Armenian medal representing Vartan Mamikonean

Mamikonian or Mamikoneans was a noble family which dominated Armenian politics between the 4th and 8th centuruies. They ruled the Armenian regions of Taron, Sasun, Bagrevand and others. Image File history File links Vartan. ... Image File history File links Vartan. ... Taron was a region of old region of Armenia divised in four districts: Mamikonian, Palauni, (Belabitene), Artokh (Ardjish or Artzike, North of Van Lake) and Olnut or Enut Categories: Regions of old Armenia ... Region (Sasun) and family (Sanasuni) in Armenia, centered in Sasun. ... Bagrevand was a region of the old Armenia c. ...

Early history

Although the family later claimed descent from Chinese emperors of Han dynasty, the first known Mamikonid lord, or nakhararq, about whom anything certain is known was a certain Vatche Mamikonian (fl. 330-339). The family reappears in chronicles in 355, when the bulk of their lands lay in Taik. At that point the family chief was Vasak Mamikonian, a commander-in-chief (sparapet) of Armenia. Later, the office of sparapet would become hereditary possession of Mamikonians. Vasak was in charge of the Armenian defense against Persia but was eventually defeated through the treachery of Marujan Ardzruni (c. 367-368). The king or wang (王 wang2) was the Chinese head of state from the Zhou to Qin dynasties. ... Han commanderies and kingdoms AD 2. ... Events November 6 - Julian is promoted to Caesar. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Persia can refer to: the Western name for Iran. ... Ardzruni (or Ardzrouni) was a region and also a ruling family in old Armenia c. ...

Following that defeat, Vasak's brother Vahan Mamikonian and multiple other feudal lords defected to the Persian side. The Emperor Valens, however, interfered in Armenian affairs and had the office of sparapet bestowed on Vasak's son Musel Mamikonian in 370. Four years later Varazdat, a new king, confirmed Musel in office. The latter was subsequently assassinated on behest of Sembat Saharuni who replaced him as sparapet of Armenia. Flavius Julius Valens (Latin: IMP·CAESAR·FLAVIVS·IVLIVS·VALENS·AVGVSTVS) (328 – August 9, 378) was Roman emperor from 364 until his death, after he was given the Eastern part of the empire by his brother Valentinian I. His father was the general Gratian the Elder. ... Events Basil of Caesarea becomes bishop of Caesarea. ... Saharuni was a region and family of the old Armenia c. ...

On this event, the family leadership passed to Musel's brother, Enmanuel Mamikonian, who had been formerly kept as a hostage in Persia. The Mamikonids at once broke into insurrection and routed Varazdat and Saharuni at Karin. Enmanuel, together with his sons Hemaiak and Artches, took the king prisoner and put him in a fortress, whence Varazdat escaped abroad. Zarmandukht, the widow of Varazdat's predecessor, was then proclaimed queen. Enmanuel came to an agreement with the powerful Sassanids, pledging his loyalty in recompense for their respect of the Armenian autonomy and laws. Old district of Armenia c. ... Head of king Shapur II (Sasanian dynasty A.D. 4th century). ...

Upon the queen's demise in 384, Enmanuel Mamikonian was proclaimed Regent of Armenia pending the minority of her son Arsaces III and had the infant king married to his daughter Vardandukh. It was Enmanuel's death in 385 that precipitated the country's conquest by the Persians in 386-387. Events Forum of Theodosius built in Constantinople. ... Events February 11 - Oldest Pope elected: Siricius, bishop of Tarragona. ...

Vartan Mamikonian

Hamazasp Mamikonian was recorded as the family leader in 393. His wife is known to have been Sahakanouch, daughter of Saint Sahak the Great and descendant of the Arsacid kings. They had a son, Saint Vartan Mamikonian, who is revered as one of the greatest military and spiritual leaders of ancient Armenia. Events Gao Zu succeeds Tai Zu as Emperor of the Later Qin Empire in China. ... Isaac of Armenia, or Sahak (338-439) was Catholicos (or Patriarch) of Armenia. ... The Arsacid Dynasty ruled Persia. ... Mamikonian or Mamikoneans was a noble family which dominated Armenian politics between the 4th and 8th centuruies. ...

After Vartan became Sparapet in 432, the Persians summoned him to Ctesiphon, forcing him to convert to Zoroastrianism. Upon his return to home in 450, Vartan repudiated the Persian religion and instigated a great Armenian rebellion against their Sassanian overlords. Although he died in the doomed Battle of Vartanantz (451), the insurrection led to the restoration of Armenian autonomy, thus guaranteeing the survival of Armenian statehood in later centuries. Saint Vartan is commemorated by an equestrian statue in Yerevan. Events July 31 - Sixtus is elected to succeed Celestine as Pope. ... Ctesiphon (Parthian: Tyspwn as well as Tisfun) is one of the great cities of ancient Mesopotamia and the capital of the Iranian Parthian Empire and its successor, the Sassanid Empire, for more than 800 years located in ancient Iranian province of Khvarvaran. ... Zoroastrianism was once the official religion of Sassanid (Sassanian) Persia, and played an important role in the Achaemenid as well as Parthian empires in Persia. ... Events August 25 - Marcian proclaimed Eastern Roman Emperor by Aspar and Pulcheria. ... Battle of Vartanantz (May 26, 451) is remembered by Armenians as probably the greatest battle in their history. ... Apotheosis of Saint Louis by Charles H. Niehaus In sculpture, an equestrian (from the Latin equus meaning horse) is a statue consisting of a horse with mounted rider. ... Yerevan (Armenian: ÔµÖ€Õ¥Ö‚Õ¡Õ¶ or ÔµÖ€Ö‡Õ¡Õ¶; sometimes written as Erevan; former names include Erivan and Erebuni) (population: 1,088,300 (2004 estimate) [1]) is one of the provinces in Armenia and the largest city and capital of Armenia. ...

