Person

Mariam of Vaspurakan

Dowager Queen of Georgia

b. 1000 CE – d. 1080 CE World The Great Crossroads

Mariam is the daughter of John-Senekerim Artsruni, an Armenian king of Vaspurakan, and the first consort of the king George I of Georgia.

As a Dowager Queen of Georgia, she is a regent for her underage son, Bagrat IV, from 1027 to 1037, and is involved in diplomacy with the Byzantine Empire.