Sahakanuysh (, 10th century) was the third Queen of the
Bagratid Kingdom and member of
Aranshahik Dynasty. She was the wife of the third Bagratuni king -
Ashot the Iron (914-928).
Sahakanuysh was the daughter of Prince of
Gardman
Gardman (), also known as Gardmank' or Gardmanadzor, was one of the eight cantons of the ancient province of Utik' in the Kingdom of Armenia and simultaneously, together with the canton of Tuch'katak, an Armenian principality. It roughly corres ...
Sahak Sevada
Sahak Sevada () was ruler of Gardman between 895940 and father-in-law of King Ashot II of Armenia. He was the son of Grigol Hamam and brother of Atrnerseh, ruler of Hereti. His possessions covered Parisos, a district of Artsakh, as well as part ...
. She had two brothers -
Grigor the Great, prince of
Khachen
The Principality of Khachen ( Modern Armenian: ) was a medieval Armenian principality on the territory of historical Artsakh (present-day Karabakh).''Abū-Dulaf Misʻar Ibn Muhalhil's Travels in Iran (circa A.D. 950)'', ed. and trans. Vladim ...
(
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
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), and
Hovhannes-Senekerim, prince of
Parisos. The latter was situated in
Utik
Utik (), also known as Uti, was a historical province and principality within the Kingdom of Armenia. It was ceded to Caucasian Albania following the partition of Armenia between Sassanid Persia and the Eastern Roman Empire in 387 AD. Most o ...
province of
Armenia
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(nowadays -
Azerbaijan
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). Her sister
Shahandukht married to
Smbat Syuni, and became the first queen of
Syunik kingdom.
Ashot the Iron and Sahakanuysh had no children.
Sources
comm. 59* К. В. Тревер. ОЧЕРКИ ПО ИСТОРИИ И КУЛЬТУРЕ КАВКАЗСКОЙ АЛБАНИИ IV В. ДО Н. Э. — VII В. Н. Э. (источники и литература). Издание Академии наук СССР, М.-Л., 1959
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Queens consort of Armenia
House of Aranshahik