After the country's subjugation by the Persians, Mamikonians sided with the Roman Empire, with many family members entering Byzantine service. Not only did they rise to the highest offices of Constantinople, but even some of the emperors - conceivably Leo the Armenian and Basil I - could have been their descendants. Bardas and his sister Theodora were also of Mamikonian heritage. Unsurprisingly, Mamikonians form a crucial link in the postulated descent of modern European nobility from antiquity. For other uses, see Roman Empire (disambiguation) The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Ancient Roman polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Octavian (better known as Augustus), until its radical reformation in what was later to be known as the Byzantine... Map of Constantinople. ... Contemporary coin of Leo V. Leo V, surnamed The Armenian (775 – December 24, 820), was emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 813 to 820, after first distinguishing himself as a general in the reigns of Nicephorus I and Michael I Rhangabes. ... Basil, his son Constantine, and his second wife, emperess Eudoxia Ingerina. ... Bardas was the regent (856-866) of Byzantine Emperor Michael III. Bardas was apparently the son of Marinos Mamikonian and the brother of Theodora, the wife of Byzantine Emperor Theophilus. ... Theodora was the wife of the Byzantine emperor Theophilus. ... Descent from antiquity is an ultimate challenge in prosopography and genealogy, the idea of establishing a well-researched, generation by generation descent of living persons from people acting in antiquity. ...

Early Middle Ages

The history of Mamikonians in the Early Middle Ages is quite obscure. In the period between 655 and 750 they are not documented at all. What follows below is their reconstructed genealogy between the 5th and 7th centuries. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... Events November 15 - Northumbrian king Oswiu defeats the pagan Mercian king Penda in the Battle of Winwaed Empress Saimei ascends to the throne of Japan. ... Events Last Umayyad caliph Marwan II (744-750) overthrown by first Abbasid caliph, Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah Bold textItalic textLink title GARY CANT SWIM GARY CANT SWIM GARY CANT SWIM GARY CANT SWIM GARY CANT SWIM GARY CANT SWIM GARY CANT SWIM...

Vardan Mamikonian leading Armenians in the Battle of Vartanantz (451).

Hamazasp I Mamikonian, married to Sahankanoysh of Armenia

1. Vardan I (+451)

1.1. Saint Shushanik (+472)

2. Hmayeak I (+452)

2.1. Vahan

2.1.1. Vard

2.2. Vasak

2.2.1. Enmanuel

2.2.1.1. Gaghik

2.2.2. Vardan II

2.2.2.3. Mamak (fl. 590)

2.2.3 daughter

2.2.3.1. Musel II (+ca. 592)

2.2.3.1.1. Kahan Gail (fl. 592-604)

2.2.3.1.1.1. Smbat the Valiant (fl. 604)

2.2.3.1.1.1.1. Musel III (+640)

2.2.3.1.1.1.1.1. Grigor I (fl. 650)

2.2.3.1.1.1.1.2. Hamazasp II (fl. 655)

2.3. Artaches

2.4. Vard

3. Hamazaspian

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Last Mamikonians

By 750, Mamikonians lost Taron, Khelat, and Mouch to the Bagratuni family. In the 770s the family was led by Artavizd Mamikonian, then by Musel IV (+772) and by Samuel II. The latter married his daughter to Smbat VII Bagratuni, Constable of Armenia. His grandson Smbat Msaker ("the Carnivore") became forefather of Bagratid rulers of Armenia and Taron. Events Last Umayyad caliph Marwan II (744-750) overthrown by first Abbasid caliph, Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah Bold textItalic textLink title GARY CANT SWIM GARY CANT SWIM GARY CANT SWIM GARY CANT SWIM GARY CANT SWIM GARY CANT SWIM GARY CANT SWIM... Taron was a region of old region of Armenia divised in four districts: Mamikonian, Palauni, (Belabitene), Artokh (Ardjish or Artzike, North of Van Lake) and Olnut or Enut Categories: Regions of old Armenia ... ... ...

Mamikonians are known to have led a national rebellion against the Arab Caliphate in 774-775. After the rebels were rooted out, Mamikonians' supremacy in Armenia came to an end. Even in their homeland of Taik, they were succeeded by the Bagratids. One Kurdik Mamikonian was recorded as ruling Sasun ca. 800. Half a century later, Grigor Mamikonian lost Bagrevand to the Muslims, reconquered it in the early 860s and then lost it to the Bagratids for good. After that, Mamikonians pass into oblivion. An Anglicized/Latinized version of the Arabic word خليفة or Khalīfah, Caliph (  listen?) is the term or title for the Islamic leader of the Ummah, or community of Islam. ... Events Charlemagne conquers the kingdom of the Lombards, and takes title King of the Lombards. ... Events Leo IV succeeds Constantine V as Byzantine Emperor. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Bagrevand was a region of the old Armenia c. ...

External link

• John Mamikonean's History of Taron