Andzevatsis – Andzevatsik was a region of ancient and medieval Armenia c. 400-800 in the South-East of Vaspurakan, ruled by the Antzevatsi family.
Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia,v.1, p.426, at: – Source
Angelina – Tuma’s sister, Philagrius’s wife, Emperor Constantine III’s consort.
Antonius – General killed by the crowd at Hagia Sophia
Araveghians – (Aravelean – Arravelean – Aravelian) Princely family in ancient Armenia (Vanand-Zarishat, Ayrarat).
Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia,v.1, p 531-32, at: – Source
Arpeni – Prince Grigor’s youngest sister
Artsrunis – An ancient noble (princely) family of Armenia.
Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia,v.2, p.75-76, at: – Source
Artuken Mokatsi – (Vardik Mokatsi) with Mushegh Mamikonian, plotting against Theodoros Rshtuni.
«Այդ միջոցին է որ Արաբացի բանականեր առաջին անգամ Հայաստան կը մտնեն։ Սատտի գունդերը Պարսիկներու դէմ պատերազմած ատեննին, անոնցմէ մաս մը դէպի Հայաստան կը քալէ 639-ին, Ապտիւր Ռահիմ զօրավարին առաջնորդութեամբ որ Մոկաց նահագնէն կը յարձակի դէպի նեսր, Սահուռ Անձեւացի եւ Վարդիկ Մոկացի անձնատուր կը լինին, եւ մինչեւ իսկ ճամբայ ցուցնելու կը զիջանին։» – Source
“[the Arabs] had as a guide Vardik, prince of Mokk’, who was called Aknik [“Little Eyes”].” – Source
Atom Shahuni – Theodoros’s deputy, grumpy old man
Christopher – Christopher II Armenian Catholicos (served 628 – 630) (Elevated by Knight Varztirots), deposed by the nobles at the instigation of the Byzantines – Source
Constans – Crown prince, Constantine III’s son and successor. Constans II (630 –668), also called Constantine the Bearded was emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 641 to 668. He was the son of Constantine III and Gregoria. – Source
Constantine III – (Successor of Heraclius I) co-Emperor with brother Heraclius II (short-lived emperor, son of Heraclius’s first marriage), (birth date 612 – 641) reported poisoned by Martina (Heraclius’s second wife).
Was Byzantine emperor for four months in 641, making him the shortest reigning Byzantine emperor. He was the eldest son of the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius and his first wife Eudokia. – Source
Davit Mamikonian – Prince Grigor’s father, Lady Byuregh’s wife, died when Grigor was a child. – Source
Ezra – Ezra I – Armenian Catholicos – (birth date unknown – 641).
“Catholicoi of Armenia: Ezra I (served 630 – 641) – Եզր Ա Փառաժնակերտցի” – Source
“Two men from [K’ristap’or’s] family came [to the trial] and testified against him in front of the entire multitude. So they took from him the veil of the dignity of the priesthood, removed him from the order and pursued him with indignities. They swiftly enthroned Ezr, from the district of Nig, as kat’oghikos.” – Source
“Forced by Mzhezh Gnuni, Ezr accepts the Council of Chalcedon.” – Source
Christian Armenia Encyclopedia, p. 292, at: – Source
Flavius Belarius – Byzantine General Flavius Belisarius (birth date 500 – 565) was a general of the Byzantine Empire. He was instrumental to Emperor Justinian I’s ambitious project of reconquering much of the Mediterranean territory of the former Western Roman Empire, which had been lost less than a century before. – Source
Gagik Kajperuni
Garegin Bznuni
Gazrik – Suren and Grigor’s fellow captive in Syria, who escaped with them from the Sheikh’s palace in Damascus
Gevorg Magistros – Vasak’s paternal uncle
Grigor – Prince Grigor I Mamikonian (died in 685). Prince Davit Mamikonian’s son Prince of Armenia from 661 to 685. – Source
“[The Arabs] requested hostages, and [the assembly] gave [them] two of the Armenian lords, Grigor from the Mamikonean House and Smbat from the Bagratuni House. Mu’awiya, caliph of the Ishmaelites, took them and levied a 500 dahekan annual tax on the land of the Armenians [in exchange for allowing them] to remain without fear in their dwellings.” – Source
Hamazasp Mamikonian – Mushegh’s son, Grigor’s first cousin. Prince of Armenia (654 – 661).
“Theodor’s successor, Hamazasp Mamikonian, sided with Byzantium, but after 661 Arab suzerainty was reestablished, although Byzantine-Arab rivalry, Armenian resistance, and reluctance to pay the tribute made the region difficult to govern.” – Source1, Source2
Heraclius – Byzantine Emperor (birth date 575 – 641), (ruled 610 – 641) – Source
Heraklonas – Emperor (later Heraclius II) (Regent – mother Martina) – co-Emperor with his brother Constintine III, (birth date 575 – 641), (ruled 610 – 641). He was responsible for introducing Greek as the Byzantine Empire’s official language. His rise to power began in 608, when he and his father, Heraclius the Elder, the exarch of Africa, led a revolt against the unpopular usurper Phocas. – Source
Hmayak Mamikonian – Ruler of Khnus, Grigor’s distant relative.
