See also
Partner: | Vardan of the MAMIKONIANS (400-451) | |
Partner: | (unknown) | |
Children: | Vardanoysh + (425- ) |
Name: | Vardan of the MAMIKONIANS | |
Sex: | Male | |
Father: | Hamazasp I + (380- ) | |
Mother: | Sahakanoysh + (385- ) | |
Birth | 0400 | |
Death | 2 Jun 0451 (age 50-51) |
Name: | Vardanoysh + | |
Sex: | Female | |
Spouse: | Arshavir II + KAMSARKAN (420-455) | |
Birth | 0425 | |
Occupation | Princess of the Mamikonians | |
Title | Princess of the Mamikonians |
They had a son, Saint Vartan Mamikonian, who is revered as one of the greatest military and spiritual leaders of ancient Armenia.
After Vartan became Sparapet in 432, the Persians summoned him to Ctesiphon. Upon his return to home in 450, Vartan repudiated the Persian religion and instigated a great Armenian rebellion against their Sassanian overlords. Although he died in the doomed Battle of Avarayr also known as Battle of Vartanantz (451), the continued insurrection led by Vahan Mamikonian, the son of Vartan's brother, resulted in the restoration of Armenian autonomy with the Nvarsak Treaty (484), thus guaranteeing the survival of Armenian statehood in later centuries. Saint Vartan is commemorated by many churches in Armenia and an equestrian statue in Yerevan.