Armenian Princes and Byzantine Relations

Name: Armenian Princes and Byzantine Relations
Start: 1032
End: 1036

Type Event Region Armenia Time 1032–1036

After the Byzantines annexed Armenian kingdoms such as Vaspurakan and Ani in the early 11th century, they settled former Armenian royal family member…

Timeline

1032Constantinople · ByzantineRomanos III arranged the marriage of his niece to Armenian king Hovhannes-Smbat, continuing the old ties between the Vaspurakan royal house and the Argyrus family to stabilize the Armenian buffer zone on the empire's eastern frontier.
1034–1036Sebastopolis · CappadociaDavid, son of the former Vaspurakan king Senekerim, died around the time of Romanos III's death; his brothers Atom, Abushal, and others continued to exercise authority over Sebastopolis and surrounding lands granted by the Byzantines, representing a typical model of the empire's resettlement of Armenian nobles.

Sources

III. The Armenians in the Byzantine Empire — Peter Charanis https://www.attalus.org/armenian/char3.htm
Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa — Matthew of Edessa