Kingdom of Vanand
Kingdom of Vanand Վանանդի թագավորություն | |||||||||
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963–1064 | |||||||||
Kingdom of Vanand c. 1060 A.D. | |||||||||
Capital | Kars | ||||||||
Common languages | Armenian | ||||||||
Religion | Armenian Apostolic Church | ||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Established | 963 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1064 | ||||||||
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Kingdom of Kars (Armenian: Կարսի թագավորություն), alternatively known as the Kingdom of Vanand (Armenian: Վանանդի թագավորություն), was a medieval Armenian kingdom formed in the year 963 by the son of Abas I of Armenia, Mushegh Bagratuni (d. 984). The capital of the kingdom was Kars, currently part of modern-day Turkey.
In 963, shortly after the Bagratuni seat was transferred to Ani, Kars became the capital of a separate independent kingdom called Vanand. However, the extent of its actual independence from the Kingdom of Ani is uncertain: it was always in the possession of the relatives of the rulers of Ani, and, after Ani's capture by the Byzantine Empire in 1045, the Bagratuni title "King of Kings" held by the ruler of Ani was transferred to the ruler of Kars. In 1064, just after the capture of Ani by Alp Arslan (leader of the Seljuk Turks), the Armenian king of Kars, Gagik-Abas, paid homage to the victorious Turks so that they would not lay siege to his city. In 1065 Gagik-Abas ceded his kingdom to the Byzantine Empire, but soon after Kars was taken by the Seljuk Turks.[1]
Rulers
Ruler | Reign | title | Notes |
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1. Mushegh | 963 — 984 | King | |
2. Abas | 984 — 1029 | King | |
3. Gagik-Abas | 1029 — 1065 | King |
References
- ^ Arakelyan, Babken; Vardanyan, Vrezh; Khalpakhchyan, Hovhannes (1979). "Կարս [Kars]". Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia Volume 5 (in Armenian). Yerevan: Armenian Encyclopedia. pp. 342–344.
See also
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states
- Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity) (Orontids, Artaxiads and Arsacids, 553 BC–428 AD)
- Kingdom of Armenia (Middle Ages) (Bagratunis, 884–1045)
- Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (Rubenids, Hethumids and Lusignans, 1080–1375)
- Republic of Armenia (1918–1920)
- Republic of Armenia (1991–present)
Armenian states
- Satrapy of Armenia (Orontids, 522–331 BC)
- Principality of Hamamshen (790–1486)
- Kingdom of Vaspurakan (Artsrunis, 908–1021)
- Kingdom of Vanand (963–1064)
- Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget (Kiurikians, 979–1118)
- Kingdom of Syunik (Siunis, 987–1170)
- Kingdom of Artsakh (Khachen, 1000–1261)
- Zakarid Principality of Armenia (Zakarians, 1201–1335)
- Melikdoms of Karabakh (Beglarians, Israelians, Hasan-Jalalians, Shanazarians and Avanians, 1603–1822)
- Republic of Mountainous Armenia (1921, unrecognized)
- Soviet Armenia (1920–1991)
- Artsakh (1991–2023, unrecognized)
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