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Hypothetical Genealogy
In Continuité des élites à Byzance durant les siècles obscurs: les princes caucasiens et l'empire du VIe au IXe siècle, Christian Settipani speculates that Valentinus and Manuel Arshakuni are brothers and that they are possibly the sons of Ioannes Mystacon and Placidia and also that the two of them are possibly the grandchildren of Artabanes through Ioannes Mystacon.
These relationships, while intriguing, are purely hypothetical and are not based on historical sources. As such they are not represented on the Geni tree. Rather, they are treated in this project: Hypothetical Genealogical Connections Between 6th- and 7th-Century Armenia and Byzantium
https://www.degruyter.com/view/PMBZ/PMBZ15865
(Google translation from German)
T: Magistros.
V: He was possibly the father-in-law of Smbat Bagratuni ( # 6827 ). The Armenian historian Sebeos reports of unrest in Byzantium, in the course of which, among other things, M. was killed, who at that time held the office of magister in Constantinople. Allegedly, Emperor Constantine II did not publicly appoint him because he feared a revolt by the troops. This episode can be dated to around 652 (see Stratos). M. seems to have belonged to the Arsakid family, if one can trust an earlier message from Sebeos that Constantine II married Smbat Bagratuni to a woman from this family (Sebeos, cap. 32, p. 108 [Gugerotti cap 42, p. 111]).
Sources: - : Sebeos, chap. 34, p. 130 (Macler); chap. 45, p. 125 (Gugerotti); 162f. (Thomson).
L: Stratos, Byzantium III 190f.
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References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsacid_dynasty_of_Armenia
The Arsacid dynasty, called the Arshakuni (Armenian: ????????????, romanized: Arakuni) in Armenian, ruled the Kingdom of Armenia from 12 to 428.[1] The dynasty was a branch of the Arsacid dynasty of Parthia. Arsacid kings reigned intermittently throughout the chaotic years following the fall of the Artaxiad dynasty until 62, when Tiridates I, brother of Parthian King Vologases I, secured Arsacid rule in Armenia as a client king of Rome. However, he did not succeed in establishing his line on the throne, and various princes of different Arsacid lineages ruled until the accession of Vologases II, who succeeded in establishing his own line on the Armenian throne, which ruled the kingdom until its abolishment by the Sasanian Empire in 428.[1]
Two of the most notable events under Arsacid rule in Armenian history were the conversion of Armenia to Christianity by Gregory the Illuminator and Tiridates III in 301/314 and the creation of the Armenian alphabet by Mesrop Mashtots in c. 405. In contrast to the more Hellenic-influenced Artaxiads, the reign of the Arsacids of Armenia was marked by greater Iranian influence in the country.[1]
Parent house Arsacids of Parthia
Country Kingdom of Armenia
Founded 12
Current head Extinct
Final ruler Artaxias IV
Titles King of Armenia
Dissolution 428