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Vaspurakan – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Regne de Vaspurakan" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%BF_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%92%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%AC%CE%BD" title="Βασίλειο του Βασπουρακάν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βασίλειο του Βασπουρακάν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reino_de_Vaspurakan" title="Reino de Vaspurakan – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Reino de Vaspurakan" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" 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.ib-country-lang{font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-ethnic,.mw-parser-output .ib-country-religion,.mw-parser-output .ib-country-sovereignty{font-weight:normal;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fake-li{text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fake-li2{text-indent:0.5em;margin-left:1em;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-website{line-height:11pt}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-map-caption3{position:relative;top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fn{text-align:left;margin:0 auto}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fn-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fn-num{margin-left:1em}</style><table class="infobox ib-country vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above adr"><div class="fn org country-name">Kingdom of Vaspurakan</div><div class="ib-country-names">Վասպուրական</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader">908–1021</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:93-vaspurakan908-1021.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="The Kingdom of Vaspurakan from 908 to 1021"><img alt="The Kingdom of Vaspurakan from 908 to 1021" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/93-vaspurakan908-1021.gif/250px-93-vaspurakan908-1021.gif" decoding="async" width="250" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/93-vaspurakan908-1021.gif/375px-93-vaspurakan908-1021.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/93-vaspurakan908-1021.gif/500px-93-vaspurakan908-1021.gif 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="486" /></a></span><div class="ib-country-map-caption">The Kingdom of Vaspurakan from 908 to 1021</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Van,_Turkey" title="Van, Turkey">Van</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Common languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion <div class="ib-country-religion"></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Apostolic_Church" title="Armenian Apostolic Church">Armenian Apostolic Church</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Government</th><td class="infobox-data">Monarchy</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">King</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 908–937/943 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gagik_I_Artsruni" title="Gagik I Artsruni">Gagik I Artsruni</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 937/943—958/959 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Derenik-Ashot_of_Vaspurakan" title="Derenik-Ashot of Vaspurakan">Derenik-Ashot</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 958/959–968/969 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Abusahl-Hamazasp_of_Vaspurakan" title="Abusahl-Hamazasp of Vaspurakan">Abusahl-Hamazasp</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 968/969–1003 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ashot-Sahak_of_Vaspurakan" title="Ashot-Sahak of Vaspurakan">Ashot-Sahak</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 991–1003 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gurgen-Khachik_of_Vaspurakan" title="Gurgen-Khachik of Vaspurakan">Gurgen-Khachik</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1003–1021 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Senekerim-Hovhannes_Artsruni" title="Senekerim-Hovhannes Artsruni">Seneqerim-Hovhannes</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Historical era</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Gagik_I_of_Vaspurakan" class="mw-redirect" title="Gagik I of Vaspurakan">Gagik I</a> recognized as King of Armenia by Arab Caliph </div></th><td class="infobox-data">908</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Senekerim-Hovhannes_Artsruni" title="Senekerim-Hovhannes Artsruni">Senekerim-Hovhannes</a> gives Vaspurakan to the Byzantine Empire </div></th><td class="infobox-data">1021</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Currency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Solidus_(coin)" title="Solidus (coin)">Solidus (coin)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hyperpyron" title="Hyperpyron">Hyperpyron</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width:95%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; display:inline-table;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center; border:0; padding-bottom:0"><div id="before-after"></div> <b>Preceded by</b></td> <td style="text-align:center;border:0; padding-bottom:0;"><b>Succeeded by</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; border:0;"> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Bagrotouni.svg/20px-Bagrotouni.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Bagrotouni.svg/30px-Bagrotouni.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Bagrotouni.svg/40px-Bagrotouni.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="707" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Bagratid_Armenia" title="Bagratid Armenia">Bagratid Armenia</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;border:0;"> <table style="width:92%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Simple_Labarum.svg/20px-Simple_Labarum.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Simple_Labarum.svg/30px-Simple_Labarum.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Simple_Labarum.svg/40px-Simple_Labarum.