| Levon II Armenian: Լևոն Բ | |
| Succession: | King of Armenian Cilicia |
| Reign: | 1198/1199–1219 |
| Coronation: | 6 January 1198/1199 Church of Holy Wisdom (Tarsus) |
| Successor: | Isabella |
| Succession1: | Lord of Cilicia |
| Reign1: | 1187–1198/1199 |
| Predecessor1: | Roupen III |
| Spouse: | Isabella Sibylla of Cyprus |
| Issue: | Stephanie of Armenia Isabella, Queen of Armenia |
| House: | Roupenians |
| Father: | Stephen |
| Mother: | Rita of Barbaron |
| Birth Date: | 1150 |
| Place Of Burial: | Sis (his body) Convent of Akner (his heart and entrails) |
| Signature: | Signature of Leo I of Armenia (De Morgan, History of the Armenian People).jpg |
| Religion: | Oriental Orthodoxy |
Leo II (; 1150 – 2 May 1219) was the tenth lord of Armenian Cilicia, ruling from 1187 to 1219, and the first king to be crowned, in 1198/9 (sometimes known as Levon I the Magnificent). Leo eagerly led his kingdom alongside the armies of the Third Crusade and provided the crusaders with provisions, guides, pack animals and all manner of aid.
He was consecrated as king on 6 January 1198 or 1199.
He was the younger son of Stephen, the third son of Leo I, lord of Armenian Cilicia. His mother was Rita, a daughter of Sempad, Lord of Barbaron.[1] Leo's father, who was on his way to attend a banquet given by the Byzantine governor of Cilicia, Andronicus Euphorbenus, was murdered on 7 February 1165. Following their father's death, Leo and his elder brother Roupen lived with their uncle.[2]
Their paternal uncle, Mleh I, lord of Armenian Cilicia had made a host of enemies by his cruelties in his country, resulting in his assassination by his own soldiers in the city of Sis in 1175.[3] The seigneurs of Cilician Armenia elected Leo's brother, Roupen III to occupy the throne of the principality. Roupen III sent Leo to surround Hethum's mountain lair.[4] But Bohemond III, rushing to the aid of Hethum, treacherously made Roupen prisoner.[5] During 1187, he became the ruler.
Leo was crowned on 6 January 1198 (or 1199) at Tarsus,[2]
See main article: article and War of the Antiochene Succession.
In Cyprus between 28 January 1210/27 January 1211 Leo married Sibylle, the half-sister of King Hugh I of Cyprus.
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