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George I (Georgian: გიორგი I, romanized: giorgi I) (998 or 1002 – 16 August 1027), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was the 2nd king (mepe) of the Kingdom of Georgia from 1014 until his death in 1027. George I ascended the throne when he was still too young to equal his father Bagrat III, must first suffer a first defeat against the ...
Kingdom of Georgia in 1045 AD. George I's reign was known primarily for its war against the Byzantines. This war had its roots in the 990s, when David III, after losing a rebellion against the Byzantine Emperor Basil II, agreed to cede his lands in Tao to the emperor upon his death.
Bagrat had the opposition of: Demetrius of Anacopia (დემეტრე) (1027–42) Magistros, Bagrat's half-brother, and son of Alda of Alania, had the support of his mother, the Byzantine Empire and the Liparitid clan. Prince George (გიორგი) (1050–53) Bagrat's heir, opposed to his father for a brief period. George II.
George VIII (Georgian: გიორგი VIII, romanized: giorgi VIII; 1417–1476) of the Bagrationi dynasty, was de facto last king (mepe) of the formerly united Kingdom of Georgia from 1446 to 1465. He would later rule in the Kingdom of Kakheti as George I from 1465 until his death in 1476, founding a local branch of the Bagrationi dynasty.
George V the Brilliant (Georgian: გიორგი V ბრწყინვალე, romanized: giorgi V brts'q'invale; also translated as the Illustrious, or Magnificent; 1286–1346) of the Bagrationi dynasty, was the king (mepe) of the Kingdom of Georgia from 1299 to 1302 and again from 1314 until his death in 1346. A flexible and far ...
Georgia is a mountainous country situated almost entirely in the South Caucasus, while some slivers of the country are situated north of the Caucasus Watershed in the North Caucasus. [169][170] The country lies between latitudes 41° and 44° N, and longitudes 40° and 47° E, with an area of 67,900 km 2 (26,216 sq mi).
Charter of King George IV. George was the son of Queen Tamar of Georgia and her consort David Soslan, George was declared as a coregent by his mother in 1207. According to the Georgian chronicles the second name Lasha meant 'illuminator of the world' in the language of Apsar (cf. a-lasha meaning light in Abkhaz language).
George born in the 1360s, he was the eldest son of Bagrat V of Georgia and his first wife Helena Megale Komnene, who died of the Bubonic plague in 1366. [2] A year after her death, Bagrat married Anna of Trebizond, daughter of Alexios III of Trebizond.