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="127" data-file-height="178" /></span></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Today part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Kingdom of Vaspurakan</b> (<a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian</a>: <span lang="hy">Վասպուրականի թագավորություն</span>; also transliterated as Vasbouragan from <a href="/wiki/Western_Armenian" title="Western Armenian">Western Armenian</a>) was a <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">medieval</a> <a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenian</a> kingdom centered on <a href="/wiki/Lake_Van" title="Lake Van">Lake Van</a>, located in what is now eastern <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> and northwestern <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>. It was named after <a href="/wiki/Vaspurakan" title="Vaspurakan">Vaspurakan</a>, a province of historic <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Armenia_(antiquity)" title="Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)">Greater Armenia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHovannisian20002_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHovannisian20002-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ruled by the <a href="/wiki/Artsruni_dynasty" title="Artsruni dynasty">Artsruni dynasty</a>, it competed and cooperated with the <a href="/wiki/Bagratuni_dynasty" title="Bagratuni dynasty">Bagratuni</a>-ruled <a href="/wiki/Bagratid_Armenia" title="Bagratid Armenia">Kingdom of Armenia</a> for a little over a century until its last king ceded the kingdom to the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a> in 1021. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kingdom_of_Vaspurakan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Kingdom of Vaspurakan was ruled by the <a href="/wiki/Artsruni_dynasty" title="Artsruni dynasty">Artsruni dynasty</a>, an ancient Armenian noble family. The Artsrunis had built up their power base in Vaspurakan in the 9th century, while <a href="/wiki/Arminiya" title="Arminiya">Arab rule</a> was waning the <a href="/wiki/Bagratuni_dynasty" title="Bagratuni dynasty">Bagratunis</a>, were consolidating their control over Armenia.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHovannisian200077_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHovannisian200077-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 885, <a href="/wiki/Ashot_I_of_Armenia" title="Ashot I of Armenia">Ashot I Bagratuni</a> received recognition as King of Armenia. In 908, during the reign of Ashot's successor <a href="/wiki/Smbat_I_of_Armenia" title="Smbat I of Armenia">Smbat I</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gagik_I_Artsruni" title="Gagik I Artsruni">Gagik I Artsruni</a> was recognized as king by the <a href="/wiki/Sajid_dynasty" title="Sajid dynasty">Sajid</a> ruler <a href="/wiki/Yusuf_ibn_Abi%27l-Saj" title="Yusuf ibn Abi'l-Saj">Yusuf</a> and allied with the latter to attack the <a href="/wiki/Bagratid_Armenia" title="Bagratid Armenia">Bagratuni kingdom</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHovannisian200078_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHovannisian200078-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Smbat's death at the hands of Yusuf in 914, however, Gagik allied with the new Bagratuni king <a href="/wiki/Ashot_II_of_Armenia" title="Ashot II of Armenia">Ashot II</a> to defeat the Arabs.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHovannisian200079_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHovannisian200079-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Kingdom of Vaspurakan was at its zenith around 929 under the reign of Gagik I, who used the title of King of Armenia.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHovannisian200079_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHovannisian200079-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVardanyan1985296_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVardanyan1985296-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He undertook a series of construction projects, particularly on <a href="/wiki/Akdamar_Island" title="Akdamar Island">Aghtamar</a>, an island in Lake Van where one of his residences was located. Aghtamar also served as the residence of the Armenian <a href="/wiki/Catholicos_of_All_Armenians" title="Catholicos of All Armenians">Catholicos</a> while <a href="/wiki/Dvin_(ancient_city)" title="Dvin (ancient city)">Dvin</a> was under Muslim control, allowing Gagik to influence the election of several catholicoi and further increase his legitimacy.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHovannisian200079_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHovannisian200079-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At its greatest extent Vaspurakan comprised the lands between <a href="/wiki/Lake_Van" title="Lake Van">Lake Van</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lake_Urmia" title="Lake Urmia">Lake Urmia</a> (also known as <i>Kaputan</i>) in 908. It encompassed most of the historic provinces of <a href="/wiki/Vaspurakan" title="Vaspurakan">Vaspurakan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Moxoene" title="Moxoene">Mokkʻ</a> and, temporarily in the 910s, controlled parts of the provinces of <a href="/wiki/Ayrarat" title="Ayrarat">Ayrarat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taron_(historic_Armenia)" title="Taron (historic Armenia)">Taron</a> and <a href="/wiki/Corduene" class="mw-redirect" title="Corduene">Korchaykʻ</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVardanyan1985296_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVardanyan1985296-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Kingdom of Vaspurakan had no specific capital. The court moved as the king transferred his residence from place to place – <a href="/wiki/Van,_Turkey" title="Van, Turkey">Van</a>, Ostan/Vostan (modern <a href="/wiki/Geva%C5%9F" title="Gevaş">Gevaş</a>), Aghtamar and so on.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHewsen2001116_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHewsen2001116-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Akdamar_ruler_with_grapes.