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Bagratuni
Բագրատունի
Bagratuni; Բագրատունի
	Bas-relief of a leopard with a cross above it from the ruins of Ani, believed to be a symbol of the Bagratuni dynasty or of Ani.
Country	Armenia
Founded	c. 300 AD
Founder	Smbat I
Final ruler	Gagik II (as King of Armenia)
Titles	King of Kings of Armenia and Iberia (Armenian: Շահնշահ Հայոց և Վրաց); King of Armenia; King of Artsakh; King of Vaspurakan; King of Syunik; King of Lori; Prince of Vanand; Prince of Taron; Prince of Khachen; Prince of Tayk;
Cadet branches	Bagrationis; Rubenids; Hasan-Jalalyan (indirectly); Kiurikians

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The Bagratuni or Bagratid dynasty (Armenian: Բագրատունի, Armenian pronunciation: [bagɾatuni]) was an Armenian^[3] royal dynasty which ruled the medieval Kingdom of Armenia from c. 885 until 1045. Originating as vassals of the Kingdom of Armenia of antiquity, they rose to become the most prominent Armenian noble family during the period of Arab rule in Armenia, eventually establishing their own independent kingdom.^[4] Their domain included regions of Armenia such as Shirak, Bagrevand,^[5] Kogovit,^[6] Syunik, Lori, Vaspurakan, Vanand and Taron.^[7] Many historians, such as Cyril Toumanoff, Nicholas Adontz and Ronald Suny, consider them to be the progenitors of the Georgian royal Bagrationi dynasty.^[8]^[9]^[10]

Early history

The name "Bagratuni" derives from Bagarat (Բագարատ), a Parthian variant of the Old Iranian name Bagadata ("God-given").^[11] Historian Cyril Toumanoff speculated that a general of King Tigranes II of Armenia (r. 95 – 55 BCE) named Bagadates may have been the earliest known member of the Bagratuni family,^[12] which first emerged as nakharars—members of the hereditary nobility of Armenia—in the early 4th century.^[10] The Arshakuni (Arsacid) dynasty, which ruled Armenia from 52 to 428, granted the family heritable rights. The first Bagratuni prince identified by Toumanoff, Smbat I, lived at the time of the Armenian conversion to Christianity (c. 314).^[13] Starting with Smbat, the Bagratunis held the hereditary titles of aspet, meaning "Master of the Horse" or the commander of the cavalry (although this appears to have been purely ceremonial and not an actual military command), and tagadir, which indicated their privilege of crowning Arshakuni kings upon their accession to the throne.^[14] Their domain included the region of Sper in the Çoruh River valley of Upper Armenia, which was famous for its gold and silver, and Tayk. The medieval Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi claimed they had an ancestor, Smbat, who came to Armenia from Judea in 6th century BCE, but modern historians regard this as an invention to give a biblical origin to the family.^[15] Toumanoff proposed instead that the Bagratunis were descended from the Orontids, the first identifiable ruling dynasty of ancient Armenia.^[13]

After the 7th-century Arab conquest of Armenia, members of the Bagratuni house often held the title of ishkhan (prince) of Armenia, although they were subordinate to a Muslim governor (ostikan) appointed by the caliphs.^[4] The period of Arab rule in Armenia saw the decline of the power of the Mamikonians at the same time as the Bagratunis gained in prominence, as the Muslim governors favored the latter.^[4] During the collapse of Umayyad rule in 748, the Bagratuni ishkhan Ashot III reluctantly joined with the other Armenian nobles in a revolt against Arab rule. Ashot was blinded on the orders of Grigor Mamikonian after trying to withdraw from the rebellion, which failed after Grigor's death in 749. Ashot "the Blind" was restored to nominal rule as ishkhan after the Abbasids reestablished Arab rule of Armenia in 750.^[4] In 774-775 sparapet Smbat VII Bagratuni led the Armenian nobility in an unsuccessful revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate, although part of the Bagratuni house opposed the rebellion.^[16] Smbat was killed at the Battle of Bagrevand along with Mushegh Mamikonian and many other Armenian nobles. After the failed rebellion, the Bagratunis lost control of their domains of Tmorik, Kogovit and their possessions in Vaspurakan, although their losses were less severe than those of the other Armenian noble families.^[16]

Smbat VII's son Ashot Msaker restored the fortunes of the dynasty in the 9th century by waging war against the local Arab emir while remaining loyal to the Abbasid caliphs. Ashot Msaker (re-)acquired a number of territories for the Bagratuni family, which were divided^{[by whom?]} between two of his sons: Bagrat II, who received Taron and Sasun along with the new title "Prince of Princes" (ishkhan ishkhanats), and Smbat "the Confessor", who received the title sparapet and the holdings of Sper and Tayk.^[4] Meanwhile, Ashot Msaker's uncle, Vasak, established himself in the Georgian region of Iberia; Vasak's grandson Ashot I became the first ruler of Iberia from the Bagratuni dynasty c. 813. This branch of the dynasty would rule as kings of Georgia for centuries as the Bagrationis.^[4]

The vassal Kingdom of Vaspurakan, in Southern Armenia (908-1021)

Bagratids as rulers of Armenia

Ashot I, nephew of Bagrat II, was the first member of the dynasty to rule as King of Armenia. He was recognized as prince of princes by the court at Baghdad in 861, which provoked war with local Arab emirs. Ashot won the war, and was recognized as King of the Armenians by Baghdad in 885. Recognition from Constantinople followed in 886. In an effort to unify the Armenian nation under one flag, the Bagratids subjugated other Armenian noble families through conquests and fragile marriage alliances. Eventually, some noble families such as the Artsrunis and the Siunis broke off from the central Bagratid authority, founding the separate kingdoms of Vaspurakan and Syunik, respectively.^[17] Ashot III the Merciful transferred their capital to the city of Ani, now famous for its ruins. They kept power by playing off the competition between the Byzantine Empire and the Arabs.^{[citation needed]}

