Tamar (daughter of Bagrat III of Imereti)
Tamar (Georgian: თამარი) (died 1556) was a Georgian princess of the royal Bagrationi dynasty.[1][2]
Tamar was titled as "დედოფალთ დედოფალი თამარ" (dedopalt dedopali tamar) "Tamar the Queen of Queens".[3]
Tamar was a daughter of King Bagrat III of Imereti.
Childrens
Tamar and King Luarsab I had eight children:
- A daughter, who married George, son of Levan of Kakheti.
- A son, who died in 1536 and was buried at Mtskheta.
- Simon I of Kartli (1537–1611), King of Kartli (1556–1569 and 1578–1599). Married Nestan-Darejan, daughter of Levan of Kakheti.
- David XI (1540–c. 1582), also known as Daud Khan, King of Kartli (1569–1578). Married Helen, a relative of Alexander II of Kakheti or he was married to a princess of Tarki.
- Vakhtang (fl. 1546–1605), sometime governor of Akhaldaba and Dirbi. He was married to a certain Tinatin and had a son, Teimuraz-Mirza, and a daughter, Tamar. Teimuraz-Mirza’s son, Luarsab (died 1652), was adopted by King Rostom of Kartli as his heir in 1639. Tamar married Prince Paremuz Amilakhvari.
- Alexander (fl. 1546–1573).
- Levan.
- A daughter, who married Kekaoz Chkheidze (fl. 1570–1590). Their son, Gorgasal Chkheidze of Racha (fl. 1590–1629), married a daughter of Giorgi Saakadze.
References
- ^ (in Georgian) ბაგრატიონები: სამეცნიერო და კულტურული მემკვიდრეობა, იმერეთის მეფეები ბაგრატიონთა დინასტიიდან, თბილისი, 2003 The Bagrations: Scientific and Cultural heritage, Kings of Imereti from Bagrationi dynasty, Tbilisi, 2003
- ^ (in Georgian) "პირთა ანოტირებული ლექსიკონი" XI-XVII სს. ქართული ისტორიული საბუთების მიხედვით - ტ.I - თბ. 1991
- ^ (in Georgian) 1537 წ. 16.VIII. განჩინება ლუარსაბ I-ისა იოთამ და ორბელ ბარათაშვილთა გაყრის საქმეზე - 1450-11/112