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Akdamar_ruler_with_grapes.jpg/220px-Akdamar_ruler_with_grapes.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="280" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Akdamar_ruler_with_grapes.jpg/330px-Akdamar_ruler_with_grapes.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Akdamar_ruler_with_grapes.jpg/440px-Akdamar_ruler_with_grapes.jpg 2x" data-file-width="528" data-file-height="671" /></a><figcaption>Assumed depiction of <a href="/wiki/Gagik_I_Artsruni" title="Gagik I Artsruni">Gagik I Artsruni</a> in the vine-scroll relief on the eastern facade of the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Cathedral_of_the_Holy_Cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian Cathedral of the Holy Cross">Church of the Holy Cross</a> (915–921)</figcaption></figure> <p>Although Gagik attempted to compete with <a href="/wiki/Abas_I_of_Armenia" title="Abas I of Armenia">Abas I Bagratuni</a> in the 930s, he was eventually forced to accept the supremacy of the Bagratuni kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVardanyan1985296_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVardanyan1985296-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gagik died in 943 and was succeeded by his son <a href="/wiki/Derenik-Ashot_of_Vaspurakan" title="Derenik-Ashot of Vaspurakan">Derenik-Ashot</a>, who died without an heir in 953. He was succeeded by his brother <a href="/wiki/Abusahl-Hamazasp_of_Vaspurakan" title="Abusahl-Hamazasp of Vaspurakan">Abusahl-Hamazasp</a>, upon whose death the kingdom was divided among his three sons: <a href="/wiki/Ashot-Sahak_of_Vaspurakan" title="Ashot-Sahak of Vaspurakan">Ashot-Sahak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gurgen-Khachik_of_Vaspurakan" title="Gurgen-Khachik of Vaspurakan">Gurgen-Khachik</a> and <a href="/wiki/Senekerim-Hovhannes_Artsruni" title="Senekerim-Hovhannes Artsruni">Senekerim-Hovhannes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHovannisian200080_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHovannisian200080-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The eldest brother, Ashot, retained the royal title and the suzerainty over his younger brothers. After Ashot's death Gurgen took the throne, bypassing the former's sons; Senekerim-Hovhannes became king in the same manner in 1003 following Gurgen's death. </p><p>Senekerim-Hovhannes married his daughter to <a href="/wiki/Bagrat_III_of_Georgia" title="Bagrat III of Georgia">Bagrat III of Georgia</a>, seeking an alliance against the eastward expanding <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a>. In 1016, the kingdom was devastated by a raid by the <a href="/wiki/Seljuk_dynasty" title="Seljuk dynasty">Seljuq Turks</a>. In 1021, King Senekerim-Hovhannes ceded the Kingdom of Vaspurakan to the Byzantine Empire, receiving <a href="/wiki/Sivas" title="Sivas">Sebasteia</a> and its territories extending to the <a href="/wiki/Euphrates" title="Euphrates">Euphrates</a> in return.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDer_Nersessian194711_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDer_Nersessian194711-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vaspurakan became the Byzantine province (<i><a href="/wiki/Theme_(Byzantine_district)" title="Theme (Byzantine district)">theme</a></i>) of Vasprakania or Media.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHewsen2001126_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHewsen2001126-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In about 1050 Vasprakania was merged with that of <a href="/wiki/Taron_(historic_Armenia)" title="Taron (historic Armenia)">Taron</a>, but was conquered by the Seljuqs in 1054–1056. </p><p>After the Byzantine annexation, the Artsruni dynasty continued with Derenik, son of Gurgen-Khatchik, who became lord of Antzivazik by 1004 and had two brothers: Gugik and Ashot. King Senekerim-Hovhannes also had several children, among them David, Atom, Abushal and Constantine. There is a legend that one of Senekerim's daughter married Mendo Alao, an <a href="/wiki/Alans" title="Alans">Alan</a> who lived in <a href="/wiki/Lusitania" title="Lusitania">Lusitania</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> David had a daughter that married King <a href="/wiki/Gagik_II_of_Armenia" title="Gagik II of Armenia">Gagik II</a> of Ani. </p><p>Another branch of the family appeared in the person of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Khatchik_the_Great&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Khatchik the Great (page does not exist)">Khatchik the Great</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BD%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AC_%D4%BD%D5%A1%D5%B9%D5%AB%D5%AF" class="extiw" title="hy:Խուլ Խաչիկ">hy</a>]</span> in 1040, who had three children: Hasan, Djendjluk and Ishkhanik. Hasan had a son called <a href="/wiki/Ablgharib_Artsruni" title="Ablgharib Artsruni">Abelgharib</a> who had a daughter that married Prince David, son of <a href="/wiki/Gagik_II_of_Armenia" title="Gagik II of Armenia">Gagik II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBoase19783_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBoase19783-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rulers">Rulers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kingdom_of_Vaspurakan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Rulers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Princes">Princes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kingdom_of_Vaspurakan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Princes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hamazasp_II&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hamazasp II (page does not exist)">Hamazasp II</a>, Prince (800–836). Married to a daughter of <a href="/wiki/Ashot_Msaker" title="Ashot Msaker">Ashot Msaker</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Bagratuni_Dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Bagratuni Dynasty">Bagratuni family</a>.