Ashot or Ashod ( hy, ) is an Armenian given name. Notable persons with that surname include:

Kings of the Bagratuni Dynasty

Ashot Msaker Ashot IV Bagratuni ( hy, Աշոտ Դ Բագրատունի), better known as Ashot Msaker ( hy, Աշոտ Մսակեր, "Ashot the Meat Eater / the Carnivorous"), reputedly for his refusal to refrain from eating meat during Lent, was an Armenian princ ...

(Ashot the Carnivorous) (died 826) *

Ashot I of Armenia Ashot I ( hy, Աշոտ Ա; c. 820 – 890) was an Armenian king who oversaw the beginning of Armenia's second golden age (862 – 977). He was the son of Smbat VIII the Confessor and was a member of the Bagratuni Dynasty. Life Early life Ashot w ...

(Ashot the Great), ruled 884-890 *

Ashot II Ashot II the Iron ( hy, Աշոտ Բ; r. 914–929) was an Armenian king of the royal Bagratuni line. He was the son and successor of King Smbat I. His reign was filled with rebellions by vassals and pretenders to the throne, as well as foreign in ...

, Ashot Yerkat (Ashot the Iron), 915-930 *

Ashot III Ashot III ( hy, Աշոտ Գ) was a king of Armenia, ruling the medieval kingdom of Armenia from 952/53–77. Known as Ashot III the Merciful (Աշոտ Գ Ողորմած) and acknowledged by foreign rulers as the ''Shahanshah'' (king of kings) o ...

, Voghormats (Ashot the Merciful) 953-977 *

Ashot IV Ashot IV ( hy, Աշոտ Դ, died c. 1040–41), surnamed Kaj, i.e. "the Brave, the Valiant", was the younger son of King Gagik I of Armenia. Life When his eldest brother Hovhannes-Smbat (known also as Smbat III) was enthroned as King of Armenia ...

, Qadj (Ashot the Brave), 1021-1039/1040

Kings of Tao-Klarjeti

Ashot I of Iberia Ashot I the Great ( ka, აშოტ I დიდი ) (died 826/830) was a presiding prince of Iberia (modern Georgia), first of the Bagratid family to have attained to this office c. 813. From his base in Tao-Klarjeti, he fought to enlarge the ...

(Ashot I Kuropalates) (died 830), King of Tao-Klarjeti *

Ashot II of Tao Ashot II ( ka, აშოტ II, tr) (died 25 January 954) was a Georgian prince of the Bagratid dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti with the Byzantine title of curopalates. Ashot was the second son of Adarnase IV, king of Iberia/Kartli and younger brother o ...

Kuropalates, King of Tao-Klarjeti 937-954 *

Ashot the Immature Ashot I also known as Ashot Kukhi () (died 918) was a Georgian prince of the Bagratid dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti and hereditary ruler of Tao with the title of '' eristavt-eristavi'', "duke of dukes". He was nicknamed ''kukhi'', meaning "the Immatu ...

(''Kukhi''), Eristavt Eristavi (died 918), King of Tao-Klarjeti

Kings of Vaspurakan

Ashot-Sahak of Vaspurakan Ashot-Sahak Artsruni (died 991) was the fourth King of Vaspurakan, from the Artsruni The Artsruni ( hy, Արծրունի; also transliterated as Ardzruni) were an ancient noble (princely) family of Armenia. Background and history The Artsrun ...

Derenik-Ashot of Vaspurakan Derenik-Ashot Artsruni ( hy, Դերենիկ-Աշոտ Արծրունի, died 958/959) was the second King of Vaspurakan, from the Artsruni The Artsruni ( hy, Արծրունի; also transliterated as Ardzruni) were an ancient noble (princely) ...

Other people

Ashot ibn Shavur Ashot ibn Abu'l-Aswar Shavur ibn Fadl was a Shaddadid prince, the second son of Abu'l-Aswar Shavur ibn Fadl. During the captivity of his older brother Fadl ibn Shavur by the Georgians in 1068, he ruled in his stead as emir of Arran for eight ...

, Shaddadid ruler of Arran in 1068–69 *

Ashot Yegisaryan Ashot Gevorkovich Egiazaryan (Russian: Ашот Геворкович Егиазарян; Armenian: Աշոտ Գեւորգովիչ Էկիազարյան; born July 24, 1965) is a former Russian politician and businessman. Career Banking In 1988, Eg ...

(born 1965), deputy of the State Duma of Russia *

Ashot Danielyan Ashot Danielyan ( hy, Աշոտ Դանիելյան , born April 11, 1974, in Yerevan, Armenian SSR) is a retired Armenian weightlifter. Danielyan is a two-time European champion, having won consecutive gold medals at the 1999 and 2000 European ...

(born 1974), Armenian weightlifter *

Ashot Khachatryan Ashot Sureni Khachatryan ( hy, Աշոտ Սուրենի Խաչատրյան; born 3 August 1959) is a retired football defender from Armenia. He obtained a total number of five caps for the national team. Khachatryan made his debut on 14 October ...

(born 1959), Armenian football defender *

Ashot Anastasian Ashot Anastasian ( hy, Աշոտ Անաստասյան; 10 July 1964 – 26 December 2016) was an Armenian chess Grandmaster. He won two team bronze medals and one individual gold medal at Chess Olympiads. On the March 2011 FIDE list, he had an ...

(born 1964), Armenian chess grandmaster *

Ashot Melikjanyan Ashot Melikjanyan or Melikdzhanyan (20 April 1952 — 12 November 2001) was a Soviet Armenian actor. Early life, family and education Ashot Melikdjanyan was born in the Soviet Union on the 20th of April in 1952. Career Melikdjanyan began hi ...

(1952–2001), Soviet Armenian actor *

Ashot Nadanian Ashot Nadanian (sometimes transliterated as Nadanyan; hy, Աշոտ Նադանյան; born 19 September 1972) is an Armenian chess International Master (1997), chess theoretician and chess coach. His highest achievements have been in openin ...

(born 1972), Armenian chess player *

Ashot Navasardyan Ashot Tsolaki Navasardyan (; March 28, 1950 – November 3, 1997) was an Armenian politician and military commander who founded the Republican Party of Armenia. Navasardyan was born in Yerevan and graduated from the Faculty of Law of Yerevan Sta ...

(1950–1997), Armenian politician, founder of the Republican Party of Armenia *

Ashot Nalbandyan Ashot or Ashod ( hy, ) is an Armenian given name. Notable persons with that surname include: Kings of the Bagratuni Dynasty *Ashot Msaker (Ashot the Carnivorous) (died 826) *Ashot I of Armenia (Ashot the Great), ruled 884-890 *Ashot II, Ashot Yerk ...

(born 1989), Armenian generalist

References

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