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Constantine Of Gargar
Constantine of Gargar was an Armenian chieftain who ruled the region around Gargar (modern Gerger) in the late eleventh and early twelfth century. Biography Origins Constantine appears as one of the Armenian leaders who took control of parts of the realm of Philaretos Brachamios after his death. It seems that Constantine had one brother called Dawt'ouk (mentioned in the chronicles as Taphnuz, Taftoc or Tabtoug). Interaction with the Franks In February 1098, Constantine accompanied Baldwin of Boulogne, who had recently arrived in Edessa to protect the townspeople, on a campaign against Balduk of Samosata. He next appears as one of the conspirators who brought down Thoros and according to Albert of Aachen he was the one who suggested to put Baldwin in Thoros' place. After the coup, Constantine was closely associated with Baldwin and Gérard Dédéyan suggested that it was the daughter of his brother Dawt'ouk, Arda, that Baldwin married at some point after that. Final years Aft ...
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Samsat
Samsat ( ku, Samîsad), formerly Samosata ( grc, Σαμόσατα) is a small town in the Adıyaman Province of Turkey, situated on the upper Euphrates river. It is the seat of Samsat District.İlçe Belediyesi
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
The town is populated by . Halil Fırat from the (AKP) was elected mayor in the

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Armenian Apostolic Church
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Gerger
Gerger ( ku, Aldûş) is a town of Adıyaman Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Gerger District.İlçe Belediyesi
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
It is mainly populated by Kurds of different tribal backgrounds and had a population of 2,753 in 2021. The mayor is Erkan Aksoy ( AKP).


History

According to The Geographical Journal in 1896, Gerger had 750 inhabitants with most being , with the exception of few Ottoman officials and

