 Ashot III of Armenia

Ashot III () was a king of Armenia, ruling the medieval kingdom of Armenia from 952/53–77.Known as Ashot III the Merciful (Աշոտ Գ. Ողորմած) and acknowledged by foreign rulers as the "Shahanshah" (king of kings) of "Mets Hayk'" (Greater Armenia), he moved his royal seat of residence to Ani and oversaw its development and of the kingdom as a whole.