They assumed the Persian title of "King of Kings" (Shahanshah).^[2] However, with the start of the 10th century and on, the Bagratunis broke up into different branches, fragmenting the kingdom in a time when unity was needed in the face of Seljuk and Byzantine pressure. The rule of the Ani branch ended in 1045 with the conquest of Ani by the Byzantines.^{[citation needed]}

The Kars branch of the family held out until 1064. The junior Kiurikian branch of the Bagratunis continued to rule as independent kings of Tashir-Dzoraget until 1118 and Kakheti-Hereti until 1104, and thereafter as rulers of smaller principalities centered on their fortresses of Tavush and Matsnaberd until the 13th century Mongol conquest of Armenia.^[18] The dynasty of Cilician Armenia is believed to be a branch of the Bagratids, which later took the throne of an Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia. The founder, Ruben I, had an unknown relationship to the exiled king Gagik II. He was either a younger family member or kinsman. Ashot, son of Hovhannes (son of Gagik II), was later governor of Ani under the Shaddadid dynasty.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Matʻevosyan 2021, p. 10.
^ ^a ^b Greenwood, Tim Emergence of the Bagratuni Kingdoms, p. 52, in Armenian Kars and Ani, Hovannisian, Richard G., ed.
^ Ashot Khachatrian. "Bagratunis". Modern Armenian historiography generally agrees on the Armenian origin of the Bagratunis. Supporters of that point of view are, for example, researchers of the issue, Rafael I. Matevosyan, who has irrefutably refuted the point of view of Jewish origin with thorough scientific research, as well as Albert V. Musheghyan, Maria Grigoryan, Srmen Petrosyan, Mnatsakan R. Khachatryan and many others.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Garsoïan 1997.
^ Hakobyan, T. Kh.; Melik-Bakhshyan, St. T.; Barseghyan, H. Kh. (1986). "Bagrevand". Hayastani ev harakitsʻ shrjanneri teghanunneri baṛaran [Dictionary of toponymy of Armenia and adjacent territories] (in Armenian). Vol. 1. Yerevan State University. p. 536. Bagrevand ... in the 9th-11th centuries was under the rule of the Bagratouni Kingdom of Armenia.
^ Hakobyan, T. Kh.; Melik-Bakhshyan, St. T.; Barseghyan, H. Kh. (1991). "Kogovit". Hayastani ev harakitsʻ shrjanneri teghanunneri baṛaran [Dictionary of toponymy of Armenia and adjacent territories] (in Armenian). Vol. 3. Yerevan State University. p. 182. During the reign of the Arshakuni dynasty, the province of Kogovit belonged to the court, but after Arshakuni kingdom's decline it passed to the Bagratuni princes.
^ Toumanoff 1966.
^ Toumanoff, Cyril, Iberia on the Eve of Bagratid Rule, p. 22, cited in: Suny, Ronald Grigor (1994), The Making of the Georgian Nation, note 30, p. 349: "All this has now come to be accepted in modern Georgian historiography".
^ Mikaberidze, Alexander (2015). Historical dictionary of Georgia. Lanham. ISBN 978-1-4422-4146-6. OCLC 916450044.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) p. 172
^ ^a ^b Toumanoff 1966, p. 609.
^ Russell 2004, p. 879.
^ Toumanoff 1963, p. 202.
^ ^a ^b Toumanoff 1963, p. 338.
^ Movses Khorenatsi. History of the Armenians. Translation and Commentary of the Literary Sources by R. W. Thomson. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1978 Appendix A. Primary History, pp. 358-359, 362, 365-366
^ Kurkjian 1958, p. 186.
^ ^a ^b Garsoïan 1997, pp. 131–132.
^ Herzig, Edmund; Kurkchiyan, Marina (2005). The Armenians: Past and Present in the Making of National Identity. Routledge. p. 43.
^ "Kyurikyanner" 1977.

Sources

Garsoïan, Nina (1997). "The Arab Invasions and the Rise of the Bagratuni (640-884)". In Hovannisian, Richard G. (ed.). The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times. Vol. 1. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-10169-4.
Hewsen, Robert H. (2001). Armenia: A Historical Atlas. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-33228-4.
Kurkjian, Vahan M. (1958). A History of Armenia. Armenian General Benevolent Union of America.
"Kyurikyanner". Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia (in Armenian). Vol. 5. Yerevan. 1977. p. 494.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Matʻevosyan, Karen (2021). Ter-Ghevondyan, Vahan (ed.). Anin ev anetsʻinerě [Ani and its Citizens] (in Armenian). Matenadarani hrat. ISBN 978-9939-897-01-1.
Russell, James R. (2004). Armenian and Iranian Studies. Harvard Armenian Texts and Studies. Vol. 9. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0935411195.
Toumanoff, Cyril (1966). "Armenia and Georgia". The Cambridge Medieval History. Vol. IV. Cambridge.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Toumanoff, Cyril (1963). Studies in Christian Caucasian History. Georgetown University Press. OCLC 505712128.

External links

Media related to Bagratuni dynasty at Wikimedia Commons

[FOOTNOTEMatʻevosyan202110-1] Matʻevosyan 2021, p. 10.

[Tim_Greenwood_p._52-2] Greenwood, Tim Emergence of the Bagratuni Kingdoms, p. 52, in Armenian Kars and Ani, Hovannisian, Richard G., ed.

[3] Ashot Khachatrian. "Bagratunis". Modern Armenian historiography generally agrees on the Armenian origin of the Bagratunis. Supporters of that point of view are, for example, researchers of the issue, Rafael I. Matevosyan, who has irrefutably refuted the point of view of Jewish origin with thorough scientific research, as well as Albert V. Musheghyan, Maria Grigoryan, Srmen Petrosyan, Mnatsakan R. Khachatryan and many others.

