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Tamar (Georgian: თამარი) (died after 1161) was a daughter of David IV, King of Georgia, and queen consort of Shirvan as the wife of Shirvanshah Manuchehr III, whom she married c. 1112. She became a nun at the monastery of Tigva in Georgia in widowhood.
Two years after Tamar's rape, Absalom invites all of David's other sons to a grand feast, subsequently ordering his servants to murder Amnon once he is drunk. [4] Following Amnon's death, Absalom flees to Geshur, where his maternal grandfather Talmai is reigning as king. [5] Tamar continues to stay at Absalom's house while he is in exile.
Around 1112, David IV's daughter Tamar was given in marriage to the future Shirvanshah Manuchihr III. Despite this alliance, Afridun I probably continued to cooperate with Seljuks . In 1117 David sent his son Demetrius on a punitive campaign to Shirvan , [ 1 ] and the young commander astonished the people with his deftness in battle.
Tamar and David had two children. In 1192 or 1194, the queen gave birth to a son, George-Lasha, the future king George IV. The daughter, Rusudan, was born c. 1195 and would succeed her brother as a sovereign of Georgia. [19]
David IV's contemporary chronicler limits himself to mentioning the change of power as a coronation of the young prince by his father, [15] which pushes certain historians such as Cyril Toumanoff to suggest a co-regency between George II and David IV, at least until 1112, [11] while frescoes found in the Ateni Sioni Church depict him in monk's ...
The Life of King of Kings David mentions David's four children, two sons—Demetrius and Vakhtang—and two daughters—Tamar and Kata. Demetrius (Demetre), born c. 1093, was the eldest son of David IV and succeeded him to the throne of Georgia (r. 1125–1155).
Daughter of Queen Tamar of Georgia by David Soslan, she succeeded her brother George IV on 18 January 1223. [1] George's untimely death marked the beginning of the end of the Georgian Golden Age. Rusudan was unable to preserve whatever was gained by her mother and brother.
The foundation of the Tigva church is mentioned in the Georgian chronicles [1] and dated by the construction inscription to 1152. Its donor, or ktetor, was Tamar, daughter of the Georgian king David IV "the Builder" and the dowager-queen of Shirvan, who became a nun at Tigva and died there c. 1161. [2]