THE KINGDOM OF GEORGIA
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This topic is about kingdom of Georgia (Saqartvelos samepho) in the age of Sicilian Vespers (1282).
Georgia was orthodox country and the very close to Byzantium that is why
i have desided to put some information about this country during the Sicilian Vespers.
Here you can post references about Georgia and its History after 1282.
Generaly about the events in XIII-XV (13-15) cc.
During the Georgia Sicilian Vespers (1282), Georgia was de jure united state
Samepho(Kingdom, Empire) but de facto it was divided into two part
and one was West Georgia (Lixt-Imereti) and East-Georgia
(Lixt-Amereti). kindom was split during the Mongolian Eve of the
begining of XIII (=13 th) century. Mongols were fighting against
Georgia after Chormagans troops invaded in the east Georgia, after
the incursion of Khwarazmian Jalal ad-din ibn Muhamed
Khwarazmshah-Angusht'egin from 1225-1230. Jalal finely failed to
conquer even small part of Georgia, after he had face many enemies
including Aiyubid Egyptians form Manguberdi , Sultanate of Rum, Mongols
and other Turkish states. But at first he achived some success after
capturing the huge part of East Georgia and Pillaging much of the country.
At last Jalal ad-din Khwarazm Shah was defeated and in 1229 and his forses
were forsed to leave the country in 1230.
But soon Mongols appeared and started of conquest of Georgia. At first they
sucked the huge city of Ganja in 1231 and according the Medieval Georgian
chronicle (XIV c.= 14 c.) at the second year of capture of Ganja (In 1232)
they stared to seize the castles and towns of Georgia.
Finaly, they managed to subdue the government of Georgia after defeating
the allies of Georgia in 1243 at the battle of Qose-dagh.
Sultan of Rum was forsed to pay some tribue to mongols. Soon Georgia made
the same step.
But for the 1243 mongols achieved to conquest only East Georgia and the
much of the south. West and mountinious North ramained almost untouched
and Mongols had no castle in that regions.
this was the main reson why the rebelion in West of the Georgia fashioned by
the king Davit VI Narin (in 1249) was successful only in the West of the
country. East remained under the control of mongols until the 1320s.
before the rebelion the situation was such:
the Mongols had the Georgian nobles divided into two rival parties, each of
which advocated their own candidate to the crown. These were Davit
VII an illegitimate son of George IV, and his cousin Davit VI Narin
son of Rusudan. After a failed plot against the Mongol rule in Georgia (1245),
Güyük Khan made, in 1247, both pretenders co-kings. But after the plot of
Davit Narin in 1249 dual reign was over. Davit VII son of Giorgi Lasha refused
to support his cousin (Davit Narin) and remain loyal to Mongol khan.
So in 1282 one part of the country was ruled by Davit VI Narin
and East part of Georgia by the succesors of Davit VII, precisely by his
son Dimitri II the Davoted (1270-1289)
This is list of kings of Georgia during XIII-XIV cc. (13-14cc.)
Tamar (1184-1210) the Great, daughter of Giorgi III
Giorgi IV Lasha (1213-1223) son Tamar
Rusudan (1223-1245) daughter of Tamar
Davit VI Narin (1245-1249, afetr 1249 in West of G.) son of Rusudan
Davit VII (1247-1270) son of Giorgi Lasha
Dimitri II (1270-1289) son of Davit VII
Vakhtang II (1289-1292) son of Davit Narin, king of united Georgia together
with his father under Mongols patronage
Davit VIII (1292-1298, after 1298 to 1311 in the North of G.) son of Dimitri
Vakhtang III (1298-1308) son of Dimitri
Giorgi VI the Minor (1308-1314) son of Davit VIII
Giorgi V the brilliant (1299, 1314-1346) son of Dimitri, brother of Davit VIII and Vakhtang III
Davit IX (1346-1360) son of Giorgi V the brilliant
Bagrat V the Great (1360-1395) son of Davit IX
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