[FOOTNOTEGarsoïan1997-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Garsoïan 1997.

[:32-5] Hakobyan, T. Kh.; Melik-Bakhshyan, St. T.; Barseghyan, H. Kh. (1986). "Bagrevand". Hayastani ev harakitsʻ shrjanneri teghanunneri baṛaran [Dictionary of toponymy of Armenia and adjacent territories] (in Armenian). Vol. 1. Yerevan State University. p. 536. Bagrevand ... in the 9th-11th centuries was under the rule of the Bagratouni Kingdom of Armenia.

[:322-6] Hakobyan, T. Kh.; Melik-Bakhshyan, St. T.; Barseghyan, H. Kh. (1991). "Kogovit". Hayastani ev harakitsʻ shrjanneri teghanunneri baṛaran [Dictionary of toponymy of Armenia and adjacent territories] (in Armenian). Vol. 3. Yerevan State University. p. 182. During the reign of the Arshakuni dynasty, the province of Kogovit belonged to the court, but after Arshakuni kingdom's decline it passed to the Bagratuni princes.

[FOOTNOTEToumanoff1966-7] Toumanoff 1966.

[8] Toumanoff, Cyril, Iberia on the Eve of Bagratid Rule, p. 22, cited in: Suny, Ronald Grigor (1994), The Making of the Georgian Nation, note 30, p. 349: "All this has now come to be accepted in modern Georgian historiography".

[9] Mikaberidze, Alexander (2015). Historical dictionary of Georgia. Lanham. ISBN 978-1-4422-4146-6. OCLC 916450044.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) p. 172

[FOOTNOTEToumanoff1966609-10] Toumanoff 1966, p. 609.

[FOOTNOTERussell2004879-11] Russell 2004, p. 879.

[FOOTNOTEToumanoff1963202-12] Toumanoff 1963, p. 202.

[FOOTNOTEToumanoff1963338-13] Toumanoff 1963, p. 338.

[14] Movses Khorenatsi. History of the Armenians. Translation and Commentary of the Literary Sources by R. W. Thomson. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1978 Appendix A. Primary History, pp. 358-359, 362, 365-366

[FOOTNOTEKurkjian1958186-15] Kurkjian 1958, p. 186.

[FOOTNOTEGarsoïan1997131–132-16] Garsoïan 1997, pp. 131–132.

[The_Armenians-17] Herzig, Edmund; Kurkchiyan, Marina (2005). The Armenians: Past and Present in the Making of National Identity. Routledge. p. 43.

[FOOTNOTE"Kyurikyanner"1977-18] "Kyurikyanner" 1977.