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Philaretos Brachamios
Philaretos Brachamios ( el, Φιλάρετος Βραχάμιος; Armenian: Փիլարտոս Վարաժնունի, Pilartos Varajnuni; la, Philaretus Brachamius) or Vahram Varajnuni was a distinguished Byzantine general and warlord of Armenian heritage, and for a time was a usurper against emperor Michael VII. Philaretos is attested on seals as ''taxiarches'' (commander of an infantry regiment), as well as ''protospatharios'' and ''topoteretes'' (deputy commander) of the Tagmata of Cappadocia, then as ''magistros'' and '' doux'' (duke), and finally as ''kouropalates'' and ''doux''. Career Philaretos is described by Michael the Syrian as having a "tough and robust character" while Matthew of Edessa saw him as a "lawless and most evil prince". Philaretos held a high command in the army of Romanus IV Diogenes. In 1069 he was given the command of the main Byzantine army that was protecting the frontier of Mesopotamia while Romanus participated in the siege of Akhlat. He was de ...
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Baldwin Of Boulogne
Baldwin I, also known as Baldwin of Boulogne (1060s – 2April 1118), was the first count of Edessa from 1098 to 1100, and king of Jerusalem from 1100 to his death in 1118. He was the youngest son of Eustace II, Count of Boulogne, and Ida of Lorraine and married a Norman noblewoman, Godehilde of Tosny. He received the County of Verdun in 1096, but he soon joined the crusader army of his brother Godfrey of Bouillon and became one of the most successful commanders of the First Crusade. While the main crusader army was marching across Asia Minor in 1097, Baldwin and the Norman Tancred launched a separate expedition against Cilicia. Tancred tried to capture Tarsus in September, but Baldwin forced him to leave it, which gave rise to an enduring conflict between them. Baldwin seized important fortresses in the lands to the west of the Euphrates with the assistance of local Armenians. Thoros of Edessa invited him to come to Edessa to fight against the Seljuks. Taking advantage of a r ...
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Expedition To Samosata
The Expedition to Samosata was undertaken by the future Baldwin I of Jerusalem following his ascension to co-regent of Edessa as a part of the First Crusade. His main goal was to eliminate the Emirate of Samosata as a commercial and military rival of the Edessene state. The expedition was carried out from 14 to 20 February 1098. Background Baldwin decided upon his ascension of co-regent of Edessa that Samosata would have to be eliminated in order for his new county to fully control the surrounding countryside and to establish unbroken communications with Byzantium in the west and the crusaders sieging Antioch in the south. The Armenian, Christian inhabitants of Edessa enthusiastically supported his plan, and the main part of their military accompanied him. He set out on 14 February, also accompanied by an Armenian princeling, Constantine of Gargar Constantine of Gargar was an Armenian chieftain who ruled the region around Gargar (modern Gerger) in the late eleventh and ear ...
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Albert Of Aachen
Albert of Aix(-la-Chapelle) or Albert of Aachen; la, Albericus Aquensis; ''fl.'' c. 1100) was a historian of the First Crusade and the early Kingdom of Jerusalem. He was born during the later part of the 11th century, and afterwards became canon (priest) and ''custos'' (guardian) of the church of Aachen. Endnote: See * F. Krebs, ''Zur Kritik Alberts von Aachen'' (Munster, 1881) * B. Kugler, ''Albert von Aachen'' (Stuttgart, 1885) * M. Figeonneau, ''Le Cycle de la croisade et de la famine de Bouillon'' (Paris, 1877) * H. von Sybel, ''Geschichte des ersten Kreuzzuges'' (Leipzig, 1881) * F. Vercruysse, ''Essai critique sur la chronique d'Albert d'Aix'' (Liege, 1889). Nothing else is known of his life except that he was the author of a ''Historia Hierosolymitanae expeditionis'' (“History of the Expedition to Jerusalem”), or ''Chronicon Hierosolymitanum de bello sacro'', a work in Latin in twelve books, written between 1125 and 1150. This history begins at the time of the Council of ...
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Gérard Dédéyan
Gérard Dédéyan (4 February 1942, Nantes.) is a French professor of medieval history at the Paul Valéry University, Montpellier III, a member of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences. and associate member of the Collège de France. He studied Classical Armenian with . In 1983, Dédéyan won the Prix Biguet of the Académie Française for his ''"Histoire des Arméniens''. Professor Charles Dédéyan was his father. Bibliography * ''Les pouvoirs arméniens dans le Proche-Orient Méditerranéen (1068-1144)'' 5 vol., doctoral thesis, Paris 1, 1990 . * Smbat le Connétable, introduction, translation and notes by Gérard Dédéyan, ''La Chronique attribuée au connétable Smbat'', Geuthner, Paris, 1980 . * ''Les Arméniens, histoire d'une chrétienté'', Privat, Toulouse, 1990 . * ''et al.'', ''Arménie : 3000 ans d'histoire'', Éditions Faton, coll. « Les Dossiers d'archéologie », n° 177, Dijon, 1992 . * with Jacques Le Goff, ''La Méditerranée au temps de saint Lo ...
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Arda Of Armenia
Arda ( hy, Արդա; died after 1116) was the queen of Jerusalem as the 2nd spouse of King Baldwin I of Jerusalem. She was the first Queen consort of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, as Baldwin's brother and predecessor Godfrey of Bouillon was unmarried. Life Her name is unrecorded in contemporary sources, but since the 17th century she has been traditionally called Arda. She was the daughter of a minor Armenian noble named Thathoul (or Thoros), lord of Marash. Baldwin married her in 1097 after the death of his first wife, Godehilde, who had travelled with him on the First Crusade. Thoros promised 60,000 ''bezants'' as a dowry. This was a politically convenient marriage, as Baldwin was the first Count of Edessa, a crusader state carved out of Armenian territory in Mesopotamia. Baldwin succeeded his brother as King of Jerusalem in 1100, but Arda did not immediately accompany him south; she travelled by sea and arrived probably in 1101. In 1105 Baldwin had the marriage annulled, supposed ...
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Vasil Dgha
Vasil Dgha, or Dgha Vasil (''dgha'' meaning "child, boy"), was the Armenian ruler of Raban and Kaisun. He succeeded his adoptive father, Kogh Vasil, in 1112. Baldwin II, Count of Edessa The County of Edessa (Latin: ''Comitatus Edessanus'') was one of the Crusader states in the 12th century. Ferdinandi, Sergio (2017). La Contea Franca di Edessa. Fondazione e Profilo Storico del Primo Principato Crociato nel Levante (1098-115 ..., tortured Vasil to force him to abandon his domains in 1116. Vasil settled in Constantinople. References Sources * * * 12th-century Armenian people 12th-century Byzantine people Byzantine people of Armenian descent {{Turkey-hist-stub ...
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Araban
Araban ( ku, Qale) is a district and town of Gaziantep Province of Turkey. The population is 9,863 as of 2010. History The city was historically known as Raban. In October/November 958, the Byzantine Empire led by John Tzimiskes and Basil Lekapenos managed to defeat Sayf al-Dawla of the Hamdanids at the Battle of Raban. Raban was ruled by the Armenian ruler Kogh Vasil, following the First Crusade in 1097. It was captured by Kilij Arslan II in 1148–1150, then by Nur ad-Din in 1155. In 1268, King Hethum I had to surrendered several fortresses including Raban to Baibars, who had imprisoned Hethum's son, Leo, following the Battle of Mari. See also *Roman mausoleums of Araban The Roman mausoleums of Araban ( tr, Araban anıt mezarları) are three mausoleums of the Roman Empire found in three different villages, namely in Elif, Hasanoğlu and Hisar, of Araban district of Gaziantep Province, southeastern Turkey. The mausol ... References Sources * Populated places in Gaziant ...
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