Gagik I of Armenia

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Gagik I
Armenian Apostolic

Gagik I (

king of Armenia who reigned between 989 and 1020,[3] under whom Bagratid Armenia reached its height[4] and enjoyed a period of uninterrupted peace and prosperity.[5]

Rule

11th century inscription mentioning Gagik I. Parpi, Aragatsotn Province

It is unknown when Gagik I was born. He succeeded his brother

Kura River to Apahunik near Lake Van. The country's economy, culture and foreign trade developed; Ani, Dvin, and Kars flourished.[7]
He has joined to his territory Vanadzor, the most part of Artsakh (Khachen) and two main provinces of Vaspurakan: Kogovit and Ttsaghkotn.

After his death, his elder son,

Kingdom of Lori-Dzoraget.[7]

Archaeological finds

A replica of Gagik's statue at the entrance of the History Museum of Armenia.

One of Gagik's principal projects was the

First World War. Only a few photographs record its appearance. A surviving fragment of the statue is now in the Erzurum archaeological museum. Exactly how, and when, it got there is unknown. According to the museum staff, it was found somewhere in the vicinity of Erzurum and the finder brought it to the museum by car.[9]

Notes

Senekerim-Hovhannes Artsruni of Vaspurakan
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References

  1. ISBN 978-0-500-02066-1
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  2. ^ Manuk-Khaloyan, Armen (2013). "In the Cemetery of their Ancestors: The Royal Burial Tombs of the Bagratuni Kings of Greater Armenia (890-1073/79)". Revue des Études Arméniennes. 35: 150, 162, 167, 172–73.
  3. ^ Yuzbashyan, Karen (1973). К хронологии правления Гагика I Багратуни [On the chronology of the reign of Gagik I Bagratuni] (PDF). Antichnaya Drevnost i Srednii Veka (in Russian). 10: 195–97.
  4. ISBN 9780195046526
    . Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  5. ISBN 9780700714520
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  6. ^ Arakelyan, Babken (1976). Բագրատունյաց թագավորությունը X դարի վերջին և XI դարի սկզբներին [The Bagratuni kingdom from the late tenth to the early eleventh centuries]. In Aghayan, Tsatur; et al. (eds.). Հայ ժողովրդի պատմություն [History of the Armenian people] (in Armenian). Vol. 3. Yerevan: Armenian SSR Academy of Sciences. pp. 134–140.
  7. ^ a b c d Arakelyan, Babken (1976). Գագիկ Ա [Gagik I]. Հայկական սովետական հանրագիտարան [Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia] (in Armenian). Vol. 2. Yerevan. p. 637.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ^ Madelung, Wilfred (1975). "The Minor Dynasties of Northern Iran". In Frye, Richard N. (ed.). The Cambridge History of Iran. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. p. 237.
  9. ^ a b "The Statue of King Gagik". VirtualAni. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
Preceded by
King of Bagratid Armenia
 		Succeeded byas King of Ani
Succeeded by
Ashot IV
as King in other provinces
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