Smbat II of Armenia

Smbat II
Սմբատ Բ
Smbat II Bagratuni (right), King of Armenia, and his younger brother Gurgen (Kiurike) I, King of Lori, Haghpat Monastery.[1]
King of Armenia
Reign977–89
PredecessorAshot III
SuccessorGagik I
Died989
Ani
Burial
Ani
Names
Smbat II Bagratuni
DynastyBagratuni
FatherAshot III
MotherKhosrovanuysh
ReligionArmenian Apostolic

Smbat II (Armenian: Սմբատ Բ Տիեզերակալ, Smbat II Master of the Universe) reigned as King of Armenia from 977 to 989. He was of the Bagratuni line of kings, and the son of Ashot III, whom he succeeded.

  1. ^ Nersessian, Sirarpie Der (1970). The Armenians. Praeger Publishers. p. 202. The two brothers , Gurgen ( Kiurike I ) on the left and King Smbat II on the right , hold a model of the church . Smbat , as King of Ani , wears a large turban like the one worn later by Gagik I

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