Overview
The Kingdom of Vaspurakan (Armenian: Վասպուրականի թագավորություն; also transliterated as Vasbouragan from Western Armenian) was a medieval Armenian kingdom centered on Lake Van, located in what is now eastern Turkey and northwestern Iran. It was named after Vaspurakan, a province of historic Greater Armenia. Ruled by the Artsruni dynasty, it competed and cooperated with the Bagratuni-ruled Kingdom of Armenia for a little over a century until its last king ceded the kingdom to the Byzantine Empire in 1021.
Historical Periods
Kingdom of Vaspurakan (911–935)
911 CE – 935 CE
Capital: OstanArea: 41,513 km²
Kingdom of Vaspurakan (936–946)
936 CE – 946 CE
Capital: OstanArea: 41,636 km²
Kingdom of Vaspurakan (947–979)
947 CE – 979 CE
Capital: OstanArea: 41,810 km²
Kingdom of Vaspurakan (980–989)
980 CE – 989 CE
Capital: OstanArea: 41,636 km²
Kingdom of Vaspurakan (990–1017)
990 CE – 1017 CE
Capital: OstanArea: 40,952 km²
Kingdom of Vaspurakan (1018–1027)
1018 CE – 1027 CE
Capital: OstanArea: 40,952 km²