Vaspurakan

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Vaspurakan was a historic Armenian region and kingdom centered around Lake Van, renowned as a major cultural and political heartland of medieval Armenia.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Vaspurakan canonical 5
Principality of Vaspurakan 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Armenian principality
historic region
medieval kingdom
borders Mokk
Persian frontiers
surface form: Persian territories

Taron
capital Aghtamar
Ostan
Van
cededBy Gagik I Artsruni
cededTo Byzantine Empire
centeredOn Lake Van
contains Akdamar Island
surface form: Aghtamar Island

Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Aghtamar
country Kingdom of Armenia
culturalSignificance major cultural and political heartland of medieval Armenia
dynasty Artsruni dynasty
endedAsIndependentKingdom 1021
ethnicGroup Armenians
flourishedInCentury 10th century
11th century
foundedAsKingdom 908
hasIsland Akdamar Island
surface form: Aghtamar Island
hasLake Lake Van
historicalEra Middle Ages
knownFor Armenian cultural center
church architecture
manuscript production
monastic complexes
language Armenian language
surface form: Armenian
laterControlledBy Ottoman Empire
Safavid Empire
surface form: Safavid Iran

Seljuk Empire
locatedIn Armenian Highlands
Greater Armenia
surface form: historic Armenia
partOf Greater Armenia
politicalStatus vassal of the Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia
presentLocation Bitlis Vilayet
surface form: Bitlis Province

Hakkari region
Van Province
eastern Turkey
regionType Armenian province
religion Armenian Apostolic Church
ruledBy Artsruni dynasty
sovereign Abusahl-Hamazasp Artsruni
Derenik-Ashot Artsruni
Gagik I Artsruni
successorState Byzantine Empire

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Input
Subject: Vaspurakan
Description of subject: Vaspurakan was a historic Armenian region and kingdom centered around Lake Van, renowned as a major cultural and political heartland of medieval Armenia.

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Van historicalRegion Vaspurakan
Van historicalRegion Vaspurakan
Armenian principalities hasComponent Vaspurakan
this entity surface form: Principality of Vaspurakan