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Gagik I Artsruni ( Armenian: Գագիկ Ա Արծրունի; 879/880 – 943) was an Armenian noble of the Artsruni dynasty who ruled over Vaspurakan in southern Armenia, first as prince of northwestern Vaspurakan ( Gagik III, 904–908) and after that until his death as King of Vaspurakan, also claiming the title of King of Armenia .
The Kingdom of Vaspurakan was at its zenith around 929 under the reign of Gagik I, who used the title of King of Armenia. [4] [5] He undertook a series of construction projects, particularly on Aghtamar, an island in Lake Van where one of his residences was located.
Gagik I ( Armenian: Գագիկ Ա) was the king of Armenia who reigned between 989 and 1020, [3] under whom Bagratid Armenia reached its height [4] and enjoyed a period of uninterrupted peace and prosperity.
Vaspurakan se convirtió en un reino en 908, cuándo Gagik I de Vaspurakan fue reconocido como rey de Armenia por los abásidas como su aliado. Sin embargo, pronto cambió de bando y junto a Ashot II se enfrentó y derrotó a los árabes, siendo reconocido como rey de Vaspurakan por el bagratuni Ashot II.
19 de ene. de 2016 · Vaspurakan was elevated to the status of a kingdom in 908, when Gagik I of Vaspurakan was recognized King of Armenia by the Abbasids and at first was on their side, but soon he regretted and together with Ashot II defeated the Arabs.
Finally, the most impressive ruler of Vaspurakan in this period – King Gagik – injected a whole new quality to the legitimation of military conquests and victories, through the medium of the written sources, constructions, and visual representations of himself.
In 915 Gagik Arcruni of Vaspurakan1 started the construction of a luxurious palace complex with a church on the Island of Ałtʿamar on Lake Van. The Church of the Holy Cross inaugurated in 921 is the only surviving witness to this grandiose project and has justly earned its fame as a jewel of medieval Armenian architecture.
