Smbat VIII Bagratuni or Smbat the Confessor (Armenian: Սմբատ Խոստովանող, romanized: Smbat Khostovanogh) was an Armenian noble of the Bagratid (Bagratuni) family and one of the most important princes (nakharar) of Armenia in the mid-9th century as the commander-in-chief (sparapet) of Armenia. Taken prisoner to Samarra, he was pressured to convert to Islam but refused and died there. He was the father of Ashot I of Armenia, founder of the Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia.
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SmbatVIIIBagratuni or Smbat the Confessor (Armenian: Սմբատ Խոստովանող, romanized: Smbat Khostovanogh) was an Armenian noble of the Bagratid (Bagratuni)...
of SmbatVIII the Confessor and was a member of the Bagratuni dynasty. Ashot was born around 820 to SmbatVIIIBagratuni and his wife Hripsime. Smbat VIII...
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Bagrat I of Iberia and of his wife, a daughter of Armenian prince SmbatVIIIBagratuni. Spending his youth in his father's domains in Tao-Klarjeti, he was...
49/50 Principality of Tao-Klarjeti Unknown (of Armenia) (daughter of SmbatVIIIBagratuni) three children Also Prince of Iberia. Bagrat shared with his brothers...
Bagrat II Bagratuni, received Taron and Sasun and later the title of ishkhan ishkhanats ("prince of princes"), whereas his brother, SmbatVIII the Confessor...
Opiza restored by him. Gurgen was probably married to a daughter of SmbatVIIIBagratuni (826–855), the sparapet of Armenia. He left two sons behind – Adarnase...
Principality of Iberia Juansher daughter of Nerse of Iberia Ashot I Georgian Principality of Iberia daughter of SmbatVIIIBagratuni David I Armenian Arminiya...
Kartli were descendants of Constantine II, the Kings of Kakheti from George VIII and the Kings of Imereti from Bagrat VI. Upon Teimuraz II's death, Kartli...
Mamikonian (662–684/85) Ashot II Bagratuni (686–690) Nerses Kamsarakan (689–691) Smbat VI Bagratuni (691–711) Ashot III Bagratuni (732–748) Gregory II Mamikonian...
eldest brother Hovhannes-Smbat (known also as Smbat III) was enthroned as King of Armenia as the legal heir of the Bagratuni dynasty as King of Armenia...
Sasanian Empire prior to his death and defeat in battle against SmbatBagratuni in 596 AD. Smbat was rewarded and appointed marzban of Hyrcania, which he served...
greatly increased since the Sparapet of Armenia Ashot Bagratuni, also known as the son of SmbatVIII the Confessor took advantage of the opportunity. 21...
of Isfahan. Khosrow recalled Smbat IV Bagratuni from Persian Armenia and sent him to Iran to repel the invaders. Smbat, with the aid of a Persian prince...
484) Sempad the Constable. Sempad the Constable (1208–1276), also known as Smbat Sparapet, was an Armenian noble and brother of Hethum I. He wrote Chronique...
Nakhchivan was finally released from Arab rule in the tenth century by Bagratuni King Smbat I and handed over to the princes of Syunik. This region also was...