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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.
David IV left the eastern Shirvan to his son-in-law, Manuchihr III as a Georgian protectorate. [13] David IV's battles were of great importance both for Georgia and, especially, for Shirvan. The joint struggle of the Georgians and the people of Shirvan ensured the independence of Shirvan from the Seljuk conquerors. From now on, Georgia and ...
Tamar was proclaimed heir and co-ruler by her reigning father George III in 1178, but she faced significant opposition from the aristocracy upon her ascension to full ruling powers after George's death. Tamar was successful in neutralizing this opposition and embarked on an energetic foreign policy aided by the decline of the hostile Seljuk Turks.
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 ...
Tamar, was the earlier born daughter of David's wife, and thus not biologically related to David, nor Amnon. [9] According to Michael D. Coogan 's claims, however, it would have been perfectly all right for Amnon to have married his sister (he claims that the Bible was incoherent about prohibiting incest). [ 10 ]
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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 1184–1213; Tamar, also known as Gürcü Hatun (fl. 1237–1286), Georgian princess