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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."
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 ...
According to these, David IV is a very pious king following Christian traditions, David IV spends his time informing himself, criticizing and learning several episodes from the Bible. According to his biographer, David IV learned to live according to the Christian religion from an early age and continued throughout his life.
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.
Daughter of Queen Tamar of Georgia by David Soslan, she succeeded her brother George IV on 18 January 1223. [1] George's untimely death marked the beginning of the end of the Georgian Golden Age . Rusudan was unable to preserve whatever was gained by her mother and brother.
Tamar Braxton was rushed to a hospital in Los Angeles on Thursday, July 16, after being found unconscious, Us Weekly confirms. Celebrity Health Scares Read article “There was a medical emergency ...
Its donor, or ktetor, was Tamar, daughter of the Georgian king David IV "the Builder" and the dowager-queen of Shirvan, who became a nun at Tigva and died there c. 1161. [2] By the early 18th-century, a crisis in Georgia had taken its toll on the monastery: Prince Vakhushti , in his Description of the Kingdom of Georgia , described the ...