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashot_I_Abulabus_Artsruni&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ashot I Abulabus Artsruni (page does not exist)">Ashot I Abulabus Artsruni</a>, Prince (836–852). Son of Hamazasp II. First time.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurgen_I_Artsruni&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gurgen I Artsruni (page does not exist)">Gurgen I Artsruni</a>, Prince (852–853). Brother of Ashot I.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abu_Djafar_Artsruni&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abu Djafar Artsruni (page does not exist)">Abu Djafar Artsruni</a>, Prince (853–854). Probably brother of Ashot I.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurgen_II_Artsruni&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gurgen II Artsruni (page does not exist)">Gurgen II Artsruni</a> of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mardastan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mardastan (page does not exist)">Mardastan</a>, Prince. (854–857). Distant relative.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grigor-Derenik_Artsruni&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grigor-Derenik Artsruni (page does not exist)">Grigor-Derenik Artsruni</a>, Prince (857–868). Married Sofia, daughter of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashot_I_Bagratuni&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ashot I Bagratuni (page does not exist)">Ashot I Bagratuni</a> the Great, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Prince_of_Armenia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Prince of Armenia (page does not exist)">Prince of Armenia</a>. Son of Ashot I Artsruni. First time.</li> <li>Ashot I Abulabus Artsruni, Prince (868–874). Second time.</li> <li>Grigor-Derenik Artsruni, Prince (874–887). Second time.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gagik_Abu_Morvan_Artsruni" class="mw-redirect" title="Gagik Abu Morvan Artsruni">Gagik Abu Morvan Artsruni</a>, regent for Grigor-Derenik's sons (887–896), then usurper prince (896–898).</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashot-Sargis_Artsruni&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ashot-Sargis Artsruni (page does not exist)">Ashot-Sargis Artsruni</a> (Ashot II), Prince (898–900). Son of Grigor-Derenik.</li> <li>(Vaspurakan occupied by the <a href="/wiki/Sajid_dynasty" title="Sajid dynasty">Sajid</a> emir <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_al-Afshin" class="mw-redirect" title="Muhammad al-Afshin">Afshin</a> (900).)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Safi_(governor_of_Van)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Safi (governor of Van) (page does not exist)">Safi</a>, as governor of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Van_(Armenia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Van (Armenia) (page does not exist)">Van</a> (900–901).</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashot-Sargis_Artsruni&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ashot-Sargis Artsruni (page does not exist)">Ashot-Sargis Artsruni</a> (Ashot II) (901–904). Reinstated. After his death Vaspurakan was divided:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gagik_I_of_Vaspurakan" class="mw-redirect" title="Gagik I of Vaspurakan">Gagik III (I) Artsruni</a>, Prince (later king) in northwest Vaspurakan (904–908).Brother of Ashot-Sargis.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurgen_III_Artsruni&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gurgen III Artsruni (page does not exist)">Gurgen III Artsruni</a>, Prince in southeast Vaspurakan (904–925). Brother of Ashot-Sargis.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kings">Kings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kingdom_of_Vaspurakan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Kings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gagik_I_of_Vaspurakan" class="mw-redirect" title="Gagik I of Vaspurakan">Gagik I (III) Artsruni</a>, crowned king (908–925 northwestern part, 925–943 all Vaspurakan)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derenik-Ashot_of_Vaspurakan" title="Derenik-Ashot of Vaspurakan">Derenik-Ashot (Ashot III)</a>, King (943–953). Son of Gagik I.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abusahl-Hamazasp_of_Vaspurakan" title="Abusahl-Hamazasp of Vaspurakan">Abusahl-Hamazasp</a>, King (953–972). Brother of Derenik-Ashot I.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashot-Sahak_of_Vaspurakan" title="Ashot-Sahak of Vaspurakan">Ashot-Sahak (Ashot IV)</a>, King (972–983). Son of Abusahl-Hamazasp.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurgen-Khachik_of_Vaspurakan" title="Gurgen-Khachik of Vaspurakan">Gurgen-Khachik (Gurgen IV)</a>, King (983–1003) and Lord of <a href="/wiki/Antzevasiq" class="mw-redirect" title="Antzevasiq">Antzevasiq</a>. Brother of Ashot-Sahak.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senekerim-Hovhannes_Artsruni" title="Senekerim-Hovhannes Artsruni">Senekerim-Hovhannes</a>, Brother of Ashot-Sahak, King (1003–1021) and lord of Rechtuniq. 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class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of Arms of Armenia"><img alt="Coat of Arms of Armenia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Arms_of_Armenia.svg/80px-Arms_of_Armenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Arms_of_Armenia.svg/120px-Arms_of_Armenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Arms_of_Armenia.svg/160px-Arms_of_Armenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="192" /></a><figcaption>Coat of Arms of Armenia</figcaption></figure></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background: #eee; text-align: center;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_Armenia" title="Prehistoric Armenia">Prehistory</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shulaveri%E2%80%93Shomu_culture" title="Shulaveri–Shomu culture">Shulaveri–Shomu culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kura%E2%80%93Araxes_culture" title="Kura–Araxes culture">Kura–Araxes culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayk" title="Hayk">Legend