This list is a list of Armenian monarchs

Antiquity

Medieval

Non-independent rulers of Armenia

The rulers of Armenia under the Sasanians (as province, known as the Persarmenia), Rashidun, Umayyad and Abbasid (as autonomous, known as the Arminiya) caliphates.

Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia

The Bagratid Armenia was an independent Armenian state established by Ashot I Bagratuni of the Bagratuni dynasty in the early 880s following nearly two centuries of foreign domination of Greater Armenia under Arab Umayyad and Abbasid rule.

List of Armenian monarchs and presidents

Variorous Armenian kingdoms

Kingdom of Kars (962/3–1064) Mushegh (962/3–984) son of Abas I of Armenia Abas I (984–1029) Gagik-Abas II (1029–1064) he claimed the position of king of all Armenia following the collapse of the main Bagratid kingdom in 1045. The kingdom centered on now northeastern Turkey (Kars Province) and northwestern Armenia.

List of Armenian monarchs and presidents

Kingdom of Vaspurakan (908–1021)

List of Armenian monarchs and presidents

Gagik I Ardsruni (908–943) Derenik-Ashot Adrsruni (943–958) Abusahl-Hamazasp (958–968) Ashot-Sahak (969/972–991) Gurgen-Khachik (991–1003) Seneqerim-Hovhannes (1003–1021)

The kingdom centered on Lake Van, located in what is now eastern Turkey (in Van Province) and partially northwestern Iran.

Kingdom of Syunik (970–1170)

Smbat II (970–998) Vasak VI (998–1019) Smbat III (1019–1044) Grigor I (1044–1084) Senekerim Sevadian (1084–1094) Grigor II (1094–1166) Hasan of Gerakar (1166–1170) son-in-law of Grigor II The kingdom centered in Syunik province of now Armenia.

Kingdom of Lori (982–1145)

Gurgen I (982–989) David I (989–1046/1048) Gurgen II (1046/1048–1081/1089) David II and Abas (1089–1145) The kingdom was located on the territories of modern-day northern Armenia, partially northwestern Azerbaijan and southern Georgia.

In addition, five Armenian meliks ruled the mountainous Karabakh from the 14th to the 19th centuries.

Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia

The Armenian Kingdom (starting of an principality) of Cilicia was an Armenian state formed during the High Middle Ages by Armenian refugees fleeing the Turcoman invasion of the Armenia. Located outside the Armenian Highlands and distinct from the Kingdom of Armenia of antiquity or medieval.

Turcoman kings of Armenia

In the decades following the Battle of Manzikert, one of the Turcoman vassal dynasties of the Seljuk Turks gained control of the city of Ahlat in the former Armenian heartland. These Turcoman emirs took the used title of Shah-i Armen (ie. "King of the Armenians").

Qara Qoyunlu

The title Shah-i Armen was temporarily revived in the 15th century under the rule of the Turcoman Qara Qoyunlu during the rule of Qara Iskandar.

Iskandar sought to cultivate the Armenian population, especially the feudal lords and clergy. To reinforce this policy, he took the title "Shah-i Armen," King of the Armenians.

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