Queen Erato of the Artaxiad dynasty
King Rhadamistus killing Queen Zenobia , by Luigi Sabatell .
This is a list of Armenian royal consorts .
Ancient Armenian queens
Rodogune of Persia , daughter of King Artaxerxes of Persia, wife of Orontes II
Antiochis , sister of Antiochus III the Great , wife of Xerxes
Satenik of the Alans , daughter of the king of the Alans , wife of Artaxias I
Cleopatra of Pontus , daughter of Mithridates VI of Pontus , wife of Tigranes II the Great
Erato of Armenia , half-sister and wife of Tigranes IV ; also co-ruler
Zenobia , daughter of Mithridates of Armenia , and wife of Rhadamistus
Ashkhen , wife of Tiridates III of Armenia
Pharantzem , wife of Arsaces II (Arshak II)
Zarmandukht , wife of Papas (Pap) ; queen regent
Picture
Name
Father
Birth
Marriage
Became Queen
Ceased to be Queen
Death
Spouse
Katranide I
-
825
-
862husband's appointment as Prince of Princes 26 August 884 husband's coronation as King
890husband's death
-
Ashot I
The name of Smbat I's wife is not known. She was captured in the fortress of Kars in 895 by the ostikan Afshin , but was released when her son Ashot II was given as hostage and her husband agreed to marry his niece to Afshin .
Smbat I
Sahakanuysh Sevada
-
-
-
914husband's accession
928husband's death
-
Ashot II
The name of Abas I's wife is not known. They had five known children.
Abas I
Khosrovanuysh
-
-
953
877husband's death
-
Ashot III
The name of Smbat II's wife is not known. Said to be his niece.
Smbat II
Katranide II
Syuni
-
-
989husband's accession
1020husband's death
-
Gagik I
The name of Abas I's first wife is not known. She was mother of his only son, Erkat.
Hovhannes-Smbat III
Argyra
a brother of Romanos III Argyros (Argyroi )
-
1032
1040husband's death
-
The name of Ashot IV's wife is not known. They had two known children.
Ashot IV
? of Vaspurakan
Dawid of Vaspurakan, Lord of Siwas
-
-
1042husband's accession
1045husband's desposition
-
Gagik II
Princess consort of Armenia, Lady of the Mountains
Queen consort or male consort of Armenia
See also
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