Vramshapuh[2][a] (Armenian: Վռամշապուհ, romanized: Vramsapuh) was a noble of the Arsacid dynasty who served as the Sasanian client king of Armenia from 389 until his death in 414.
The Armenian historian Ghazar Parpetsi, who lived between the 5th and 6th centuries, presents Vramshapuh as a prince from the Arsacid dynasty, without mentioning his parentage in his History of Armenia.
[7] The Armenian nobility requested that the Sasanian shah appoint a king of Armenia from the Arsacid dynasty.
[12] Bahram IV, agreeing to their request, enthroned Vramshapuh as the new Sasanian Client King of Arsacid Armenia.
As Vramshapuh ruled over Eastern Armenia,[14] he was a Christian client monarch governing under suzerainty of a pagan Sasanian Empire whose official religion was Zoroastrianism.
[15] Saint Mesrop Mashtots continued his role as being the royal scribe and imperial secretary[16] from the reign of Khosrov IV to his brother Vramshapuh.
[7] The reign of Vramshapuh is most noted under his patronage for Mesrop and Sahak for presiding over the creation of the Armenian alphabet[22] in 405 to 406.
[26] The alphabet was the key to the survival of the Armenian culture and identity, providing the cohesive forces in society with a standard around which to rally.
[36] After the death of Vramshapuh, Sahak visited the court of the Sasanian shah Yazdegerd I in releasing Khosrov IV from political exile.
To celebrate the occasion the Central Bank of Armenia issued silver commemorative coins with the nominal value of Dram 100, dedicated to Vramshapuh.