Hmayeak Mamikonian
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: 451.
Place of Death: Orjnahagh, in the district of Tayk’.
The place and date are given by Ghazar P'arpets'i [41].
Relationships
Father: Hamazasp Mamikonian.
Mother: Sahakanoysh, daughter of St Sahak.
These relationships are given by Ghazar P'arpets'i [18] (without naming Sahakanoysh) and by Movses Khorenatsi [5.51]
Spouse: Juik Arcruni.
This relationship is given by Ghazar P'arpets'i [27, 62].
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Vahan Mamikonian (died between 503 and 510). sparapet
Vasak Mamikonian.
Artashes Mamikonian
Vard Mamikonian marzpan
Likely Descendant: Samuel Mamikonian.
Evidence
from Ghazar [27]
…the bdeshx of Iberia, Ashusha, an intelligent and prudent man whose wife was of the Arcrunid azg.
[41]
…But they did not arrive in time for the battle. For the moment, they found an extremely secure place and stayed there, by the mountain called Parxar, close to the borders of Xaghteac’, to prepare as they could for whatever happened next. At the break of dawn, prepared, armed [Iranians] informed [about the Armenians' whereabouts] through guides, fell upon Hmayeak Mamikonean and his companions in the village named Orjnahagh in the district of Tayk'. At the time they were coming down from the strongholds of Parxar mountain. [Iranians] with the speed of fugitives caught up with each one's horse. Iranian troops struck at some unarmed and some armed. Turning about, [the Iranians] made them flee. Many were killed there in the town, others, in the vineyard. It was there that the blessed sepuh Hmayeak received the crown of perfection, which he had greatly longed and sought for. His request to follow after his holy brother was quickly heard. For God heard the man's request and granted it, and crowned him a saint.
[62]
The wives of men who had been martyred or were in captivity at court, despite the difficulties they faced, nonetheless carefully taught and counseled the young sons of the men who had been martyred with Vardan, be they from the Mamikonean tohm, the Kamsarakan tohm, or from other azgs. They did this not as careless, useless women, but as valiant men might, being full of concern for the beneficial and magnificent training of the lads, This was especially true of the wife of the martyr Hmayeak Mamikonean (saint Vardan's brother) who was a woman renowned and intellectually better than all the women in the land of Armenia. She nourished and counseled her sons in the land of Iberia, in the tun of the bdeshx of Iberia, Ashusha. These were the children whom the Iberian bdeshx Ashusha had requested and received from the king of Iran, Yazkert, as was mentioned above. He took them and gave them to their mother, whose name was Juik. Juik's sister, whose name was Anushvrham, was married to Ashusha, the bdeshx of Iberia. The lads who were nourished and schooled there became proficient in everything and renowned. While still in their childhood they seemed capable and marvellous. The first was named Vahan, the second, Vasak, and the third, Artashes. But they also had yet another younger brother, named Vard, who was still a boy and was staying with his dayeaks in Tayk'.
References
Garsoïan, Nina. “The Aršakuni Dynasty” in The Armenian People from Anicent to Modern Times v. 1 (Richard G. Hovannisian ed.) (St Martin’s Press, 1997).
Ghazar P’arpets’i’s History of the Armenians. (Robert Bedrosian tr.) (1985).
Moise de Khorène. Histoire d’Arménie v. 2 (Florival tr.) (Paris, 1841).
Muradyan, Gohar. “ŁAZAR PʿARPECʿI” in Encyclopædia Iranica (1999, updated 2012, online edition).