The last king of Armenia was ransomed from Cairo, made lord of Madrid for life, and his title passed to the kings of Cyprus

Levon (Leo) of Lusignan was crowned king of Cilician Armenia at Sis on 14 September 1374, first by a Latin bishop and then by the Catholicos. Some Armenian nobles preferred Mamluk rule to a Catholic king. After a siege, Levon surrendered Sis on 13 April 1375 and was taken to Cairo with his family. His wife and daughter died during seven years of captivity. In 1382 King John I of Castile paid his ransom. John granted him the lordships of Madrid, Andújar and Villa Real and 150,000 maravedís a year, for his lifetime only. Madrid's residents objected to a foreign lord, and John promised the town would never again be separated from the Crown of Castile. Levon moved to Paris in 1384, where Charles VI gave him the castle of Saint-Ouen and a pension. He died in Paris on 29 November 1393 and was buried in the Célestins convent in a tomb Charles VI had built. The Andújar lordship ended with his death. His title of King of Armenia passed to his cousin James I of Cyprus, formally in 1396 at Saint Sophia cathedral, and the Armenian lion was added to the Cypriot royal arms. He left two sons born outside marriage, Guy and Stephan, who did not inherit the title. The Célestins church was desecrated in the French Revolution. His tombstone was recovered, and in 1815 a cenotaph with his effigy was placed in the Basilica of Saint-Denis, where it stands today.