of Hayk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trialeti%E2%80%93Vanadzor_culture" title="Trialeti–Vanadzor culture">Trialeti–Vanadzor culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armani_(kingdom)" title="Armani (kingdom)">Armani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lchashen%E2%80%93Metsamor_culture" title="Lchashen–Metsamor culture">Lchashen–Metsamor culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayasa-Azzi" title="Hayasa-Azzi">Hayasa-Azzi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shupria" title="Shupria">Arme–Shupria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mushki" title="Mushki">Mushki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urumeans" title="Urumeans">Urumu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nairi" title="Nairi">Nairi Confederation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urartu" title="Urartu">Urartu (Kingdom of Van)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etiuni" title="Etiuni">Etiuni</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background: #eee; text-align: center;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Armenia" title="Ancient Armenia">Antiquity</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Satrapy_of_Armenia" title="Satrapy of Armenia">Satrapy of Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesser_Armenia" title="Lesser Armenia">Armenia Minor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Armenia_(antiquity)" title="Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)">Kingdom of Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tigranes_the_Great" title="Tigranes the Great">Armenian Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Armenia" title="Roman Armenia">Roman Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_Armenia" title="Christianization of Armenia">Christianization of Armenia</a></li> <li><a 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href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHovannisian200078_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHovannisian2000">Hovannisian 2000</a>, p. 78.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHovannisian200079-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHovannisian200079_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHovannisian200079_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHovannisian200079_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHovannisian2000">Hovannisian 2000</a>, p. 79.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEVardanyan1985296-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVardanyan1985296_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVardanyan1985296_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVardanyan1985296_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFVardanyan1985">Vardanyan 1985</a>, p. 296.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHewsen2001116-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHewsen2001116_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHewsen2001">Hewsen 2001</a>, p. 116.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHovannisian200080-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHovannisian200080_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHovannisian2000">Hovannisian 2000</a>, p. 80.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDer_Nersessian194711-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDer_Nersessian194711_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDer_Nersessian1947">Der Nersessian 1947</a>, p. 11.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHewsen2001126-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHewsen2001126_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHewsen2001">Hewsen 2001</a>, 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0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBoase1978" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/T._S._R._Boase" title="T. S. R. Boase">Boase, T.S.R.</a> (1978). <i>The Cilician kingdom of Armenia</i>. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press. <a href="/wiki/SBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="SBN (identifier)">SBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-707301459" title="Special:BookSources/0-707301459"><bdi>707301459</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Cilician+kingdom+of+Armenia&rft.place=Edinburgh&rft.pub=Scottish+Academic+Press&rft.date=1978&rft.aulast=Boase&rft.aufirst=T.S.R.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKingdom+of+Vaspurakan" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDer_Nersessian1947" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Sirarpie_Der_Nersessian" title="Sirarpie Der Nersessian">Der Nersessian, Sirarpie</a> (1947). <i>Armenia and the Byzantine Empire: A Brief Study of Armenian Art and Civilization</i>. Cambridge: <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University_Press" title="Harvard University Press">Harvard University Press</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Armenia+and+the+Byzantine+Empire%3A+A+Brief+Study+of+Armenian+Art+and+Civilization&rft.place=Cambridge&rft.pub=Harvard+University+Press&rft.date=1947&rft.aulast=Der+Nersessian&rft.aufirst=Sirarpie&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKingdom+of+Vaspurakan" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHewsen2001" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Robert_H._Hewsen" title="Robert H. Hewsen">Hewsen, Robert H.</a> (2001). <i>Armenia: A Historical Atlas</i>. <a href="/wiki/The_University_of_Chicago_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="The University of Chicago Press">The University of Chicago Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-226-33228-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-226-33228-4"><bdi>0-226-33228-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Armenia%3A+A+Historical+Atlas&rft.pub=The+University+of+Chicago+Press&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=0-226-33228-4&rft.aulast=Hewsen&rft.aufirst=Robert+H.