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Ashot II

Type Figure Region Armenia Time c. 870–928 Also known as Ashot II、Ashot Yerkat、Ashot the Iron、Աշոտ Բ Երկաթ、钢铁阿绍特

Ashot II (died 928 or 929), son of Smbat I, King of Bagratid Armenia from 914 to 929, known by the epithet 'the Iron' (Yerkat);…

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  1. 914–920Constantinople · Byzantine EmpireAfter his father's martyrdom Yusuf installed his cousin Ashot as a usurper; Ashot II went to Constantinople and secured the support of Empress Zoe, was crowned in 914 by the Iberian king Adarnase, and returned with a Byzantine coalition to suppress the rebellion.
  2. 921–928Lake Sevan · ArmeniaIn 921 he routed the Arab army at Lake Sevan, and in 922 was recognized as shahanshah by the caliph. Thereafter he repeatedly repelled Yusuf's and the Byzantine Kourkouas's sieges of Dvin, preserving the kingdom's territorial integrity.

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