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Tamar was born in circa 1160 to George III, King of Georgia, and his consort Burdukhan, a daughter of the king of Alania. While it is possible that Tamar had a younger sister, Rusudan , she is only mentioned once in all contemporary accounts of Tamar's reign. [ 7 ]
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 ...
Kingdom of Georgia: Tamar (d. 1492) 1473 eleven children 23rd and last King of the Kingdom of Georgia. Paternal grandson of Alexander I of Georgia. Early in the 1490s, he had to recognise the independence of his rival rulers of Imereti and Kakheti, and to confine his power to Kartli. 1488-1505 Kingdom of Kartli (Remaining Georgia)
Tamar: Olympias: Alexander I King of Georgia b.1386–d.1445/46 r.1412–1442: Bagrat: Prince George Co-king of Georgia r.1408-1412: Vakhtang IV King of Georgia b.≈ ...
Queen Tamar and her father King George III, fresco from Vardzia. The reign of Queen Tamar represented the peak of Georgia's might in the whole history of the nation. In 1194–1204, Tamar's armies crushed new Turkish invasions from the south-east and south and launched several successful campaigns into Turkish-controlled Southern Armenia.
Golden cross of Queen Tamar, composed of rubies, emeralds, and large pearls. The country's power had grown to such extent that in the later years of Tamar's rule, the Kingdom was primarily concerned with the protection of the Georgian monastic centers in the Holy Land, eight of which were listed in Jerusalem. [10]
The royal panel at the Betania Monastery: George IV Lasha, Tamar, and George III (from left to right). Around 1155, George married Burdukhan, daughter of the King of Alania. They had two daughters: Tamar of Georgia (c. 1160 – 18 January 1213), Queen of Georgia (1184–1213). Rusudan, who married Manuel Komnenos, son of Byzantine Emperor ...
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.