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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.
Tamar's mother Maacah was the daughter of Talmai, who was the king of Geshur.Her only full sibling was Absalom.The Bible does not speak of Tamar's early life; however, in 2 Samuel 13, she is wearing a "richly ornamental robe [...] for this is how the virgin daughters of the king were clothed in earlier times."
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]
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).
The marriage of David IV's daughter, Kata, to an imperial prince in 1116 is particularly notable. ... Tamar, who married Manuchihr III of Shirvan and later became a nun.
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.
While Short and Dr. Hodel lived near each other and ran in similar circles, he wasn't on the investigators's radars until 1949, when his daughter then 14-year-old daughter Tamar told authorities ...
Tamar (Genesis), mother of Perez and Zerah, the twin sons of the biblical Judah; Tamar (daughter of David), daughter of biblical king David; Tamar, daughter of David IV of Georgia, who was married to Manuchihr III of Shirvan (c. 1112) and later became a nun. Tamar (goddess), deity in Georgian mythology; Tamar of Georgia (1160s–1213), ruled ...