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' King Tamar '; c. 1160 – 18 January 1213) reigned as the Queen of Georgia from 1184 to 1213, presiding over the apex of the Georgian Golden Age. [2] A member of the Bagrationi dynasty , her position as the first woman to rule Georgia in her own right was emphasized by the title mepe (" king "), afforded to Tamar in the medieval Georgian sources.
Demetrius of Georgia (დემეტრე) (1177–78) Son of David V, had the support of the Orbeli noble family. Tamar I the Great (თამარ მეფე) c.1160 Daughter of George III and Burdukhan of Alania: 1184–1213 18 January 1213 Agarani aged 52/53: Kingdom of Georgia: Yury Bogolyubsky c.1185 (annulled 1187) no children David ...
A fresco of King Bagrat III from Bedia Cathedral Map of the Caucasus region and surrounding areas at 1000 AD, before the death of David III. During the 10th century, David III of Tao invaded the Duchy of Kartli , giving it to his adopted son, who would later be known as Bagrat III of Georgia , with his biological father, Gurgen of Iberia , as ...
Pre-Christian Georgia was religiously diverse, the religions practiced in ancient Georgia include local pagan beliefs, various Hellenistic cults (mainly in Colchis), [6] Mithraism and Zoroastrianism. [7] The adoption of Christianity was to place Georgia permanently on the front line of conflict between the Islamic and Christian worlds.
The Bagrationi dynasty (/ b ʌ ɡ r ʌ t i ˈ ɒ n i /; Georgian: ბაგრატიონი, romanized: bagrat'ioni [ˈbaɡɾatʼioni]) is a royal dynasty which reigned in Georgia from the Middle Ages until the early 19th century, being among the oldest extant Christian ruling dynasties in the world.
c. 319 – Christianization of Iberia (Georgia) [3] [4] [5] c. 325 – Kingdom of Aksum (Ethiopian Orthodox Church) 337 – Roman Empire (baptism of Constantine I) 361 – Rome returns to paganism under Julian the Apostate; 364 – Rome returns to Christianity, specifically the Arian Church; c. 364 – Vandals (Arian Church)
Reproduced widely throughout Georgia, it shows Sidonia's corpse at the root of a cedar tree stump, with an angel lifting the column towards heaven. Saint Nino is in the foreground: King Mirian and his wife, Queen Nana, are to the right and left. [5] Georgia officially adopted Christianity as its state religion in 337.
Tamar's marriage to the shirvanshah is recorded by the 12th-century Life of the King of Kings David, part of the Georgian Chronicles, which eulogizes Tamar and her sister Kata, married to a Byzantine prince. As luminaries of the East and the West, respectively, they reflect the splendor of their father in the Chronicles. [1]