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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Armenia of the Bagratuni dynasty (989–1020) Gagik I of Vaspurakan, Artsruni ruler of Vaspurakan (908–943) Gagik II of Armenia, the last Armenian King of Armenia...
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death. However, after Hovhannes-Smbat's death in 1041, his successor, Gagik II, refused to hand over Ani and continued resistance until 1045, when his...
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him from the north but were driven back. He avenged the death of King Gagik II by killing his assassins. This act of revenge was often used by chroniclers...
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century until 1045 when their capital city of Ani fell. In 1045, King Gagik II was invited to Constantinople; upon arrival there, he was taken captive...
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uninterrupted peace and prosperity. It is unknown when Gagik I was born. He succeeded his brother Smbat II in 989. He followed the footsteps of his predecessors...
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relationship to the exiled king Gagik II. He was either a younger family member or kinsman. Ashot, son of Hovhannes (son of Gagik II), was later governor of Ani...
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Gagik Kolyayi Tsarukyan (Armenian: Գագիկ Կոլյայի Ծառուկյան; born 25 November 1956), also known as Dodi Gago (Armenian: Դոդի Գագո), is an Armenian businessman...
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I) 953–977 Smbat II (son of Ashot III) 977–989 Gagik I of Armenia (brother of Smbat II) 989–1020 Hovhannes-Smbat of Ani (son of Gagik I) 1020–1040/1041...
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Smbat's death at the hands of Yusuf in 914, however, Gagik allied with the new Bagratuni king Ashot II to defeat the Arabs. The Kingdom of Vaspurakan was...
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Tigranes the Great (redirect from Tigranes II)
Sargsyan, Gagik (1991). "СВИДЕТЕЛЬСТВО ПОЗДНЕВАВИЛОНСКОЙ КЛИНОПИСНОЙ ХРОНИКИ ОБ АРМЕНИИ ВРЕМЕНИ ТИГРАНА II (Evidence Regarding Armenia during Tigran II' s Period...
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suzerains. Thus, Khatcḥik-Gagik II Artsruni was the first of the Artsrunis to rule Vaspurakan under Abbasid suzerainty. Gagik I of Vaspurakan claimed the...
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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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1017/1020–1040/1041 (in Ani), son of Gagik I Ashot IV "the Valiant", 1017/1020–1040/1041 (in Talin), son of Gagik I Gagik II, 1042–1045, son of Ashot IV The...
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unity of the Bagratuni dynasty. Their troublesome rule was followed by Gagik II, the last king of the dynasty from 1042 to 1045 when the dynasty finally...
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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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hanragitaran hratarakč῾ut῾yun. p. 94. Movses Khorenatsʻi (1997). Sargsyan, Gagik (ed.). Hayotsʻ Patmutʻyun, E dar Հայոց Պատմություն, Ե Դար [History of Armenia...
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time, Cynane, Alexander's half-sister, arranged for her daughter, Eurydice II, to marry the joint king, Arridaeus (Philip III). Fearful of Cynane's influence...
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Ani (redirect from King Gagik's church of St Gregory)
Basil II his heir. When Hovhannes-Smbat died in 1041, Emperor Michael IV the Paphlagonian, claimed sovereignty over Ani. The new king of Ani, Gagik II (1042–45)...
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either a 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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Grigor Magistros Pahlanuni who is at Amberd on an assignment for the king, Gagik II. 1045 - An event with important consequences of Armenia takes place in...
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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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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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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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Armenian architecture. As he did not have any male issue Smbat II succeeded by his brother Gagik I. Smbat Walls Nersessian, Sirarpie Der (1970). The Armenians...
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Hovhannes-Smbat and Ashot. The last king was Gagik II (1042–1045), son of Ashot. In 1079, Gagik II was killed. In 1080, Gagik of Kars and his sons, Hovhannes and...
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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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Gagik-Abas, or Gagik-Abas II of Kars (ruled 1029–1065) was the Bagratid king of Kars, ruler of the Kingdom of Vanand. He was the son of Abas I (984–1029)...
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Armenia (section 1922 to World War II)
or servitude at the hands of those who had assassinated his relative, Gagik II of Armenia, King of Ani, an Armenian named Ruben I, Prince of Armenia,...
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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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