Mamikonian
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Mamikonian or Mamikonean was an Armenian aristocratic dynasty which dominated Armenia between the 4th and 8th centuries—through the late antique kingdom, Sasanian, Byzantine, and Arab dominations. The
Illustration of Vardan Mamikonian in the 1898 book Illustrated Armenia and Armenians
15th-century miniature depicting the Battle of Avarayr (451)
Republic of Armenia coin depicting Vardan Mamikonian
Artsruni dynasty
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The House of Artsruni was an ancient princely and, later, royal dynasty of Armenia.
Mamikonian
…dynasts of Tayk῾," and Robert Hewsen. Other Armenian dynasties also claimed foreign royal ancestry: the Bagratunis claimed Davidic descent and the Artsrunis claimed royal Assyrian ancestry. The later medieval Armenian author Vardan Areveltsi mentions that the Chenk’ live in the Caucasus near Derbend. One…
Assumed depiction of Gagik I Artsruni in the vine-scroll relief on the eastern façade of the Church of the Holy Cross (915–921)
The Artsruni statesman Khutlubuga, 13th century CE. Church of the Holy Sign. Haghpat Monastery, southern wall.