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-The '''Bagratuni''' or '''Bagratid dynasty''' ({{lang-hy|[[wikt:Բագրատունի|Բագրատունի]]}}, {{IPA-hy|bagɾatuni}}) was an [[Armenians|Armenian]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Balakian|first=Peter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jtxkCgAAQBAJ&dq=armenian+bagratuni+dynasty&pg=PA96|title=Vise and Shadow: Essays on the Lyric Imagination, Poetry, Art, and Culture|date=2015-05-06|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-25433-3|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Gorman|first=Anthony|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fTkkDQAAQBAJ&dq=armenian+bagratuni+dynasty&pg=PA189|title=Diasporas of the Modern Middle East: Contextualising Community|date=2015-05-29|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|isbn=978-0-7486-8611-7|language=en}}</ref> royal dynasty which ruled the medieval [[Bagratid Armenia|Kingdom of Armenia]] from c. 885 until 1045. Originating as vassals of the [[Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)|Kingdom of Armenia of antiquity]], they rose to become the most prominent Armenian noble family during the period of [[Arminiya|Arab rule in Armenia]], eventually establishing their own independent kingdom.<ref name="Hovhannisian">{{cite book |last=Garsoian |first=Nina |author-link= |date=1997 |title=The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times |chapter=The Arab Invasions and the Rise of the Bagratuni (640-884)|volume=1 |location=New York |publisher=St. Martin's Press |pages=117–142 |isbn=|editor1-last=Hovhannisian |editor1-first=Richard G.}}</ref> Their domain included regions of the Kingdom of Armenia such as [[Shirak Province|Shirak]], [[Bagrevand]],<ref>Dictionary of toponymies of Armenia and adjacent regions, vol. 1, Yerevan, 1986, p. 536. In Armenian: Հայաստանի և հարակից շրջանների տեղանունների բառարան, հ.1, էջ 536: Bagrevand ... in the 9th-11th centuries was under the rule of the Bagratouni Kingdom of Armenia. Բագրևանդը … 9-11-րդ դարերում մտնում էր Բագրատունիների թագավորության տիրապետության մեջ:</ref> Kogovit,<ref>The Dictionary of the toponyms of Armenia and the adjacent regions, volume 3, Yerevan State University, YSU Publishing house, Yerevan, 1991, p. 182. "During the reign of the Arshakuni dynasty, the province of Kogovit belonged to the court, but after Arshakuni Kingdom's decline it passed to the Bagratuni princes".Հայաստանի եւ հարակից շրջանների տեղանունների բառարան, Թ.Խ. Հակոբյան, Ստ.Տ. Մելիք-Բախշյան, Հ.Խ. Բարսեղյան։ Երեւանի Համալսարանի Հրատարակչություն, Հատոր 3: Երեւան, 1991, էջ 182։ ՙՙԿոգովիտ գավառը Արշակունիների թագավորության ժամանակ պատկանում էր արքունիքին, իսկ նրա անկման շրջանում անցավ Բագրատունիներին՚՚:</ref> [[Syunik (historic province)|Syunik]], [[Kingdom of Lori|Lori]], [[Vaspurakan]], [[Vanand]] and [[Taron (historic Armenia)|Taron]].<ref>http://rbedrosian.com/Ref/CMH1.htm</ref> According to the modern historian [[Cyril Toumanoff]], they are considered the progenitors of the Georgian royal [[Bagrationi dynasty]].<ref>[[Cyril Toumanoff|Toumanoff, C.]] ''Iberia on the Eve of Bagratid Rule'', p.&nbsp;22, cited in: Suny (1994), note 30, p. 349: "All this has now come to be accepted in modern Georgian historiography".</ref><ref name="Toumanoff1966">[[Cyril Toumanoff|Toumanoff, Cyril]], "Armenia and Georgia", in ''The Cambridge Medieval History'', Cambridge, 1966, vol. IV, p. 609. Accessible online at [http://rbedrosian.com/Ref/CMH1.htm]</ref>
+| current head =
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+| cadet branches = [[Bagrationi dynasty|Bagrationis]]<br>[[Rubenids]]<br>[[House of Hasan-Jalalyan|Hasan-Jalalyan]] (indirectly)<br>[[Kiurikian dynasty|Kiurikians]]
+}}
+[[File:Haghpat - Armenia (2935022258).jpg|thumb|[[Smbat II]] and his brother [[Kiurike I]] depicted at the entrance to [[Haghpat Monastery]]]]
+The '''Bagratuni''' or '''Bagratid dynasty''' ({{lang-hy|[[wikt:Բագրատունի|Բագրատունի]]}}, {{IPA-hy|bagɾatuni}}) was an [[Armenians|Armenian]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Ashot Khachatrian |first= |title=Modern Armenian historiography generally agrees on the Armenian origin of the Bagratunis. Supporters of that point of view are, for example, researchers of the issue, Rafael I. Matevosyan, who has irrefutably refuted the point of view of Jewish origin with thorough scientific research, as well as Albert V. Musheghyan, Maria Grigoryan, Srmen Petrosyan, Mnatsakan R. Khachatryan and many others.|chapter=Bagratunis |chapter-url=https://xachatryanashot.home.blog/2020/05/28/%d5%a2%d5%a1%d5%a3%d6%80%d5%a1%d5%bf%d5%b8%d6%82%d5%b6%d5%ab%d5%b6%d5%a5%d6%80-2/}}</ref> royal dynasty which ruled the medieval [[Bagratid Armenia|Kingdom of Armenia]] from c. 885 until 1045. Originating as vassals of the [[Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)|Kingdom of Armenia of antiquity]], they rose to become the most prominent Armenian noble family during the period of [[Arminiya|Arab rule in Armenia]], eventually establishing their own independent kingdom.{{sfn|Garsoïan|1997|}} Their domain included regions of Armenia such as [[Shirak Province|Shirak]], [[Bagrevand]],<ref name=":32">{{Cite book |last=Hakobyan |first=T. Kh. |title=Hayastani ev harakitsʻ shrjanneri teghanunneri baṛaran |last2=Melik-Bakhshyan |first2=St. T. |last3=Barseghyan |first3=H. Kh. |publisher=Yerevan State University |year=1986 |volume=1 |pages=536 |language=hy |trans-title=Dictionary of toponymy of Armenia and adjacent territories |chapter=Bagrevand |quote=Bagrevand ... in the 9th-11th centuries was under the rule of the Bagratouni Kingdom of Armenia. |chapter-url=http://nayiri.com/imagedDictionaryBrowser.jsp?dictionaryId=61&query=%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%A3%D6%80%D6%87%D5%A1%D5%B6}}</ref> Kogovit,<ref name=":322">{{Cite book |last=Hakobyan |first=T. Kh. |title=Hayastani ev harakitsʻ shrjanneri teghanunneri baṛaran |last2=Melik-Bakhshyan |first2=St. T. |last3=Barseghyan |first3=H. Kh. |publisher=Yerevan State University |year=1991 |volume=3 |pages=182 |language=hy |trans-title=Dictionary of toponymy of Armenia and adjacent territories |chapter=Kogovit |quote=During the reign of the Arshakuni dynasty, the province of Kogovit belonged to the court, but after Arshakuni kingdom's decline it passed to the Bagratuni princes. |chapter-url=http://nayiri.com/imagedDictionaryBrowser.jsp?dictionaryId=61&query=%D5%AF%D5%B8%D5%A3%D5%B8%D5%BE%D5%AB%D5%BF}}</ref> [[Syunik (historic province)|Syunik]], [[Kingdom of Lori|Lori]], [[Vaspurakan]], [[Vanand]] and [[Taron (historic Armenia)|Taron]].