Husik Artamettsi – Steward, treasurer of the Rshtuni prince’s estate
Justinian – Byzantine Emperor (birth date 482 – 565), traditionally known as Justinian the Great and also Saint Justinian the Great, the Eastern Roman emperor (ruled 527- 565). – Source
Kahina – Widowed Syrian princess of Mardaites, proposed to marry Suren
Kavad – Persian King Kavad II (590 – 628) Shērōē (also spelled Shīrūya), better known by his dynastic name of Kavad II, was king (shah) of the Sasanian Empire briefly in 628. He was the son of Khosrow II (r. 590–628), whom he succeeded after having him overthrown in a coup d’état. Kavad’s reign is seen as a turning point in Sasanian history, and has been argued by some scholars as playing a key role in the fall of the Sasanian Empire. – Source
Khachian Araveghian – (Khatchean Aravelian) – in 640 the ruler of a principality in Armenia. – Source
Khoren Khorkhoruni
Khorkhorunis – Khorkhoruni was a region and a noble family of ancient and medieval Armenia c. 400–800. The known rulers are: Gadecho Khorkhoruni c. 445, Khoren I Khorkhoruni c. 450, Gadich Khorkhoruni c. 451, Khoren II Khorkoruni c. 451, Gardchuyl Khorkhoruni c. 480, Atat Khorkhoruni c. 590, Thedoros Khorkhoruni c. 605, Vohan Khorkhoruni c. 640. – Source
Khosrov – Persian King Khosrov – (c. 570 – 628) Khosrow II (also known as Khosrow Parviz -“Khosrow the Victorious”) was the last great Sasanian king (shah) of Iran, ruling from 590 to 628, with an interruption of one year. – Source
Lady Byuregh – Prince Grigor’s mother, Lady Seta’s close childhood friend, Suren Kamsarakan’s sister
Lady Hamaspruhi – (Smbat’s wife, Varaztirots’s mother) Lady of Tavuskert
Lady Seta – Prince Theodoros’s wife, Amatuni family
Mamer – Grigor’s maternal aunt who is caring for Arpeni.
Manvel Arshakuni
Mardaites – (separate from, possibly related to Maronite Christians) The Mardaites inhabited the highland regions of the Nur Mountains. The Mardaites were early Christians following either Miaphysitism or Monothelitism and bear a possible, but unconfirmed, relation to the Maronites. – Source
Martina – Byzantine Empress (wife of Emperor Heraclius) – (died after 641) was the second Empress consort of the Byzantine Empire by marriage to Heraclius, and Regent in 641 with her son. She was a daughter of Maria, Heraclius’ sister, and a certain Martinus. – Source
Maurianus – Byzantine commander of the East, replacing Theodoros Erizatsi.
“A Byzantine commander named Maurianus was given the task to defend the Armenian frontier. In 654 Maurianus was driven out of Armenia into the Caucasus and Theodoros was restored.” – Source
Maurice – Byzantine Emperor (birth date 539 – 602), (ruled 582-602). – Source
Maximus – Patriarch Maximus II was a 5th-century patriarch of Antioch. After the deposition of Domnus II by the Second Council of Ephesus, 449, Dioscorus persuaded the emperor Theodosius II to fill the vacancy with one of the clergy of Constantinople. Maximus was selected and ordained, in violation of canon law, by Patriarch Anatolius of Constantinople, without the official sanction of the clergy or people of Antioch. – Source
Muawiyah – Muawiyah I (Arab emir of Damascus) – Source
Mushegh Mamikonian – David’s Brother, Grigor’s uncle, co-heir to Kogovit province. Mushegh II Mamikonian was an Armenian nobleman from the Mamikonian family. During his later life he was nominated as Marzban of Persian Armenia, ruling briefly in 591. – Source
“Present were Mushegh Mamikonean, son of Dawit’, the general of Armenia.”
Nazenik – Prince Grigor’s middle sister
Nerses – Nerses III Tayetsi Armenian Catholicos (birth date unknown – 661) along with Theodoros Rshtuni rejected Chalcedonian demands of Byzantines at Council of Dvin in 648.
Nerses Kamasarakan – Prince of Yeghzavors, Shirak, Suren and Byuregh’s brother, Arpeni and Grigor’s uncle. (Nerseh Kamsarakan – Prince of Armenia from 689 to 693). – Source
Nerses – Zaven’s son
Officer Nerses
Othman – Othman/ Uthman ibn Affan (Osman), (ruled 644-656) – Arab general defeated by Theodoros in Artsap – Source
Philagrius – Member of the royal family, Treasurer of the Byzantine Empire, supporter of Constantine III.
Sargis – Prince Sargis of Tayk, governor of Armenia (Smbat’s successor)
Sahak Artsruni
Sahur Andzevatsi – Traitorous prince, helped Arabs invade Artaz.