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKingdom+of+Vaspurakan" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHovannisian2000" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Richard_G._Hovannisian" title="Richard G. Hovannisian">Hovannisian, Richard G.</a>, ed. (2000), <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/armenianvanvaspu00rich"><i>Armenian Van/Vaspurakan</i></a></span>, Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces, Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Publishers, <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/44774992">44774992</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Armenian+Van%2FVaspurakan&rft.place=Costa+Mesa%2C+California&rft.series=Historic+Armenian+Cities+and+Provinces&rft.pub=Mazda+Publishers&rft.date=2000&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F44774992&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Farmenianvanvaspu00rich&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKingdom+of+Vaspurakan" class="Z3988"></span> .</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVardanyan1985" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Vardanyan, V. (1985). <a class="external text" href="https://hy.wikisource.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%BB:%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%8D%D5%B8%D5%BE%D5%A5%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%AB%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6_(Soviet_Armenian_Encyclopedia)_11.djvu/296">"Vaspurakani tʻagavorutʻyun"</a>. In Hambardzumyan, Viktor (ed.). <i><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Armenian_Encyclopedia" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia">Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia</a></i> (in Armenian). Vol. 11. Yerevan. pp. 296–297.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Vaspurakani+t%CA%BBagavorut%CA%BByun&rft.btitle=Soviet+Armenian+Encyclopedia&rft.place=Yerevan&rft.pages=296-297&rft.date=1985&rft.aulast=Vardanyan&rft.aufirst=V.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fhy.wikisource.org%2Fwiki%2F%25D4%25B7%25D5%25BB%3A%25D5%2580%25D5%25A1%25D5%25B5%25D5%25AF%25D5%25A1%25D5%25AF%25D5%25A1%25D5%25B6_%25D5%258D%25D5%25B8%25D5%25BE%25D5%25A5%25D5%25BF%25D5%25A1%25D5%25AF%25D5%25A1%25D5%25B6_%25D5%2580%25D5%25A1%25D5%25B6%25D6%2580%25D5%25A1%25D5%25A3%25D5%25AB%25D5%25BF%25D5%25A1%25D6%2580%25D5%25A1%25D5%25B6_%28Soviet_Armenian_Encyclopedia%29_11.djvu%2F296&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKingdom+of+Vaspurakan" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kingdom_of_Vaspurakan&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Vaspurakan" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Vaspurakan">Vaspurakan</a></span>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tovma_Artsruni" title="Tovma Artsruni">Thomas Artsruni</a>. <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/embed/tovma-artsruni-history-1985">History of the House of Artsrunik</a></i>. 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<li><a href="/wiki/Timurid_Empire" title="Timurid Empire">Timurid</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6kt%C3%BCrks" title="Göktürks">Turkic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Turkic_Khaganate" title="First Turkic Khaganate">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Turkic_Khaganate" title="Western Turkic Khaganate">Western</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Turkic_Khaganate" title="Eastern Turkic Khaganate">Eastern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Turkic_Khaganate" title="Second Turkic Khaganate">Second</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C3%BCrgesh" title="Türgesh">Türgesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uyghur_Khaganate" title="Uyghur Khaganate">Uighur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyz_Khaganate" title="Kyrgyz Khaganate">Kyrgyz</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Ukraine" title="History of Ukraine">Ukrainian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kievan_Rus%27" title="Kievan Rus'">Ruthenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Kiev" title="Principality of Kiev">Kyivan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Venetian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%90%E1%BA%A1i_Vi%E1%BB%87t" title="Đại Việt">Vietnamese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C4%90inh_dynasty" title="Đinh dynasty">Dinh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_L%C3%AA_dynasty" title="Early Lê dynasty">Early Le</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%C3%BD_dynasty" title="Lý dynasty">Ly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tr%E1%BA%A7n_dynasty" title="Trần dynasty">Tran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%E1%BB%93_dynasty" title="Hồ dynasty">Ho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Later_Tr%E1%BA%A7n_dynasty" title="Later Trần dynasty">Later Tran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%C3%AA_dynasty" title="Lê dynasty">Later Le</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijayanagara_Empire" title="Vijayanagara Empire">Vijayanagara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghana_Empire" title="Ghana Empire">Wagadou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wari_Empire" title="Wari Empire">Wari</a></li></ul> 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href="/wiki/Central_African_Empire" title="Central African Empire">Central African</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Empire" title="Chinese Empire">Chinese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ming_dynasty" title="Ming dynasty">Ming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qing_dynasty" title="Qing dynasty">Qing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_China_(1915%E2%80%931916)" title="Empire of China (1915–1916)">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchukuo" title="Manchukuo">Manchukuo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_imperialism" title="Chinese imperialism">Contemporary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Empire" title="Ethiopian Empire">Ethiopian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Haiti" title="History