Ruben I

1st lord of Armenian Cilicia
Years: 1025 - 1095

Ruben I (b.

1025/1035) is the first lord of Armenian Cilicia or “Lord of the Mountains”; r. 1080/1081/1082 – 1095).

He declares the independence of Cilicia from the Byzantine Empire, thus formally founding the beginning of Armenian rule there.

The Roupenian dynasty rules Cilician Armenia until 1219.