Bagrat V of Georgia
This article needs additional citations for verification. (November 2018) |
Bagrat V ბაგრატ V | |
---|---|
King of Georgia (more...) | |
Predecessor | David IX |
Successor | George VII |
Died | 1393 |
Burial | |
Spouse | Helena Megale Komnene (d. 1366) Anna Megale Komnene (m. 1367) |
Issue | George VII Constantine I |
Dynasty | Bagrationi |
Father | David IX of Georgia |
Mother | Sindukhtar Jaqeli |
Religion | Georgian Orthodox Church |
Bagrat V the Great (Georgian: ბაგრატ V დიდი, Bagrat V Didi) (died 1393) from the Bagrationi dynasty was the son of the Georgian king David IX of Georgia by his wife Sindukhtar Jaqeli. He was co-ruler from 1355, and became king after the death of his father in 1360.
Life[]
A fair and popular ruler, also known as a perfect soldier, he was dubbed "Bagrat the Great" by his multi-ethnic subjects.[citation needed] The Trapezuntine chronicler Michael Panaretos, a contemporary of the king, describes him as "a most excellent general."[1]
Later he was an ally of the khan of the Golden Horde, Tokhtamysh, in his war with Timur (also known as Tamerlane). In late autumn 1386, a huge army of Timur attacked Georgia. Tbilisi was besieged and taken on 21 November 1386, after a fierce fight. The city was pillaged and Bagrat V and his family were imprisoned.[1] Taking advantage of this disaster, the royal vassal Duke Alexander I of Imereti proclaimed himself an independent ruler and was crowned king of Imereti at the Gelati Monastery in 1387.
In order to secure his release, Bagrat V agreed to convert from Orthodox Christianity and become Muslim.[2] Timur agreed to free Bagrat and sent him with the troops of 20,000 Mongols[dubious ] back to Georgia. However, with secret aid from Bagrat, his son George completely destroyed[citation needed] a Mongol army and released the king.
In the spring of 1387, Timur again invaded Georgia but could not force the Georgians to submission. News of a revolt in Persia and an invasion of Azerbaijan forced Timur to withdraw.
In 1389, on the death of Alexander of Imereti, Bagrat was able to reduce his successor to a vassal duke again.
He died in 1393, leaving the throne to his son George.
Family and children[]
George VII was Bagrat V's son with his first wife, Helena Megale Komnene, who died in 1366. In June 1367, Bagrat V married Anna Megale Komnene, daughter of Emperor Alexios III of Trebizond and Theodora Kantakouzene at Makriali Church in .[3] She gave birth to four children:
- Constantine I
- David
- Tamar (subsequently wife of Prince Eles Baratashvili)
- Olympias (Ulumpia; subsequently wife of Kakhaber Chijavadze, Prince-Chamberlain of Georgia).[citation needed]
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bagrat V of Georgia. |
- ^ Jump up to: a b Panaretos, ch. 105. Greek text and English translation in Scott Kennedy, Two Works on Trebizond, Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library 52 (Cambridge: Harvard University, 2019), p. 55
- ^ : At the Crossroads of Empires : 14th - 15th Century Eastern Anatolia. Andrew Peacock, Between Georgia and the Islamic World : The Atabegs of Samc'xe and the Turks, Istanbul, p. 55
- ^ Panaretos, Chronicle, ch. 87. English translation in Kennedy, Two Works on Trebizond, p. 43
- Kings of Georgia
- Bagrationi dynasty of the Kingdom of Georgia
- 1393 deaths
- Eastern Orthodox monarchs
- Former Georgian Orthodox Christians
- Converts to Islam from Eastern Orthodoxy