Ashot I of Armenia
Smbat VIII was sparapet (supreme commander) and the son of Ashot Msaker, the Prince of Armenia (r.[14] Ashot also strengthened relations with the Siunia dynasty by arranging another marriage between his second daughter, Mariam, with Prince Vasak Gabur IV.[21] Ashot's reach also extended to Caucasian Iberia, where some of his Bagratuni family had settled in the late 7th century.Dvin and the emirates of Manazkert and Karin (and, according to Constantine VII, Khoy and Salmas)[29] also fell under Ashot's control, despite the local governments' unwillingness to accept.[29] Also in 888, Ashot sent his brother Abas to Kars to stop a rebellion led by Prince Sahak-Mleh of Vanand.[29] Ashot travelled to Gugark to stop another rebellion, fighting alongside his son and heir, Smbat I.Contemporary historian Hovhannes Draskhanakerttsi gives an account of his death: Since he died on the road, in an inn at a rocky place called K'arsparn, they carried away his body in a coffin and brought it to the town (awan) of Bagaran, the royal residence, where they covered the coffin with robes and veils interwoven and adorned with gold; and carefully selected detachments of military forces clad in arms and ornaments stood guard.The great katholikos, accompanied by the rest of the clerics of the church, also came forth and solemnly chanted psalms and raised the voice of [their] praise.Ashot's restoration of the Armenian monarchy was accompanied by economic growth[28] and a revival of the arts and religion.
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