Thoros II, Prince of Armenia

Thoros II (; died 6 February 1169), also known as Thoros the Great, was the sixth lord of Armenian Cilicia until 1169.

Whatever the conditions in which Thoros entered Cilicia, he found it occupied by many Greek garrisons.

Early life Thoros was the second son of Leo I, lord of Armenian Cilicia.

In 1136, Leo I (Thoros's father) was arrested by Baldwin of Marash.

Leo I took refuge in the Taurus Mountains, but at last found the situation hopeless, and surrendered himself to the conqueror;

Wars with the Seljuks and Antioch Quote|In the year 603 AE /1154/ once again the Byzantine emperor Manuel sought to stoke Masud and he sent him twice the amount of treasure as previously, saying: «Quench the burning of my heart toward the Armenian people, destroy their fortresses, and exterminate them.» So the sultan came to Anazarbus with many troops, but he was unable to accomplish anything. He sent one of his grandees, named Yaqub, to ravage the territory of Antioch. When they had crossed the gate, the Brothers /the Knights Templar/, as though sent by God, swooped upon them at that place and slaughtered all of them, including their chief. When those in the sultan’s army heard about this, they were horrified. This was not all, for the wrath of God was visited upon them. Their horses perished from tapax /diarrhea/ and they themselves turned to flight, brother not waiting to help brother, nor comrade, comrade. They hamstrung many of the horses and fled on foot through difficult, marshy places, as though they were persecuting themselves. For at that time Thoros was not in his country. Rather, he had gone to Tsets. When he returned and saw what had unfolded everyone thanked God, for they had been defeated without the use of weapons and without a physical battle.|Smbat Sparapet: Chronicle

The Armenians attacked the few remaining Byzantine fortresses in Cilicia. ) Rita (c. 1150 – after 1168/1169), the wife of Hethum III of Lampron Irene, the wife of Isaac Komnenus of Cyprus c. 1164 An unnamed daughter of the future regent Thomas Roupen II of Cilicia (c. 1165 – Hromgla, 1170)

In popular culture Real-time strategy video game Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition contains a five-scenario campaign centered around Thoros II and his rule of Cilician Armenia.

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