Vramshapuh
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Vramshapuh () was a noble of the Arsacid dynasty who served as the Sasanian client king of Armenia from 389 until his death in 414. He is mainly remembered for presiding over the creation of the Armenian alphabet by Mesrop Mashtots.
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- Royalty.name
- VramshapuhՎռամշապուհ
- Royalty.image
- Mesrop Mashtots and Vramshapuh statue.jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Modern statue of Vramshapuh and Mesrop Mashtots
- Royalty.succession
- King of Armenia
- Royalty.reign
- 389–414
- Royalty.predecessor
- Khosrov IV
- Royalty.successor
- Shapur IV
- Royalty.birth_date
- 340–343
- Royalty.death_date
- 414
- Royalty.issue
- Artaxias IV (Artashir IV)
- Royalty.house
- Arsacid
- Royalty.house type
- House
- Royalty.father
- Varasdates (Varazdat)
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Name
- Family background
- Rise to the throne
- Rule over Eastern Armenia
- Creation of the Armenian alphabet
- Commemorative coinage
- References
- Notes
- Citations
- Sources
- External links
- See also
Vramshapuh () was a noble of the Arsacid dynasty who served as the Sasanian client king of Armenia from 389 until his death in 414. He is mainly remembered for presiding over the creation of the Armenian alphabet by Mesrop Mashtots.
==Name== The name that Vramshapuh had prior to his kingship is unknown as he is only known by his ruling name. The name Vramshapuh is the Armenian translation of the Persian names Bahram and Shapur put together. When Vramshapuh succeeded his brother Khosrov IV in 389 as Sasanian client king of Arsacid Armenia, Vramshapuh assumed this name in compliment to the Sasanian shah Bahram IV. The names Bahram and Shapur were dynastic names of the ruling Sasanian dynasty and demonstrate the cultural influence that the Sasanians had on the remaining Arsacid Armenian monarchs living in Persia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vramshapuh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.