Bagrationi dynasty by Levan Urushadze
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Bagrationi (or Bagratids) was a Royal Dynasty of Georgia in 809-1810. Family of Georgian Bagration's was arised in South Georgia, in the ancient Georgian region of Speri (or Ispir, now territory of Turkey), from the Georgian feudal family of Bivritiani, in the 6th century AD.
Ashot I the Great was the first King (in 809-826) from this family and founder of the Royal Dynasty. First King of the united Georgian Kingdom (888-1466) was Adarnase II (888-923). Greatest representatives of this dynasty were Bagrat III (1008-1014), Bagrat IV (1027-1072), David IV the Builder (1089-1125), Demetre I (1125-1156), Giorgi III (1156-1184), Tamar of Georgia (1184-1213), Giorgi IV Lasha (1213-1223), Giorgi V (1314-1346), Bagrat V (1360-1393), Alexander I (1411-1442) and others.
Since 1466 on the territory of Georgia were established Kingdom of Imereti (Western Georgia) and Kingdom of Kartl-Kakheti (Eastern Georgia). Last King from the dynasty of Bagrationi was a King of Imereti Solomon II (1789-1810). In 1801 by the Tsarist Russian Empire was occupied and annexed the Kingdom of Kartl-Kakheti, in 1810 the Kingdom of Imereti. Last King of Kartl-Kakheti was Giorgi XII (1798-1800).
Main sources of the history of the dynasty of Bagrationi are Georgian chronicles of the 10th-18th centuries: chronicle of Sumbat Davitis dze, "Moktsevai Kartlisai", "Tskhovreba Kartvelta Mepeta", "Matiane Kartlisa", etc.
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- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Bagrationi" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagrationi, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
The Bagrationi Kings of united Georgia:
Adarnase II (king in 888-923) David II (923-937) Bagrat I (937-945) Ashot IV (945-954) Sumbat I (954-958) Bagrat II (958-994) Gurgen (994-1008) Bagrat III (1008-1014) Giorgi I (1014-1027) Bagrat IV (1027-1072) Giorgi II (1072-1089) David IV the Builder (1089-1125) Demetre I (1125-1155, 1156) David V (1155) Giorgi III (1156-1184) Tamar of Georgia (1184-1213) Giorgi IV Lasha (1213-1223) Rusudan (1223-1245) David VI Narin (1245/47-1293) David VII Ulu (1247-1270) Demetre II Tavdadebuli (1271-1289) Vakhtang II (1289-1293) David VIII (1293-1298, 1299-1311) Giorgi VI Mtsire (1308-1313) Giorgi V (1299, 1313-1346) David IX (1346-1360) Bagrat V (1360-1393) Giorgi VII (1393-1407) Konstantine I (1407-1411) Alexandre I the Great (1411-1442) Vakhtang IV (1443-1446) Giorgi VIII (1446-1466)
See also:
- Republic of Georgia
- History of Georgia by Levan Urushadze
- Culture of Georgia by Levan Urushadze
- Georgian people by Levan Urushadze
Literature:
- "Kartlis Tskhovreba", vol. I-IV, Tbilisi, 1955-1973 (in Georgian)
- Pavle Ingorokva. "Giorgi Merchule" (a monograph), Tbilisi, 1954 (in Georgian)
- Taqaishvili E. "Georgian chronology and the beginning of the Bagratid rule in Georgia".- "Georgica", London, v.I, 1935
