List of Armenian Kings

This is a list of the monarchs of Armenia, for more information on ancient Armenia and Armenians, please see History of Armenia. For information on the medieval Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia, please see the separate page Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.

See List of kings of Urartu for kings of Urartu (Ararat), the predecessor state of Greater Armenia.

Greater Armenia

This is the historical designation of the largest and longest-lasting Armenian kingdom.

Orontid kings and satraps

In Armenian tradition

Early kings in traditional Armenian chronology according to Moses of Chorene.

''Note that the early dates are traditional and of uncertain accuracy.''

*Orontes I Sakavakyats (570–560 BC)
* Tigranes Orontid (560–535 BC)
* Vahagn (530–515 BC)
* Hidarnes I (late 6th century BC)
* Hidarnes II (early 5th century BC)
*Hidarnes III (middle of the 5th century BC)
* Ardashir (2nd half of the 5th century BC)

Attested satraps

* Orontes (401–344 BC)
* Darius Codomannus (344–336 BC)

Yervandian (Yervanduni or Orontid) Dynasty

* Orontes II (336–331 BC)
* Mithranes (331–323 BC)
* Neoptolemus Orontid (non-dynastic) (323–321 BC)
* Mithranes (331–321 BC)
* Orontes III (321–260 BC)
* Sames (260–243 BC)
* Arsames (243–228 BC)
* Xerxes (228–212 BC)
* Orontes IV (212–200 BC)

Artashesian (Artaxiad) Dynasty

*Artaxias I (190–159 BC)
* Artavasdes I (159–123 BC)
* Tigranes I (123–95 BC)
* Tigranes the Great (Tigranes II, 95–55 BC)
* Artavasdes II (55–34 BC)
* Artaxias II (33–20 BC)
* Tigranes III (20–10 BC)
* Tigranes IV with Erato (10 BC–2 BC)

Roman and Parthian non-dynastic candidates

* Ariobarzanes, 2 BC to 4 (Roman protectorate)
* Artavasdes III 4 to 6
* Tigranes V, 6 then ruled with Erato 6–12
* Vonones (former king of Parthia) 12–16 (Roman protectorate)
*Roman interregnum 16–18 (Vonones as nominal king)
* Artaxias III 18–35 (Roman protectorate)
*Arsaces I of Armenia (son of Artabanus III) 35 (Parthian protectorate)
* Orodes of Armenia (pretender, son of Artabanus III) 35
* Mithridates 35–37 (Roman protectorate)
*Orodes (now king) 37–42 (Parthian protectorate)
*Mithridates (second time) 42–51 (Roman protectorate)
* Rhadamistus (son of Pharasmanes I of Iberia) 51–53 (Roman protectorate)
* Tiridates I (son of Vonones II of Parthia) 53 (Roman protectorate)
* Rhadamistus (second time) 53–54 (Roman protectorate)

Arshakuni (Arsacid) Kings of Armenia

* Tiridates I (second time) 52–58
*Tigranes VI 59–62 (Roman protectorate)
*Tiridates I 62–88 (Parthian protectorate 62–63; from 63 Armenia again becomes a Roman protectorate)
* Sanatruces (Sanatruk) 88–110
* Axidares (Ashkhadar) 110–113
* Parthamasiris (Partamasir) 113–114
*Roman Province 114–117/8
* Vologases I (Vagharsh I) 117/8–144
* Sohaemus 144–161
* Bakur 161–164
* Sohaemus (second time) 163/4–186?
* Vologases II (Vagharsh II) 186–198
* Khosrov I 198–217
* Tiridates II 217–252
* Khosrov II c. 252
* Sassanid Occupation 252–287
** Artavasdes IV 252–287 Sassanid Client King
* Tiridates III 287–330 (Roman protectorate again)
* Khosrov III 330–339
* Tigranes VII (Tiran) 339 – c. 350
* Arsaces II (Arshak II) c. 350–368
* Sassanid Occupation 368
* Papas (Pap) 370–374
* Varasdates (Varazdat) 374–378
* Arsaces III (Arshak III) 378–387 with co-ruler Vologases III (Vagharsh III) 378–386
* Khosrov IV 387–389
* Vramshapuh 389–417
* Local Independent Government 417–422
* Artaxias IV (Artashir IV) 422–428

Presiding Marzbans and Princes of Armenia

Armenian Bagratid kingdom and vassals

Bagratuni dynasty

Princes and Kings of Vaspurakan (800–1021)

