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Katranide I

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Katranide I
Կատրանիդե Ա
Bagratid Armenia
Reign885–890
Born825
DiedMashtots Hayrapet Church (Garni)
SpouseAshot the Great
IssueSmbat I
ReligionArmenian Apostolic Church

Katranide (Armenian: Կատրանիդե Ա, 9th century) was the first queen of the Bagratid Kingdom and a member of the Bagratuni dynasty. She was the wife of the first Bagratuni king – Ashot the Great (885–890). Katranide is known for her khachkar (879), which is situated in Garni, Armenia.[1][2][3]

Little is known about her ancestors. Despite that, the names of their children and grandsons are known.

They had four sons and three daughters.

Son/daughter title spouse children
Smbat king of Armenia (890–914) Ashot, Abas
Shapuh constable (sparapet) of Armenian army Ashot, one more son
Sahak prince
David prince
Sofya princess of Vaspurakan Grigor-Derenik Artsruni Ashot, Gurgen, Gagik
Mariam princess of Syunik Vasak Syuni Grigor, Sahak, Vasak
daughter princess Vahan Artsruni Gagik

Family tree

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Ashot the Great
Ishkhanats ishkhan, sparapet
(855–885)
king of Armenia
(885–890)
Katranide I
Queen of Armenia
(885–890)
Smbat
king of Armenia
(890–914)
SahakDavid
(†902)
Shapuh
sparapet
(†912)
SofyaGrigor-Derenik
prince of Vaspurakan
(857–887)
daughterVahan ArtsruniMariam
(†914)
Vasak Syuni
prince of Syunik
(855–859)
Ashot
prince of Vaspurakan
(898–904)
Gagik
prince and king of Vaspurakan
(904–908, 908–943)
Gurgen
prince of Parskahayk
(904–925)
Grigor
prince of Syunik
(859–913)
SahakVasak
Ashot the Iron
king of Armenia
(914–928)
Sahakanuysh SevadaAbas
king of Armenia
(928–953)
Gagik
prince of Vaspurakan
(897–898)
sonAshot

References

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  1. ^ "Khachkar of queen Katranide". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  2. ^ Mkhitaryan, Narine Emil; Avedian, Sherly Andranik (2022-06-29). "Architecture Stages and Features of Compositional Formations of Khachkars". Journal of Architectural and Engineering Research. 2: 52–58. doi:10.54338/27382656-2022.2-008. ISSN 2738-2656.
  3. ^ Holding, Nicholas (2006). Armenia: With Nagorno Karabagh. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 978-1-84162-163-0.

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