The
Principality of Armenia is a conventional term applied to an aristocratic regime in
early medievalThe Early Middle Ages, or Dark Ages, is a period in the history of Europe following the fall of the Western Roman Empire. It lasted from about AD 500 to 1000. The period featured raiding, migration, and conquest by Huns, Germanic peoples, Arabs, Vikings, Hungarians and others. There was frequent...
ArmeniaArmenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
that flourished in the period of
interregnumAn interregnum is a period of discontinuity of a government, organization, or social order. Archetypally, it was the period of time between the reign of one monarch and the next , and the concepts of interregnum and regency therefore overlap...
between the seventh and ninth centuries, following the
Marzpanate PeriodMarzpanate period refers to the period in Armenian history after the fall of the Arshakuni Dynasty of Armenia in 428, when Marzpans , nominated by the Sassanid Persian King, governed the eastern part of Armenia...
when the leading political authority was exercised by a succession of princes.
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The
Principality of Armenia is a conventional term applied to an aristocratic regime in
early medievalThe Early Middle Ages, or Dark Ages, is a period in the history of Europe following the fall of the Western Roman Empire. It lasted from about AD 500 to 1000. The period featured raiding, migration, and conquest by Huns, Germanic peoples, Arabs, Vikings, Hungarians and others. There was frequent...
ArmeniaArmenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
that flourished in the period of
interregnumAn interregnum is a period of discontinuity of a government, organization, or social order. Archetypally, it was the period of time between the reign of one monarch and the next , and the concepts of interregnum and regency therefore overlap...
between the seventh and ninth centuries, following the
Marzpanate PeriodMarzpanate period refers to the period in Armenian history after the fall of the Arshakuni Dynasty of Armenia in 428, when Marzpans , nominated by the Sassanid Persian King, governed the eastern part of Armenia...
when the leading political authority was exercised by a succession of princes.
Presiding princes of Armenia
- Mjej II Gnuni, 628-635
- David Saharuni
David Saharuni was sparapet, curopalates, ishkhan, and presiding prince of Byzantine controlled Armenia from 635 to 638....
, 635-638
- Theodore Rshtuni, 638-645
- Varaz-Tirots II Bagratuni
Varaz-Tirots II Bagratuni was an Armenian nakharar from the Bagratuni family, aspet until 616, marzpan of Armenia from 628 to 634 and presiding prince of Armenia in 645....
, 645
- Theodore Rshtuni, 645-653, 654-655
- Mushegh II Mamikonian, 654
- Hamazasp II Mamikonian, 655-658
- Gregory I Mamikonian, 662-684/85
- Ashot II Bagratuni, 686-690
- Nerses Kamsarakan, 689-691
- Smbat VI Bagratuni, 691-711
- Ashot III Bagratuni, 732-748
- Gregory II Mamikonian, 748-750
- Sahak VII Bagratuni, 755-761
- Smbat VII Bagratuni, 761-772
- Tachat Andzevatsi, 780-782/785
- Ashot IV Bagratuni, 806-826
- Smbat VIII Bagratuni, 826-855
- Bagrat II Bagratuni, 830-852
- Ashot V Bagratuni, 862-885