Bagratuni dynasty

See also: Bagratuni family tree
Bagratuni
Բագրատունի
Bas-relief of a leopard with a cross above it from the ruins of Ani, believed to be a symbol of the Bagratuni dynasty or of Ani.[1]
CountryArmenia
Foundedc. 300 AD
FounderSmbat I
Final rulerGagik II (as King of Armenia)
Titles
Cadet branchesBagrationis
Rubenids
Hasan-Jalalyan (indirectly)
Kiurikians
Smbat II and his brother Kiurike I depicted at the entrance to Haghpat Monastery

The Bagratuni or Bagratid dynasty (Armenian: Բագրատունի, Armenian pronunciation: [bagɾatuni]) was an Armenian[3] royal dynasty which ruled the medieval Kingdom of Armenia from c. 885 until 1045. Originating as vassals of the Kingdom of Armenia of antiquity, they rose to become the most prominent Armenian noble family during the period of Arab rule in Armenia, eventually establishing their own independent kingdom.[4] Their domain included regions of Armenia such as Shirak, Bagrevand,[5] Kogovit,[6] Syunik, Lori, Vaspurakan, Vanand and Taron.[7] Many historians, such as Cyril Toumanoff, Nicholas Adontz and Ronald Suny, consider them to be the progenitors of the Georgian royal Bagrationi dynasty.[8][9][10]

  1. ^ Matʻevosyan 2021, p. 10.
  2. ^ Greenwood, Tim Emergence of the Bagratuni Kingdoms, p. 52, in Armenian Kars and Ani, Hovannisian, Richard G., ed.
  3. ^ Ashot Khachatrian. "Bagratunis". Modern Armenian historiography generally agrees on the Armenian origin of the Bagratunis. Supporters of that point of view are, for example, researchers of the issue, Rafael I. Matevosyan, who has irrefutably refuted the point of view of Jewish origin with thorough scientific research, as well as Albert V. Musheghyan, Maria Grigoryan, Srmen Petrosyan, Mnatsakan R. Khachatryan and many others.
  4. ^ Garsoïan 1997.
  5. ^ Hakobyan, T. Kh.; Melik-Bakhshyan, St. T.; Barseghyan, H. Kh. (1986). "Bagrevand". Hayastani ev harakitsʻ shrjanneri teghanunneri baṛaran [Dictionary of toponymy of Armenia and adjacent territories] (in Armenian). Vol. 1. Yerevan State University. p. 536. Bagrevand ... in the 9th-11th centuries was under the rule of the Bagratouni Kingdom of Armenia.
  6. ^ Hakobyan, T. Kh.; Melik-Bakhshyan, St. T.; Barseghyan, H. Kh. (1991). "Kogovit". Hayastani ev harakitsʻ shrjanneri teghanunneri baṛaran [Dictionary of toponymy of Armenia and adjacent territories] (in Armenian). Vol. 3. Yerevan State University. p. 182. During the reign of the Arshakuni dynasty, the province of Kogovit belonged to the court, but after Arshakuni kingdom's decline it passed to the Bagratuni princes.
  7. ^ Toumanoff 1966.
  8. ^ Toumanoff, Cyril, Iberia on the Eve of Bagratid Rule, p. 22, cited in: Suny, Ronald Grigor (1994), The Making of the Georgian Nation, note 30, p. 349: "All this has now come to be accepted in modern Georgian historiography".
  9. ^ Mikaberidze, Alexander (2015). Historical dictionary of Georgia. Lanham. ISBN 978-1-4422-4146-6. OCLC 916450044.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) p. 172
  10. ^ Toumanoff 1966, p. 609.