Sanatruk (Latinized as Sanatruces) was a member of the Arsacid dynasty of Armenia who succeeded Tiridates I of Armenia as King of Armenia at the end of...
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Khosrov III the Small (redirect from Khosrov II the Small)
the departure of the Roman legions from Armenia, Sanatruk invaded Armenia at the incitement of Shapur II with an army of various Caucasian mercenaries and...
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in the 5th century, Thaddeus suffered martyrdom in Armenia under King Sanatruk, and is revered as an apostle of the Armenian Church. Legend has it that...
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Ruben II[citation needed] (Armenian: Ռուբեն Բ), also Roupen II or Rupen II,[citation needed] (c.1165–1170) was the seventh lord of Armenian Cilicia (1169–1170)...
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Leo II or Leon II (occasionally numbered Leo III; Armenian: Լէոն Բ, Levon II; c. 1236 – 1289) was king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from...
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Constantine II (Armenian: Կոստանդին Բ), also Kostandin II,[citation needed] (unknown[citation needed] – after February 17, 1129[citation needed]) was...
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Thoros II (Armenian: Թորոս Բ; died February 6, 1169), also known as Thoros the Great, was the sixth lord of Armenian Cilicia from the Rubenid dynasty from...
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Gagik II (Armenian: Գագիկ Բ; c. 1025 - May 5/November 24, 1079) was the last Armenian king of the Bagratuni dynasty, ruling in Ani from 1042 to 1045. During...
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Grecized), Sanatruk (Old Armenian: Սանատրուկ), or Sanatruq (Aramaicized), may refer to: Sanatruces of Parthia Sanatruces II of Parthia Sanatruk, Arsacid...
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Artavasdes II (Ancient Greek: Ἀρταουάσδης Artaouásdēs), also known as Artavazd II, was king of Armenia from 55 BC to 34 BC. A member of the Artaxiad dynasty...
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Sarduri II (ruled: 764–735 BC) was a King of Urartu, succeeding his father Argishti I to the throne. The Urartian Kingdom was at its peak during his reign...
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Hethum II (Armenian: Հեթում Բ; 1266 – November 17, 1307), also known by several other romanizations, was king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling...
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Ashot II the Iron (Armenian: Աշոտ Բ; r. 914–929) was king of the Bagratid kingdom of Armenia from 914 to 929. He was the son and successor of King Smbat...
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Rusa II was king of Urartu between around 680 BC and 639 BC. It was during his reign that the massive fortress complex, Karmir-Blur, was constructed. Rusa...
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Sanesan (Armenian: Սանեսան) or Sanatruk (Armenian: Սանատրուկ) was the king of Maskut in the early 4th century. Sanesan's people, the Mazk'kut'k, have variously...
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was captured after being invited to a meeting by the Byzantine Emperor John II Comnenus, who had sworn a false promise of peace. Leo and two of his sons...
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Leo I, King of Armenia (redirect from Levon II the Magnificent)
Leo II (Armenian: Լեւոն Ա Մեծագործ, romanized: Levon I. Metsagorts; 1150 – 2 May 1219) was the tenth lord of Armenian Cilicia, ruling from 1187 to 1219...
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Smbat II (Armenian: Սմբատ Բ Տիեզերակալ, Smbat II Master of the Universe) reigned as King of Armenia from 977 to 989. He was of the Bagratuni line of kings...
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Tigranes the Great (redirect from Tigranes II)
Tigranes II, more commonly known as Tigranes the Great (Tigran Mets in Armenian; Ancient Greek: Τιγράνης ὁ Μέγας, Tigránes ho Mégas; Latin: Tigranes Magnus;...
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reign he struggled for control of the Kingdom of Sophene with king Antiochus II Theos until being defeated in 272 BC and was forced to pay a large tribute...
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Constantine II (Armenian: Կոստանդին Բ), (also Constantine IV; Western Armenian transliteration: Gosdantin or Kostantine; died 17 April 1344), born Guy...
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date of the end of Tiridates I's reign is unknown; various sources name Sanatruk as his successor. The name of Legio XII Fulminata discovered carved on...
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Orontes II (Old Persian: *Arvanta-) was a Persian noble living in the 4th century BC. He is probably to be identified as the satrap of Armenia under Darius...
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prince of King Gagik II, or some kind of a military commander in the monarch’s clan in exile. Upon the murder of King Gagik II, Constantine’s father...
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Volume II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Greeks, Crusaders and Moslems — Rise of Leon II (Kurkjian's...
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Armenia, where he converted King Sanatruk's daughter, who was eventually martyred alongside Thaddeus when Sanatruk later fell into apostasy. After this...
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daughter of Frederick III of Sicily and Eleanor of Anjou, widow of Henry II of Cyprus, further aroused anti-Western sentiment. In 1337, Al-Nasir Muhammad...
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martyrdom name the king as either Agrippa (identified with Tigranes VI), or Sanatruk, king of Armenia. The 13th-century Saint Bartholomew Monastery was a prominent...
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to make Isabella and Hethum co-rulers. The couple had six children: Leo II (died 1289) Thoros (died at the Battle of Mari in 1266 fighting the Mamluks)...
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Khosrov II (known in Roman sources as Chosroes, died 258), also known as Khosrov the Brave was an Armenian king from the Arsacid dynasty in the mid-third...
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