Artsruni dynasty as princes

* 800–836: Hamazasp II, married to a daughter of Ashot Msaker of the Bagratuni family.
* 836–852: Ashot I Abulabus, son, 1st time
* 852–853: Gurgen I, brother of the above
* 853–854: Abu Djafar, probably brother of the above
* 854–857: Gurgen II, a distant relative from Mardastan
* 857–868: Grigor-Derenik, son of Ashot I, married Sofia, daughter of Ashot I Bagratuni. 1st time
* 868–874: Ashot I Abulabus, 2nd time
* 874–887: Grigor-Derenik, 2nd time.
* 887–898: '' Gagik Abu Morvan Artsruni'', regent for Grigor-Derenik's sons, then usurper from 896
* 898–900: Ashot II Sargis, son of Grigor-Derenik.
* ''(Vaspurakan occupied in 900–01 by the Sajid emir Afshin)''
** '' Safi, governor''
* 901–904: Ashot II Sargis, reinstated. After his death Vaspurakan is divided:
* 904–908: Gagik III, brother of Ashot II, ruler in northwest Vaspurakan, crowned king 908
* 904–925: Gurgen III, brother of Ashot II, ruler in southeast Vaspurakan.

Artsruni dynasty as kings

* 908/25–943: Gagik I (III), brother of Ashot II, ruler in northwest, reunited Vaspurakan 925
* 943–953: Derenik-Ashot I (III), son of the above
* 953–972: Abusahl-Hamazasp, brother of the above
* 972–983: Ashot II Sahak (IV), son of the above
* 983–1003: Gurgen I Khachik (IV), brother of the above, also lord of Antzevasiq.
* 1003–1021: Seneqerim-Hovhannes, brother of the above, also lord of Rechtuniq.

Kings of Syunik (987–1170)

Siunia dynasty

* 987–998: Smbat I Sahak
* 998–1040: Vasak, son of the above
* 1040–1044/51: Smbat II, maternal grandson of the above
* 1044/51–1072: Grigor I, brother of the above
* 1072–1094: Seneqerim, brother-in-law of the above
* 1094–1166: Grigor II, son of the above
* 1166–1170: Hasan, son-in-law of the above

Kings of Georgia

Bagrationi dynasty (1118–1476)

*1118–1124: David IV the Builder
*1125–1156: Demetrius I
*1156–1184: George III
*1184–1213: Tamar the Great
*1213–1223: George IV
*1223–1245: Rusudan
*1245–1247: David VI
*1247–1270: David VII
*1270–1289: Demetrius II the Self-Sacrificer
*1289–1292: Vakhtang II
*1292–1311: David VIII
*1311–1313: George VI Mtsire
*1299–1346: George V the Brilliant
*1346–1360: David IX
*1360–1393: Bagrat V
*1393–1407: George VII
*1407–1411: Constantine I
*1412–1442: Alexander I the Great
*1430: Qara Iskander, ruler of Kara Koyunlu declares himself to be “''Shah-i-Arman''”

Armenians in exile: The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia

The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia was a state formed in the Middle Ages by Armenian refugees, who were fleeing the Seljuk invasion of Armenia. Poghosyan, S.; Katvalyan, M.; Grigoryan, G. et al. ''Cilician Armenia'' (Կիլիկյան Հայաստան). Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia. vol. v. Yerevan, Armenian SSR: Armenian Academy of Sciences, 1979, pp. 406–428 It was initially founded by the Rubenian dynasty, an offshoot of the larger Bagratid family that at various times held the thrones of Armenia and Georgia. While the Rubenian rulers were initially regional princes, their close ties with the Western world after the First Crusade saw the principality recognised as a kingdom under Leo I by the Holy Roman Empire in 1198. The Rubenid dynasty fell in 1252 after the death of the last Rubenid monarch Isabella, and her husband Hethum I became sole ruler, beginning the Hethumid dynasty. After the death of Leo IV in 1341 his cousin was elected to succeed him as Constantine II, the first king of the Lusignan dynasty. The kingdom fell at the beginning of Leo V's reign to the Mamluks, and henceforth title holders were only claimants to the throne. Charlotte of Cyprus ceded the throne to the House of Savoy in 1485, and the title fell out of use until after 1861.

Rubenian dynasty

Hethumid dynasty

Houses of Lusignan and Hethum-Neghir

Claimants

The title is contested by the '' House of Savoy''.

See also

* List of Armenian royal consorts
* List of rulers of Commagene
* List of monarchs of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia

Notes

References

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* ''Histoire Des Princes de Lusignan, Anciens Rois de Jérusalem, de la Petite Arménie et de Chypre'', St. Petersbourg, Soikine, Stremiannaya 12, 1903.

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