of Haiti">Haitian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Empire_of_Haiti" title="First Empire of Haiti">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Empire_of_Haiti" title="Second Empire of Haiti">Second</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_France" title="History of France">French</a> 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title="Zand dynasty">Zand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qajar_Iran" title="Qajar Iran">Qajar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pahlavi_dynasty" title="Pahlavi dynasty">Pahlavi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Japanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_Empire" title="Korean Empire">Korean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maratha_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Maratha Empire">Maratha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Mexico" title="History of Mexico">Mexican</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Mexican_Empire" title="First Mexican Empire">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Mexican_Empire" title="Second Mexican Empire">Second</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Yuan" title="Northern Yuan">Mongol</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oirat_Confederation" title="Oirat Confederation">Oirat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khoshut_Khanate" title="Khoshut Khanate">Khoshut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dzungar_Khanate" title="Dzungar Khanate">Dzungar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalmyk_Khanate" title="Kalmyk Khanate">Kalmyk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bogd_Khanate_of_Mongolia" title="Bogd Khanate of Mongolia">Bogd</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Morocco" title="History of Morocco">Moroccan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saadi_Sultanate" title="Saadi Sultanate">Saadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alawi_Sultanate" title="Alawi Sultanate">'Alawi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Russia" title="History of Russia">Russian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tsardom_of_Russia" title="Tsardom of Russia">Tsarist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Imperial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_imperialism#Contemporary_Russian_imperialism" title="Russian imperialism">Contemporary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sokoto_Caliphate" title="Sokoto Caliphate">Sokoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Somalia" title="History of Somalia">Somali</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Isaaq_Sultanate" title="Isaaq Sultanate">Isaaq</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tu%CA%BBi_Tonga_Empire" title="Tuʻi Tonga Empire">Tongan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cossack_Hetmanate" title="Cossack Hetmanate">Ukrainian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%90%E1%BA%A1i_Vi%E1%BB%87t" title="Đại Việt">Vietnamese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M%E1%BA%A1c_dynasty" title="Mạc dynasty">Mạc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revival_L%C3%AA_dynasty" title="Revival Lê dynasty">Revival Lê</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C3%A2y_S%C6%A1n_dynasty" title="Tây Sơn dynasty">Tay Sơn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_dynasty" title="Nguyễn dynasty">Dainam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Vietnam" title="Empire of Vietnam">Vietnam</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Colonial" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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colonial empire">French</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_colonial_empire" title="German colonial empire">German</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Empire" title="Italian Empire">Italian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_colonial_empire" title="Japanese colonial empire">Japanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongol_Empire" title="Mongol Empire">Mongol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omani_Empire" title="Omani Empire">Omani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth" title="Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth">Polish–Lithuanian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Curonian_colonisation" title="Curonian colonisation">Couronian</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Empire" title="Portuguese Empire">Portuguese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Empire" title="Spanish Empire">Spanish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_overseas_colonies" title="Swedish overseas colonies">Swedish</a></li></ul> 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Miscellaneous</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist F" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"Empire" as a description of foreign policy <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_imperialism" title="American imperialism">American Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soviet_empire" title="Soviet empire">Soviet empire</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Historical_states_and_regions_of_Armenia" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Regions_of_Kingdom_of_Armenia" title="Template:Regions of Kingdom of Armenia"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Regions_of_Kingdom_of_Armenia" title="Template talk:Regions of Kingdom of Armenia"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Regions_of_Kingdom_of_Armenia" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Regions of Kingdom of Armenia"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Historical_states_and_regions_of_Armenia" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Historical states and <a href="/wiki/Historical_regions_of_Armenia" class="mw-redirect" title="Historical regions of Armenia">regions of Armenia</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Independent