Smbat IV Bagratuni [SEP] noble family
Smbat IV Bagratuni
Smbat IV Bagratuni (; ) was an Armenian prince from the Bagratuni Dynasty who served first in the Byzantine army before switching, ca. 595, to the Sasanian Empire, where he had a distinguished military career and earned high honours until his death in 616/7. He was succeeded by his son, Varaztirots.
Life.
Smbat was the son of Manuel Bagratuni. He is first mentioned some time in the 580s, when the Byzantine emperor Maurice (r. 582–602) requested the Armenian nobles to raise cavalry
Smbat
Smbat, Sambat, Smpad or Sempad may refer to:
- Smbat IV Bagratuni (died 616/7), Armenian noble in Byzantine and Sasanian service, marzpan of Hyrcania and Armenia
- Smbat VI Bagratuni (died 726), presiding prince of Armenia
- Smbat VII Bagratuni (died 775), presiding prince of Armenia
- Smbat I (850–912), Smbat the Martyr, king of Armenia from 890 to 912
- Smbat II, king of Armenia from 977 to 990
- Smbat III (