# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/smbat-viii-bagratuni
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:13:48.771Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/smbat-viii-bagratuni"
name: "Smbat VIII Bagratuni"
slug: "smbat-viii-bagratuni"
description: "Smbat VIII Bagratuni or Smbat the Confessor was an Armenian noble of the Bagratid (Bagratuni) family and one of the most important princes (nakharar) of Armenia in the mid-9th century as the commander-in-chief (sparapet) of Armenia. Taken prisoner to Samarra, he was pressured to convert to Islam but refused and died there. He was the father of Ashot I of Armenia, founder of the Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia."
tagline: "Prince of Armenia"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
deathDate: "862"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.41
  momentum:             10.97560975609756
  historical:           6.807992
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%82_VIII_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BD%D1%96"
    title: "Смбат VIII Багратуні"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A"
    title: "سمبات الثامن البقرادوني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simbaci_VIII_Bagratun%C3%AD"
    title: "Simbaci VIII Bagratuní"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%B5%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%AC%CE%B4_%CE%97%CE%84_%CE%BF_%CE%92%CE%B1%CE%B3%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B7%CF%82"
    title: "Σεμπάδ Η΄ ο Βαγρατίδης"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smbat_VIII_Bagratuni"
    title: "Smbat VIII Bagratuni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smbat_VIII_Bagratouni"
    title: "Smbat VIII Bagratouni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%B4%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%BF_%D4%B8_%D4%B2%D5%A1%D5%A3%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%AB"
    title: "Սմբատ Ը Բագրատունի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smbat_VIII._Bagratuni"
    title: "Smbat VIII. Bagratuni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3486934"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump