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The Kingdom of Georgia at its greatest extent, with its tributaries and spheres of influence in the reign of Tamar. Queen Tamar's marriage was a question of state importance. Pursuant to dynastic imperatives and the ethos of the time, the nobles required Tamar to marry in order to have a leader for the army and to provide an heir to the throne.
Queen Tamar of Georgia. Queen Tamara [1] (Norwegian: Dronning Tamara) is a three-act play by Knut Hamsun about Tamar of Georgia. [2] It was published in 1903. [2]
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.
The second legend says that the Queen of Georgia, Tamara, was in Jvari in the 12th century. As she was walking she saw two rivers, the Enguri and the Magana, crossing each other and forming the shape of a cross. Queen Tamara exclaimed "Look! Jvari, Jvari!" That is why the territory was named Jvari.
The Order of Queen Tamara was a Georgian military decoration granted to members of the Georgian Legion and of the German Caucasus Expedition who fought in Georgia after 4 November 1918. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The Georgian uprising on Texel (Dutch: Opstand der Georgiërs) (5 April 1945 – 20 May 1945) was an insurrection by the 882nd Infantry Battalion Königin Tamara (Queen Tamar or Tamara) of the Georgian Legion of the German Army stationed on the German-occupied Dutch island of Texel (pronounced Tessel in Dutch, and Texel in English, Frisian, and German).
Khornabuji Castle (Georgian: ხორნაბუჯი, romanized: khornabuji), also sometimes known as the Fortress of Tamar (Georgian: თამარის ციხე, romanized: tamaris tsikhe), is an ancient castle in the eastern part of Georgia.
The Besleti Bridge (Georgian: ბესლეთის ხიდი) also known as Queen Tamar's Bridge (Georgian: თამარის ხიდი) is a medieval arched stone bridge at Sukhumi, Georgia’s breakaway republic of Abkhazia.