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Principality of Armenia

The Principality of Armenia is a conventional term applied to an aristocratic regime in early medieval

Early Middle Ages

The Early Middle Ages is a period in the history of Europe following the fall of the Western Roman Empire spanning roughly five centuries from AD 500 to 1000....
Armenia

Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
that flourished in the period of interregnum

Interregnum

An 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 Regent therefore overlap....
between the seventh and ninth centuries, following the Marzpanate Period

Marzpanate Period

Marzpanate period refers to the period in History of Armenia 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 medieval

Early Middle Ages

The Early Middle Ages is a period in the history of Europe following the fall of the Western Roman Empire spanning roughly five centuries from AD 500 to 1000....
Armenia

Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
that flourished in the period of interregnum

Interregnum

An 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 Regent therefore overlap....
between the seventh and ninth centuries, following the Marzpanate Period

Marzpanate Period

Marzpanate period refers to the period in History of Armenia 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

David Saharuni was sparapet, kouropalates and ishkhan of Byzantine controlled Armenia from 635 to 638.David was a nakharar from the princely noble House of Saharuni....
, 635-638
Theodore Rshtuni, 638-645
Varaz-Tirots II Bagratuni
Varaz-Tirots II Bagratuni

Varaz-Tirots II Bagratuni was an Armenian nakharar from the Bagratuni family, aspet until 616, Marzpanate Period from 628 to 634 and Principality 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
Ashot I

Ashot I Bagratuni was an Armenia prince, with Ashot II, oversaw Armenia's second golden age . He was born to Smbat the Confessor.His family, the Bagratuni , was one of the most powerful in the kingdom along with the Artsruni....
, 862-885