Vahram Pahlavouni [SEP] date of death
Vahram Pahlavouni
Vahram Pahlavouni (965–1045) was an Armenian army commander (sparapet) and Prince of Bjni and Nik in Bagratuni Armenia. He was the head of the noble family of Pahlavouni, who held the hereditary title of sparapet in the Bagratuni kingdom of Ani.
In 1041 Vahram Pahlavouni prepared the coronation of the successor to Smbat III, the king’s nephew Gagik II who at that time was only fourteen years old.
The Byzantine emperor, was aiming to take control of Ani and its surroundings and annex them
quarrels, the childless Hovhannes-Smbat sent the "catholicos" Petros Getadarts to Byzantium in order to negotiate a partial respite by leaving his kingdom to the empire after his death. Immediate results of this action were unknown, but after the death of the two brothers in 1040–41, the new Byzantine emperor and successor to Basil II claimed the kingdom of Bagratid Armenia. The son of Ashot, young Gagik II with the support of "sparapet" Vahram Pahlavouni and his followers, reigned only for a period of two years. Despite