«Այդ միջոցին է որ Արաբացի բանականեր առաջին անգամ Հայաստան կը մտնեն։ Սատտի գունդերը Պարսիկներու դէմ պատերազմած ատեննին, անոնցմէ մաս մը դէպի Հայաստան կը քալէ 639-ին, Ապտիւր Ռահիմ զօրավարին առաջնորդութեամբ որ Մոկաց նահագնէն կը յարձակի դէպի նեսր, Սահուռ Անձեւացի եւ Վարդիկ Մոկացի անձնատուր կը լինին, եւ մինչեւ իսկ ճամբայ ցուցնելու կը զիջանին»։ – Source
Shapuh Amatuni
Shavarsh Rshtuni – Theodoros Rshtuni’s grandfather, contemporary of St. Gregory and King Drtad.
Smbat – Armenian Governor Curopalate – Smbat IV Bagratuni (date of birth unknown – died 616 or 617) was an Armenian prince from the Bagratuni Dynasty who served first in the Byzantine army before switching, ca. 595, to the Sasanian Empire, where he had a distinguished military career and earned high honours until his death in 616/7. He was succeeded by his son, Varaztirots.
“Smbat’s son Varaztirots’ becomes a marzpan…King Kawad summoned Varaztirots’ (son of Smbat Bagratuni, who was called Xosrov Shum)”
Sebeos, History, Chapter 28, at: – Source
Encyclopaedia Iranica, at: – Source
Suren – Persian King Suren (Chihor-Vishnasp Suren) (ruled: 564–572) – Source
Suren Kamsarakan – Lady Byuregh’s brother, Prince Grigor’s uncle
Teni – Atom Shahuni’s daughter who died
Teni – Theodoros’s daughter, sister of Prince Vart.
Theodora – Theodora – Byzantine Empress (birth date 500 – 548), was empress of the Eastern Roman Empire by marriage to Emperor Justinian I, (ruled 527 – 548). – Source
Theodoros Rshtuni – (590 – 654/655 AD), since 628 sparapet (commander-in-chief) of the Armenian forces in the Armenian Marzapanate, appointed as the marzban of Armenia in 634. – Source
Theodoros Vahevuni – Vahevuni was one of the ancient noble houses of Armenia, believed to derive from Vahagn, god of fire and war. According to Movses Khorenatsi, the Vahevunis were ranked in the Gahnamak (literally: “throne registrar”) among the first noble houses of Armenian by King Valarshak. One of the main known rulers from the Vahevuni family from c. 400–800 was Thoros (Theodoros) c. 640.
“The main rulers from the Vahevuni family from 400-800 are …Thoros (Theodoros) c. 640” – Source
Theodoros Yerizatsi (Erznkatsi) – Armenian general loyal to Heraclius
Tigran – Vasak’s son
Tiran – slew Sahur Andzevatsi
Trdat – King Tiridates III (spelled Trdat; 250–330 AD) was the king of Arsacid Armenia (287–330), and is also known as Tiridates the Great In 301, Tiridates proclaimed Christianity as the state religion of Armenia, making the Armenian kingdom the first state to embrace Christianity officially. – Source
Vagharshak – Armenian King (Valarsace), (birth date unknown), (ruled B.C. 247-225) – “Valarsace organized a subdivision of the Parthian empire and conferred his greatest favors upon Bagarat, one of the ancestors of the Bagratuni dynasty.” – Source1, Source2
Vahan Mamikonian – (440/445 – 503/510) was an Armenian nobleman from the Mamikonian family. In 481 he rebelled against the Sasanian Empire that controlled the eastern part of Armenia known as Persian Armenia. He was appointed as marzban (governor) of Persian Armenia in 485 and remained in that post until his death around 503-510. – Source
Valentinus – Philagrius and Tuma’s military adjutant and arm’s bearer (died 644). Was a Byzantine general and usurper. In 644 or 645, Valentinus attempted to usurp his son-in-law’s throne. He appeared at Constantinople with a contingent of troops, and demanded to be crowned emperor. His bid for the throne, however, failed, since both the capital’s populace and the leading men of the state, Patriarch Paul II foremost, rejected his claim. – Source
Varaztirots Bagratuni – Varaztirots Aspet Bagratuni – Varaztirots II Bagratuni (birth date 590 – 645) was an Armenian nakharar from the Bagratuni family, the son of Smbat IV Bagratuni. He was marzpan of Armenia c. 628, fled to the Byzantine Empire soon thereafter and was exiled for several years to Africa for his participation in a plot against Heraclius. On his return c. 645/6, he was named curopalates and presiding prince of Armenia, but died before being formally invested. – Source1, Source2
“The plot of Mezhezh with Rhatovm against aspet Varaztirots’ and the latter’s flight.” – Source
Vardan Mamikonian – Vardan Mamikonian (387–451 AD) was an Armenian military leader, a martyr and a saint of the Armenian Church. He is best known for leading the Armenian army at the Battle of Avarayr in 451, which ultimately secured the Armenians’ right to practice Christianity. – Source
Varaz Nerseh Ervanduni
Vart – Prince Vart– Theodoros Rshtuni’s son.
«Թեոդորոս Ռշտունու զավակը՝ Վարդ Ռշտունի»: – Source
Uzza – Arab general defeated by Theodoros in Artsap – heads sent back to Constantinople
Zaven – Head of Prince Grigor’s guard