{{Sfn|Toumanoff|1966}} Many historians, such as [[Cyril Toumanoff]], [[Nicholas Adontz]] and [[Ronald Grigor Suny|Ronald Suny]], consider them to be the progenitors of the Georgian royal [[Bagrationi dynasty]].<ref>[[Cyril Toumanoff|Toumanoff, Cyril]], ''Iberia on the Eve of Bagratid Rule'', p.&nbsp;22, cited in: Suny, Ronald Grigor (1994), ''The Making of the Georgian Nation'', note 30, p. 349: "All this has now come to be accepted in modern Georgian historiography".</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Mikaberidze | first=Alexander | title=Historical dictionary of Georgia | publication-place=Lanham | date=2015 | isbn=978-1-4422-4146-6 | oclc=916450044}} p. 172</ref>{{Sfn|Toumanoff|1966|p=609}}
 ==Early history==
-{{Main article|Origin of the Bagratid dynasties}}
+{{See also|Origin of the Bagratid dynasties}}
-The name of "Bagratuni" is derived from ''Bagarat'', a [[Parthian language|Parthian]] variant of the [[Old Iranian]] name ''Bagadata'' ("God-given").{{sfn|Russell|2004|p=879}} The Bagratuni family first emerged as [[nakharar]]s, members of the hereditary nobility of Armenia, in the early 4th century.<ref name="Toumanoff1966"/> The [[Arsacid dynasty of Armenia|Arshakuni dynasty]], which ruled Armenia from 52 to 428, granted the family heritable rights. The first Bagratuni prince identified by historian [[Cyril Toumanoff]], Smbat I, lived at the time of the Armenian conversion to [[Christianity]] (c. 301-314).<ref name="Toumanoff1963">{{cite book |last= Toumanoff |first= Cyril |date= 1963 |title=Studies in Christian Caucasian History  |publisher=Georgetown University Press |pages=338 |isbn= }}</ref> Starting with Smbat, the Bagratunis held the hereditary titles of ''[[aspet]]'', meaning "Master of the Horse" or the commander of the cavalry, and ''tagadir'', which indicated their privilege of crowning Arshakuni kings upon their accession to the throne.<ref>[[Moses of Chorene|Movses Khorenatsi]]. ''History of the Armenians''. Translation and Commentary of the Literary Sources by R. W. Thomson. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1978 Appendix A. Primary History, pp. 358-359, 362, 365-366</ref> Their domain included the region of [[Speri (region)|Sper]] in the [[Çoruh River]] valley of [[Upper Armenia]], which was famous for its gold and silver, and [[Tayk]]. The medieval Armenian historian [[Movses Khorenatsi]] claimed they had an ancestor, Smbat, who came to Armenia from Judea in 6th century BC, but modern historians regard this as an invention to give a biblical origin to the family.<ref>{{cite book |last= Kurkjian |first= Vahan |author-link= Vahan Kurkjian |title= A History of Armenia |location=New York |publisher=[[AGBU|Armenian General Benevolent Fund]] |year=1958 |pages= 186}}</ref> Toumanoff proposed instead that the Bagratunis were descended from the [[Orontid dynasty|Orontids]], the first identifiable ruling dynasty of ancient Armenia.<ref name="Toumanoff1963"/>
+The name "Bagratuni" derives from ''Bagarat'' (''Բագարատ''), a [[Parthian language|Parthian]] variant of the [[Old Iranian]] name ''Bagadata'' ("God-given").{{sfn|Russell|2004|p=879}} Historian [[Cyril Toumanoff]] speculated that a general of King [[Tigranes the Great|Tigranes II]] of Armenia ({{Reign|95|55 BCE}}) named Bagadates may have been the earliest known member of the Bagratuni family,{{Sfn|Toumanoff|1963|p=202}} which first emerged as [[nakharar|''nakharars'']]—members of the hereditary nobility of Armenia—in the early 4th century.{{Sfn|Toumanoff|1966|p=609}} The [[Arsacid dynasty of Armenia|Arshakuni (Arsacid) dynasty]], which ruled Armenia from 52 to 428, granted the family heritable rights. The first Bagratuni prince identified by Toumanoff, Smbat I, lived at the time of the Armenian conversion to [[Christianity]] ({{Circa|314}}).{{Sfn|Toumanoff|1963|p=338}} Starting with Smbat, the Bagratunis held the hereditary titles of ''[[aspet]]'', meaning "Master of the Horse" or the commander of the cavalry (although this appears to have been purely ceremonial and not an actual military command), and ''tagadir'', which indicated their privilege of crowning Arshakuni kings upon their accession to the throne.<ref>[[Moses of Chorene|Movses Khorenatsi]]. ''History of the Armenians''. Translation and Commentary of the Literary Sources by R. W. Thomson. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1978 Appendix A. Primary History, pp. 358-359, 362, 365-366</ref> Their domain included the region of [[Speri (region)|Sper]] in the [[Çoruh|Çoruh River]] valley of [[Upper Armenia]], which was famous for its gold and silver, and [[Tayk]]. The medieval Armenian historian [[Movses Khorenatsi]] claimed they had an ancestor, Smbat, who came to Armenia from Judea in 6th century BCE, but modern historians regard this as an invention to give a biblical origin to the family.{{sfn|Kurkjian|1958|p=186}} Toumanoff proposed instead that the Bagratunis were descended from the [[Orontid dynasty|Orontids]], the first identifiable ruling dynasty of ancient Armenia.{{Sfn|Toumanoff|1963|p=338}}
