Smbat VII Bagratuni

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Smbat VII Bagratuni
Reign761–775
Died25 April 775
HouseBagratuni
FatherAshot III Bagratuni

Smbat VII Bagratuni (Armenian: Սմբատ Է Բագրատունի; died 25 April 775) was an Armenian noble of the Bagratuni (Bagratid) family. He and his brother Vasak were the sons of Ashot III Bagratuni. He served as presiding prince of Armenia in 761–775, playing a leading role in the Armenian rebellion of 774–775 against the Abbasid Caliphate. He was killed in the Battle of Bagrevand. He was the father of Ashot Msaker, who restored the family's fortunes in the early 9th century.

Sources[edit]

  • Dadoyan, Seta B. (2011). The Armenians in the Medieval Islamic World: The Arab Period in Arminiyah, Seventh to Eleventh Centuries. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 9781412846523.
  • Grousset, René (1973). Histoire de l'Arménie des origines à 1071 (in French). Paris: Payot.
  • Laurent, Joseph L. (1919). L'Arménie entre Byzance et l'Islam: depuis la conquête arabe jusqu'en 886 (in French). Paris: De Boccard.
Preceded by Presiding prince of Armenia
under Abbasid suzerainty

761–775
Vacant
Title next held by
Ashot Msaker