King Nerseh of Armenia 
Nerseh was born about 0235 in Persia. Nerseh's father was King Shapur I of Persia and his mother is Gurdzad. His paternal grandfather was King Ardasher I of Persia and his paternal grandmother is daughter. He was an only child. He died in 0302 in Armenia.General Notes
He was King of Armenia c273-293 and Great King of Persia, 293-302.
Narseh (also known as Narses, Narseus) was king of Persia (292 - 303), and son of Shapur I.
He rose as pretender to the throne against his grand-nephew Bahram III in AD 292, and soon became sole king. He attacked the Romans, but after defeating the emperor Galerius near Callinicum on the Euphrates in 296 was completely defeated in 297, and forced to conclude a peace, by which western Mesopotamia and five provinces on the left bank of the upper Tigris were ceded to the Romans and their sovereignty over the kingdom of Armenia was acknowledged.
This peace, concluded in 297, lasted for forty years. Narses died in 303 and was succeeded by his son Hormizd II.
This entry uses text from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0055 in Armenia
- b.~ 0080 d.~ 0157
- b. in Iran
- b.~ 0180 in Persia d.~ 0241
- b.~ 0215 d.~ 0272 in Persia
- b.~ 0080 d.~ 0157
- b.~ 0145 in Greece or Turkey d.~ 0208
- b.~ 0160 in Persia or Turkey d.~ 0224
- b.~ 0120 d.~ 0182
- b.~ 0155 in Russia, Georgia or Spain
- b.~ 0235 in Persia d.0302 in Armenia
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He had a biological son named Hormisdas.
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