-After the 7th-century [[Muslim conquest of Armenia|Arab conquest of Armenia]], members of the Bagratuni house often held the title of ''[[Ishkhan (title)|ishkhan]]'' (prince) of Armenia, although they were subordinate to a Muslim governor or ''[[ostikan]]'' appointed by the caliphs.<ref name="Hovhannisian"/> The period of Arab rule in Armenia saw the decline of the power of the [[Mamikonians]] at the same time as the Bagratunis gained in prominence, as the Muslim governors favored the latter.<ref name="Hovhannisian"/> During the collapse of [[Umayyad dynasty|Umayyad rule]] in 748, the Bagratuni ''ishkhan'' [[Ashot III Bagratuni|Ashot III]] reluctantly joined with the other Armenian nobles in a revolt against Arab rule. Ashot was blinded on the orders of Grigor Mamikonian after trying to withdraw from the rebellion, which failed after Grigor's death in 749. Ashot "the Blind" was restored to nominal rule as ''ishkhan'' after the [[Abbasids]] reestablished Arab rule of Armenia in 750.<ref name="Hovhannisian"/> In 774-775 ''[[sparapet]]'' [[Smbat VII Bagratuni]] led the Armenian nobility in an unsuccessful revolt against the [[Abbasid Caliphate]], although part of the Bagratuni house opposed the rebellion.<ref name="Hovhannisian"/> Smbat was killed at the [[Battle of Bagrevand]] along with [[Mushegh VI Mamikonian|Mushegh Mamikonian]] and many other Armenian nobles. After the failed rebellion, the Bagratunis lost control of their domains of Tmorik, Kogovit and their possessions in Vaspurakan, although their losses were less severe than those of the other Armenian noble families.<ref name="Hovhannisian"/>
+After the 7th-century [[Muslim conquest of Armenia|Arab conquest of Armenia]], members of the Bagratuni house often held the title of ''[[Ishkhan (title)|ishkhan]]'' (prince) of Armenia, although they were subordinate to a Muslim governor (''[[ostikan]]'') appointed by the caliphs.{{sfn|Garsoïan|1997|}} The period of Arab rule in Armenia saw the decline of the power of the [[Mamikonians]] at the same time as the Bagratunis gained in prominence, as the Muslim governors favored the latter.{{sfn|Garsoïan|1997|}} During the collapse of [[Umayyad dynasty|Umayyad rule]] in 748, the Bagratuni ''ishkhan'' [[Ashot III Bagratuni|Ashot III]] reluctantly joined with the other Armenian nobles in a revolt against Arab rule. Ashot was blinded on the orders of Grigor Mamikonian after trying to withdraw from the rebellion, which failed after Grigor's death in 749. Ashot "the Blind" was restored to nominal rule as ''ishkhan'' after the [[Abbasids]] reestablished Arab rule of Armenia in 750.{{sfn|Garsoïan|1997|}} In 774-775 ''[[sparapet]]'' [[Smbat VII Bagratuni]] led the Armenian nobility in an unsuccessful revolt against the [[Abbasid Caliphate]], although part of the Bagratuni house opposed the rebellion.{{sfn|Garsoïan|1997|pp=131-132}} Smbat was killed at the [[Battle of Bagrevand]] along with [[Mushegh VI Mamikonian|Mushegh Mamikonian]] and many other Armenian nobles. After the failed rebellion, the Bagratunis lost control of their domains of [[Tmoriq|Tmorik]], Kogovit and their possessions in Vaspurakan, although their losses were less severe than those of the other Armenian noble families.{{sfn|Garsoïan|1997|pp=131-132}}
-Smbat VII's son [[Ashot Msaker]] restored the fortunes of the dynasty in the 9th century by waging war against the local Arab emir while remaining loyal to the Abbasid caliphs. Ashot Msaker (re-)acquired a number of territories for the Bagratuni family, which were divided{{by whom|date=November 2021}} between two of his sons: [[Bagrat II Bagratuni|Bagrat II]], who received [[Taron (historic Armenia)|Taron]] and [[Sasun]] along with the new title "Prince of Princes" (''ishkhan ishkhanats''), and [[Smbat VIII Bagratuni|Smbat "the Confessor"]], who received the title ''[[sparapet]]'' and the holdings of [[Speri (region)|Sper]] and [[Tayk]].<ref name="Hovhannisian"/> Meanwhile, Ashot Msaker's uncle, Vasak, established himself in the Georgian region of [[Principality of Iberia|Iberia]]; Vasak's grandson [[Ashot I of Iberia|Ashot I]] became the first ruler of Iberia from the Bagratuni dynasty {{circa}} 813. This branch of the dynasty would rule as kings of Georgia for centuries as the [[Bagrationi dynasty|Bagrationis]].<ref name="Hovhannisian"/>
+Smbat VII's son [[Ashot Msaker]] restored the fortunes of the dynasty in the 9th century by waging war against the local Arab emir while remaining loyal to the Abbasid caliphs. Ashot Msaker (re-)acquired a number of territories for the Bagratuni family, which were divided{{by whom|date=November 2021}} between two of his sons: [[Bagrat II Bagratuni|Bagrat II]], who received [[Taron (historic Armenia)|Taron]] and [[Sasun]] along with the new title "Prince of Princes" (''ishkhan ishkhanats''), and [[Smbat VIII Bagratuni|Smbat "the Confessor"]], who received the title ''[[sparapet]]'' and the holdings of [[Speri (region)|Sper]] and [[Tayk]].{{sfn|Garsoïan|1997|}} Meanwhile, Ashot Msaker's uncle, Vasak, established himself in the Georgian region of [[Principality of Iberia|Iberia]]; Vasak's grandson [[Ashot I of Iberia|Ashot I]] became the first ruler of Iberia from the Bagratuni dynasty {{circa}} 813. This branch of the dynasty would rule as kings of Georgia for centuries as the [[Bagrationi dynasty|Bagrationis]].{{sfn|Garsoïan|1997|}}
-[[File:Caucasus, 884-962.gif|left|thumb|300x300px|1.Yellow: A. Central Armenian Kingdom of Bagratuni, B. Kingdom of Armenian Bagratuni in [[Kingdom of Iberia|Iberia]], C. Kingdom of Artsruni in [[Vaspurakan]], Southern [[Armenia]], 2.Red: Subordinate Emirates in D. Dvin, E. Nakhichevan, F. [[Tiflis]], 3.other colours: subordinate principalities of G. Syunik, H. Artsakh, I. [[Utik|Parisos]], J. Taron, K. [[Kartli]], L. [[Kakheti]], M. [[Caucasian Albania|Caucasian Albania Albania]], N. Kabala, O. Kaysite Emirate, P. Gandzak, etc..]]
+[[File:Caucasus, 884-962.gif|left|thumb|1.Yellow: A. Central Armenian Kingdom of Bagratuni, B. Kingdom of Armenian Bagratuni in [[Kingdom of Iberia|Iberia]], C. Kingdom of Artsruni in [[Vaspurakan]], Southern [[Armenia]], 2.Red: Subordinate Emirates in D. Dvin, E. Nakhichevan, F. [[Tiflis]], 3.other colours: subordinate principalities of G. Syunik, H. Artsakh, I. [[Utik|Parisos]], J. Taron, K. [[Kartli]], L. [[Kakheti]], M. [[Caucasian Albania|Caucasian Albania Albania]], N. Kabala, O. Kaysite Emirate, P. Gandzak, etc..]]
-[[File:Bagratuni Armenia 1000-en.svg|left|300px|thumb|Bagratuni Kingdom of Armenia, 1000 A.D.]]
+[[File:Bagratuni Armenia 1000-en.svg|left|thumb|Bagratuni Kingdom of Armenia, 1000 A.D.]]
-[[File:93-vaspurakan908-1021.gif|left|300px|thumb|The vassal Kingdom of [[Vaspurakan]], in Southern [[Armenia]] (908-1021)]]
+[[File:93-vaspurakan908-1021.gif|left|thumb|The vassal Kingdom of [[Vaspurakan]], in Southern [[Armenia]] (908-1021)]]
 ==Bagratids as rulers of Armenia==
+[[File:Genealogia uproszczona Bagratydów do XV wieku.png|thumb|Bagratids family tree, left, Bagratids of Armenia, right, Bagratids of Georgia]]
+[[Ashot I of Armenia|Ashot I]], nephew of [[Bagrat II Bagratuni|Bagrat II]], was the first member of the dynasty to rule as King of Armenia. He was recognized as prince of princes by the court at [[Baghdad]] in 861, which provoked war with local Arab emirs. Ashot won the war, and was recognized as King of the Armenians by Baghdad in 885. Recognition from [[Constantinople]] followed in 886. In an effort to unify the Armenian nation under one flag, the Bagratids subjugated other Armenian noble families through conquests and fragile marriage alliances. Eventually, some noble families such as the [[Artsruni]]s and the [[Siunia dynasty|Siunis]] broke off from the central Bagratid authority, founding the separate kingdoms of [[Kingdom of Vaspurakan|Vaspurakan]] and [[Kingdom of Syunik|Syunik]], respectively.<ref name="The Armenians">{{cite book |last=Herzig |first=Edmund |title=The Armenians: Past and Present in the Making of National Identity |last2=Kurkchiyan |first2=Marina |publisher=Routledge |year=2005 |isbn= |page=43}}</ref> [[Ashot III|Ashot III the Merciful]] transferred their capital to the city of [[Ani (Armenia)|Ani]], now famous for its ruins.  They kept power by playing off the competition between the [[Byzantine Empire]] and the Arabs.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}
+They assumed the Persian title of "King of Kings" (''[[Shahanshah]]'').<ref name="Tim Greenwood p. 52"/> However, with the start of the 10th century and on, the Bagratunis broke up into different branches, fragmenting the kingdom in a time when unity was needed in the face of Seljuk and Byzantine pressure. The rule of the Ani branch ended in 1045 with the conquest of Ani by the Byzantines.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}
-[[Ashot I of Armenia|Ashot I]], nephew of [[Bagrat II Bagratuni|Bagrat II]], was the first member of the dynasty to rule as King of Armenia. He was recognized as prince of princes by the court at [[Baghdad]] in 861, which provoked war with local Arab emirs. Ashot won the war, and was recognized as King of the Armenians by Baghdad in 885. Recognition from [[Constantinople]] followed in 886. In an effort to unify the Armenian nation under one flag, the Bagratids subjugated other Armenian noble families through conquests and fragile marriage alliances. Eventually, some noble families such as the [[Artsruni]]s and the [[Siunia dynasty|Siunis]] broke off from the central Bagratid authority, founding the separate kingdoms of [[Kingdom of Vaspurakan|Vaspurakan]] and [[Kingdom of Syunik|Syunik]], respectively.<ref name="The Armenians">{{cite book | last = Herzig, Kurkichayan | first = Edmund, Marina | title = The Armenians: Past and Present in the Making of National Identity | publisher = Routledge |year= 2005 | page = 43}}</ref> [[Ashot III|Ashot III the Merciful]] transferred their capital to the city of [[Ani (Armenia)|Ani]], now famous for its ruins.  They kept power by playing off the competition between the [[Byzantine Empire]] and the Arabs.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}
+The Kars branch of the family held out until 1064. The junior [[Kiurikian dynasty|Kiurikian]] branch of the Bagratunis continued to rule as independent kings of [[Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget|Tashir-Dzoraget]] until 1118 and [[First Kingdom of Kakheti|Kakheti-Hereti]] until 1104, and thereafter as rulers of smaller principalities centered on their fortresses of Tavush and Matsnaberd until the 13th century Mongol conquest of Armenia.{{Sfn|"Kyurikyanner"|1977}} The [[Rubenids|dynasty of Cilician Armenia]] is believed to be a branch of the Bagratids, which later took the throne of an [[Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia|Armenian Kingdom]] in [[Cilicia]]. The founder, [[Ruben I, Prince of Armenia|Ruben I]], had an unknown relationship to the exiled king [[Gagik II]]. He was either a younger family member or kinsman. [[Ashot (governor of Ani)|Ashot]], son of Hovhannes (son of Gagik II), was later governor of Ani under the [[Shaddadid]] dynasty.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}[[File:Ani townwall.jpg|thumb|The walls of Ani|left]]
-They assumed the Persian title of "King of Kings" (''[[Shahanshah]]'').<ref name="Tim Greenwood p. 52">Tim Greenwood, ''Emergence of the Bagratuni Kingdoms'', p. 52, in ''Armenian Kars and Ani'', Richard Hovannisian, ed.</ref> However, with the start of the 10th century and on, the Bagratunis broke up into different branches, fragmenting the kingdom in a time when unity was needed in the face of Seljuk and Byzantine pressure. The rule of the Ani branch ended in 1045 with the conquest of Ani by the Byzantines.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}
