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For the modern Ethiopian ethnic group known as Tigrayans, see Tigray-Tigrinya people
Tigray-Tigrinya people

For other uses please see TigreThe Tigray-Tigrinya are an ethnic group who live in the southern, central and northern parts of Eritrea and the northern highlands of Ethiopia's Tigray province....
Tigranes (sometimes Tigran or Dikran) was the name of a number of historical figures, primarily kings of Armenia
Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
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The earliest Tigranes is mentioned in the Cyropaedia and in Armenian historical sources. He was a king of Armenia (or at least of a proto-Armenian state) and an ally of Cyrus the Great
Cyrus the Great

Cyrus the Great , , also known as Cyrus II of Persia and Cyrus the Elder, was a Persian people Shah . He was the founder of the Persian Empire under the Achaemenid dynasty, an empire, perhaps the most wealthy and magnificent in history....
. One of his sons was also named Tigranes.






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For the modern Ethiopian ethnic group known as Tigrayans, see Tigray-Tigrinya people
Tigray-Tigrinya people

For other uses please see TigreThe Tigray-Tigrinya are an ethnic group who live in the southern, central and northern parts of Eritrea and the northern highlands of Ethiopia's Tigray province....
Tigranes (sometimes Tigran or Dikran) was the name of a number of historical figures, primarily kings of Armenia
Armenia

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

The earliest Tigranes is mentioned in the Cyropaedia and in Armenian historical sources. He was a king of Armenia (or at least of a proto-Armenian state) and an ally of Cyrus the Great
Cyrus the Great

Cyrus the Great , , also known as Cyrus II of Persia and Cyrus the Elder, was a Persian people Shah . He was the founder of the Persian Empire under the Achaemenid dynasty, an empire, perhaps the most wealthy and magnificent in history....
. One of his sons was also named Tigranes. This son is usually assumed to have succeeded his father, but nothing is known about him.

By far the best known Tigranes is Tigranes the Great
Tigranes the Great

This article is about a king of Armenia in the 1st century Common Era. For other historical figures with the same name see Tigranes.Tigranes the Great was a king of Kingdom of Armenia under whom the country became, for a short time, the strongest state east of the Roman Republic....
, king of Armenia from 95 to 55 BC, who founded a short-lived Armenian empire. His father, who ruled from 115 to 95 BC, was also named Tigranes, as were several later kings of Armenia.

There is some lack of consistency in assigning dynastic numbers to these kings. The earliest Tigranes and his son are usually not included, making Tigranes I the father of Tigranes the Great. However, Tigranes the Great is also sometimes known as Tigranes I, in his capacity as a successor to the Seleucid dynasty.

Another Tigranes was a member of the Achaemenid family who, according to Herodotus
Herodotus

Herodotus of Halicarnassus was a Greeks historian who lived in the 5th century BC and is regarded as the "Father of History" in Western culture....
, commanded the Medes
Medes

The Medes were an Ancient Iranian peoples who lived in the northwestern portions of present-day Iran. This area was known in Greek as Media or Medea ....
 in the army of Xerxes
Xerxes I of Persia

Xerxes the Great, also known as Xerxes I of Persia, was a Persian Empire of the Achaemenid Empire. X?rxes is the Greek language form of the Old Persian throne name X?ayar?a, meaning "Ruler of heroes"....
 during the invasion of Greece
Ancient Greece

The term Ancient Greece refers to the period of History of Greece lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca. 1100 BC and the Dorian invasion, to 146 BC and the Roman Republic conquest of Greece after the Battle of Corinth ....
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Tigranes is the Hellenized form of the name, found in classical sources. Tigran and Dikran are closer to local Armenian usage.

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  • Tigranes I
    Tigranes I

    Tigranes I of Armenia reigned as List of Armenian Kings from 115 BC to 95 BC. Artavasdes I of Armenia did not leave any heir; his brother, Tigranes ascended to the throne of the Artaxiads....
     115 BC to 95 BC
  • Tigranes the Great
    Tigranes the Great

    This article is about a king of Armenia in the 1st century Common Era. For other historical figures with the same name see Tigranes.Tigranes the Great was a king of Kingdom of Armenia under whom the country became, for a short time, the strongest state east of the Roman Republic....
    , sometimes known as Tigranes II, ruled 95 BC – 55 BC
  • Tigranes III
    Tigranes III

    Tigranes III was king of Armenia from 12 BC until 8 BC. He was the son of Artavasdes II and brother of Artaxias II.In 20 BC, the Armenians sent messengers to Augustus to tell him that they no longer wanted Artaxias II as their king, and asked that his brother Tigranes be installed in his place....
     ruled 12 BC - 8 BC
  • Tigranes IV
    Tigranes IV

    Tigranes IV Tigran III ruled between 20 and 12 B.C. before he was succeeded by Tigran IV The reign of these last kings in the Artashisian dynasty was characterized by various civil wars which weakened Armenia....
     ruled 12 BC - 1 BC
  • Tigranes V
    Tigranes V of Armenia

    Tigranes V was a prince of Persian people, Greeks, Jewish, Nabataeans and Edomite origin. He was the second son of Cappadocian Princess Glaphyra and Prince Alexander of Judea....
     ruled 2 to 6
  • Tigranes VI
    Tigranes VI of Armenia

    Julius Tigranes, also known as Tigranes VI was among one of the Kings of Armenia who lived in the 1st century. Tigranes was a prince of Persian people, Greeks, Jewish, Nabataeans and Edomite origin....
     ruled 58 to 63