Armenian<br />states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Armenia_(antiquity)" title="Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)">Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)</a> (<a href="/wiki/Orontid_dynasty" title="Orontid dynasty">Orontids</a>, <a href="/wiki/Artaxiad_dynasty" title="Artaxiad dynasty">Artaxiads</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arsacid_dynasty_of_Armenia" title="Arsacid dynasty of Armenia">Arsacids</a>, 553 BC–428 AD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagratid_Armenia" title="Bagratid Armenia">Kingdom of Armenia (Middle Ages)</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bagratuni_dynasty" title="Bagratuni dynasty">Bagratunis</a>, 884–1045)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Kingdom_of_Cilicia" title="Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia">Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rubenids" title="Rubenids">Rubenids</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hethumids" title="Hethumids">Hethumids</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lusignan_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Lusignan dynasty">Lusignans</a>, 1080–1375)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Republic_of_Armenia" title="First Republic of Armenia">Republic of Armenia</a> (1918–1920)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Republic of Armenia</a> (1991–present)</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_the_Armenian_Empire_of_Tigranes_(English).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Armenian Empire under Tigranes the Great"><img alt="Armenian Empire under Tigranes the Great" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Map_of_the_Armenian_Empire_of_Tigranes_%28English%29.svg/100px-Map_of_the_Armenian_Empire_of_Tigranes_%28English%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Map_of_the_Armenian_Empire_of_Tigranes_%28English%29.svg/150px-Map_of_the_Armenian_Empire_of_Tigranes_%28English%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Map_of_the_Armenian_Empire_of_Tigranes_%28English%29.svg/200px-Map_of_the_Armenian_Empire_of_Tigranes_%28English%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="506" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Minor or dependent<br />Armenian states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Satrapy_of_Armenia" title="Satrapy of Armenia">Satrapy of Armenia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Orontid_dynasty" title="Orontid dynasty">Orontids</a>, 522–331 BC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Hamamshen" title="Principality of Hamamshen">Principality of Hamamshen</a> (790–1486)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kingdom of Vaspurakan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Artsruni" class="mw-redirect" title="Artsruni">Artsrunis</a>, 908–1021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Vanand" title="Kingdom of Vanand">Kingdom of Vanand</a> (963–1064)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Tashir-Dzoraget" title="Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget">Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget</a> (Kiurikians, 979–1118)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Syunik" title="Kingdom of Syunik">Kingdom of Syunik</a> (<a href="/wiki/Siunia_dynasty" title="Siunia dynasty">Siunis</a>, 987–1170)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Artsakh" title="Kingdom of Artsakh">Kingdom of Artsakh</a> (Khachen, 1000–1261)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zakarid_Armenia" title="Zakarid Armenia">Zakarid Principality of Armenia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Zakarid-Mkhargrzeli" class="mw-redirect" title="Zakarid-Mkhargrzeli">Zakarians</a>, 1201–1335)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melikdoms_of_Karabakh" title="Melikdoms of Karabakh">Melikdoms of Karabakh</a> (Beglarians, Israelians, <a href="/wiki/House_of_Hasan-Jalalyan" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Hasan-Jalalyan">Hasan-Jalalians</a>, Shanazarians and Avanians, 1603–1822)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Mountainous_Armenia" title="Republic of Mountainous Armenia">Republic of Mountainous Armenia</a> (1921, unrecognized)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic">Soviet Armenia</a> (1920–1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Artsakh" title="Republic of Artsakh">Artsakh</a> (1991–2023, unrecognized)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Provinces or <i>Ashkhars</i> <br />of Armenia Major</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Armenia" title="Upper Armenia">Upper Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sophene" title="Sophene">Sophene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arzanene" title="Arzanene">Arzanene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turuberan" title="Turuberan">Turuberan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moxoene" title="Moxoene">Moxoene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corduene" class="mw-redirect" title="Corduene">Corduene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nor_Shirakan" title="Nor Shirakan">Nor Shirakan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaspurakan" title="Vaspurakan">Vaspurakan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syunik_(historic_province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Syunik (historic province)">Syunik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artsakh_(historic_province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Artsakh (historic province)">Artsakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paytakaran" title="Paytakaran">Paytakaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utik" title="Utik">Utik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gugark" title="Gugark">Gugark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tayk" title="Tayk">Tayk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayrarat" title="Ayrarat">Ayrarat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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