-The Kars branch of the family held out until 1064. The junior [[Kiurikian dynasty|Kiurikian]] branch of the Bagratunis continued to rule as independent kings of [[Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget|Tashir-Dzoraget]] until 1118 and [[First Kingdom of Kakheti|Kakheti-Hereti]] until 1104, and thereafter as rulers of smaller principalities centered on their fortresses of Tavush and Matsnaberd until the 13th century Mongol conquest of Armenia.<ref name="ASE">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Kiurikianner |encyclopedia=Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia |year=1977 |publisher= |location=Yerevan |id=|url=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)_5.djvu/494|language=hy|volume=5|pages=494}}</ref>  The [[Rubenids|dynasty of Cilician Armenia]] is believed to be a branch of the Bagratids, which later took the throne of an [[Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia|Armenian Kingdom]] in [[Cilicia]]. The founder, [[Ruben I, Prince of Armenia|Ruben I]], had an unknown relationship to the exiled king [[Gagik II]]. He was either a younger family member or kinsman. [[Ashot (governor of Ani)|Ashot]], son of Hovhannes (son of Gagik II), was later governor of Ani under the [[Shaddadid]] dynasty.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}
-==Gallery==
-<gallery>
-File:Ani townwall.jpg|The Walls of Ani
-File:Caucasus, 884-962.gif|Bagratuni Kingdom of Armenia and surroundings, 884-962 A.D.
-File:Bagratuni Armenia 1000-en.svg|Bagratuni Kingdom of Armenia, 1000 A.D.
-File:93-vaspurakan908-1021.gif|The vassal Kingdom of [[Vaspurakan]], in Southern [[Armenia]]
-</gallery>
 ==See also==
+{{History of Armenia|expanded=age3}}
-*[[Bakran tribe]]
-*[[List of Armenian kings]]
+*[[List of Armenian monarchs|List of Armenian kings]]
-*[[Pakradouni (disambiguation)]]
+*[[Pakradouni]]
 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
-{{Refbegin}}
-*"''Sebeos' History''"
-* John Mamikonean's History of Taron
-*"''Aristakes Lastivertc'i's History ''"
-*"''Kirakos Gandzakets'i's History of the Armenians''"
-*[[Vahan Kurkjian]] - The Bagratid Dynasty — The Bagratuni
-{{Refend}}
-===Genealogy===
+===Sources===
+* {{cite book|last= Garsoïan|first= Nina |chapter=The Arab Invasions and the Rise of the Bagratuni (640-884)|editor-first=Richard G.|editor-last=Hovannisian|title=The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times |publisher= St. Martin's Press |location=New York|year= 1997|volume= 1|isbn= 0-312-10169-4|author-link=Nina Garsoïan}}
-*Prince Cyrille Toumanoff, ''Manuel de généalogie et de chronologie pour l'histoire de la Caucasie Chrétienne (Arménie-Géorgie-Albanie)''. Edizioni Aquila, Roma, 1976. - still remains the only account of the family generally available in the West, although its scientific standard has been criticized as very low.
+* {{Cite book |last=Hewsen |first=Robert H. |title=Armenia: A Historical Atlas|publisher=University of Chicago Press|author-link=Robert H. Hewsen|year=2001|isbn=0-226-33228-4}}
-*''The Families of the Nobility of the Russian Empire'', Volume III, Moscow, 1996. - contains the latest research available in Russian, compiled by Georgian scientists, some of them Bagratids themselves.
+* {{Cite book |last=Kurkjian |first=Vahan M. |url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Asia/Armenia/_Texts/KURARM/24*.html |title=A History of Armenia |publisher=Armenian General Benevolent Union of America |year=1958 |author-link=Vahan Kurkjian}}
-*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150411050645/http://armenian-nobility.com/ Armenian Nobility Site]
+* {{Cite encyclopedia |year=1977 |title=Kyurikyanner |encyclopedia=[[Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia]] |location=Yerevan |url=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)_5.djvu/494 |last= |first= |volume=5 |pages=494 |language=hy|ref = {{harvid|"Kyurikyanner"|1977}}}}
-*[http://rbedrosian.com/ag.htm Robert Bedrosian's History Page]
+* {{Cite book |last=Matʻevosyan |first=Karen |authorlink=Karen Matevosyan |url=https://arar.sci.am/dlibra/publication/324007/edition/297047/content |title=Anin ev anetsʻinerě |publisher=[[Matenadaran|Matenadarani hrat.]] |year=2021 |isbn=978-9939-897-01-1 |editor-last=Ter-Ghevondyan |editor-first=Vahan |language=hy |trans-title=Ani and its Citizens}}
+* {{cite book |last=Russell |first=James R. |title=Armenian and Iranian Studies |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]] |year=2004 |series=Harvard Armenian Texts and Studies |volume=9 |isbn=978-0935411195 |author-link=James R. Russell}}
+* {{Cite book |last=Toumanoff |first=Cyril |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/ArmeniaAndGeorgia/page/n15/mode/2up |chapter=Armenia and Georgia |year=1966 |title=The Cambridge Medieval History |volume=IV |location=Cambridge |publisher= |author-link=Cyril Toumanoff}}
+* {{Cite book |last=Toumanoff |first=Cyril |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/505712128 |title=Studies in Christian Caucasian History |year=1963 |publisher=Georgetown University Press |oclc=505712128 |author-link=Cyril Toumanoff}}
-===Sources===
+===Further reading===
+*Toumanoff, Cyrille (1976). ''[[iarchive:toumanoff-1976-genealogie|Manuel de généalogie et de chronologie pour l'histoire de la Caucasie Chrétienne (Arménie-Géorgie-Albanie)]]''. Roma: Edizioni Aquila. - Still remains the only account of the family generally available in the West, although its scientific standard has been criticized as very low.
-* R. H. Hewsen. "Armenia: A Historical Atlas", 2001 {{ISBN|0-226-33228-4}}
+*''The Families of the Nobility of the Russian Empire'', Volume III, Moscow, 1996. - Contains the latest research available in Russian, compiled by Georgian scientists, some of them Bagratids themselves.
-* {{cite book|last= Russell |first= James R. |title= Armenian and Iranian studies |publisher= [[Harvard University Press]] |year= 2004 |series= Harvard Armenian Texts and Studies|volume= 9|isbn= 978-0935411195}}
 ==External links==
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150411050645/http://armenian-nobility.com/ Armenian Nobility Site]
+*[http://rbedrosian.com/ag.htm List of Armenian and Georgian rulers]
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