Vasil Dgha

Vasil Dgha, or Dgha Vasil, was the Armenian ruler of Raban and Kaisun. He succeeded his adoptive father, Kogh Vasil, in 1112.[1] Baldwin II, Count of Edessa, tortured Vasil to force him to abandon his domains in 1116.[2][3][4] Vasil settled in Constantinople.[2][3]

References
  1. Runciman 1989, p. 124.
  2. MacEvitt 2010, p. 87.
  3. Runciman 1989, p. 129.
  4. Fink 1969, p. 405.

Sources
  • Fink, Harold S. (1969). "The Foundation of the Latin States, 1099–1118". In Setton, Kenneth M.; Baldwin, Marshall W. (eds.). A History of the Crusades, Volume One: The First Hundred Years. The University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 368–409. ISBN 978-1-58684-251-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • MacEvitt, Christopher (2010). The Crusades and the Christian World of the East: Rough Tolerance. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-4050-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Runciman, Steven (1989b). A History of the Crusades, Volume II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East, 1100-1187. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-06162-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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