David Soslan
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Kingdom of Georgia დავით სოსლანი | David Soslan | ||
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name | David Soslan | |
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David Soslan | ||
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Year of Birth and Death | Unknown ~ 1207 | |
reign of Georgia | 1191 to 1207 | |
1. outline
Official letter of Tamar, the 10th Queen of the Kingdom of Georgia . Her exceptional military prowess and fierce loyalty to her queen led Georgia's golden age.
2. career
He is the son of Yadaron, a prince of the Alans , a nomadic tribe active in the North Caucasus region, and Rusudan, daughter of David IV . According to the annals described by an anonymous author during the reign of his son Giorgi IV, he was " descendant of Ephraim" and was said to have inherited blood from the old dynastic blood of Bagration and the Kingdom of Iberia . However, the authenticity is unclear, and some scholars claim that it was made up to enhance his lineage, who was the father of King Giorgi IV and the official secretary of Queen Tamar .
She is said to have been brought to the Georgian court by Tamar's aunt Rusudan, the eldest daughter of King Dimitrios I, and became Tamar's childhood friend . After ascending the throne in 1184, Tamar married Yury Bogolyubski, from the Rurik dynasty, in 1185. Her Yuri was her seasoned soldier, but she was dissolute, and looked down on her and tried to exercise her Georgian kingship for herself. She even allegedly physically and verbally abused her queen. She looked for an opportunity to divorce her husband shortly after. Just then, Patriarch and Supreme Minister Michael II Miriannisze died. She appoints her own supporter, Anton Gnoli Star Bizet, to the post, and attracts lesser nobles loyal to her to high positions at her court.
In 1187, Tamar convened a council of nobles to ask for a divorce because her husband was a daily drunkard, prodigal, homosexual , and sexually tortured. The council granted the divorce, and Yuri was sent to Constantinople. In 1191, Yuri infiltrated Georgia and allied with Bardan Dadiani, Guzan Abulanisze, and Bosso Zakeli, and led a rebellion in southwestern Georgia. In response, she put General Gamlekel Torelli in command to put down the rebellion, which was defeated in the battles of Tmogvi and Erushetti. Yuri was forgiven by her queen after her surrender. After that she decided to choose her second husband herself, and in 1191 she named him her husband. In 1194, when Yuri rebelled again and invaded the Kakheti province, he led her punitive force and marched out, defeating and capturing Yuri at the Battle of Kambechani. Yuri was imprisoned in the Lurchi Monastery in Tbilisi.
He was a man of extraordinary military ability, nominally sharing the throne with his wife, but in reality acting as a faithful subject. In 1195, Georgian forces led by him defeated the Emir Abu Bakar of the emirate of Eltenez at the Battle of Shamkir and captured the city of Shamkir. In 1203 or 1204, Suleiman Shah II, ruler of the Sultanate of Rum, summoned the emirs and invaded Georgia. At this time, he sent her a letter to Tamar, calling her his "mere queen" and sarcastically threatening to make her his wife if she converted to Islam, but his female slave if she did not. In response, Tamar summoned her troops, made her husband their commander, and spoke from the balcony of the church to defend the family and the church from the pagan invasion.
After that, he went out and won a decisive victory against Suleimanshah II at the Battle of Vassiani. He gained momentum and captured several coastal cities, including Trapezunda , Limnia, Samsun, Sinop, Kerasunt, Kotaora, and Heraclea. Of these, Tamar's nephew, Alexios , settled in Trapejunta and proclaimed the Trapejunta Empire , establishing a strong alliance with Georgia.
He had a son , Giorgi IV , and a daughter , Rusudan, with Queen Tamar. After his death in 1207, Giorgi IV became co-ruler with his mother, and ascended as sole king after his mother's death in 1213. In 1223, after King Giorgi IV was killed in a war against the Mongols , Rusudan ascended the throne.
She is said to have been brought to the Georgian court by Tamar's aunt Rusudan, the eldest daughter of King Dimitrios I, and became Tamar's childhood friend . After ascending the throne in 1184, Tamar married Yury Bogolyubski, from the Rurik dynasty, in 1185. Her Yuri was her seasoned soldier, but she was dissolute, and looked down on her and tried to exercise her Georgian kingship for herself. She even allegedly physically and verbally abused her queen. She looked for an opportunity to divorce her husband shortly after. Just then, Patriarch and Supreme Minister Michael II Miriannisze died. She appoints her own supporter, Anton Gnoli Star Bizet, to the post, and attracts lesser nobles loyal to her to high positions at her court.
In 1187, Tamar convened a council of nobles to ask for a divorce because her husband was a daily drunkard, prodigal, homosexual , and sexually tortured. The council granted the divorce, and Yuri was sent to Constantinople. In 1191, Yuri infiltrated Georgia and allied with Bardan Dadiani, Guzan Abulanisze, and Bosso Zakeli, and led a rebellion in southwestern Georgia. In response, she put General Gamlekel Torelli in command to put down the rebellion, which was defeated in the battles of Tmogvi and Erushetti. Yuri was forgiven by her queen after her surrender. After that she decided to choose her second husband herself, and in 1191 she named him her husband. In 1194, when Yuri rebelled again and invaded the Kakheti province, he led her punitive force and marched out, defeating and capturing Yuri at the Battle of Kambechani. Yuri was imprisoned in the Lurchi Monastery in Tbilisi.
He was a man of extraordinary military ability, nominally sharing the throne with his wife, but in reality acting as a faithful subject. In 1195, Georgian forces led by him defeated the Emir Abu Bakar of the emirate of Eltenez at the Battle of Shamkir and captured the city of Shamkir. In 1203 or 1204, Suleiman Shah II, ruler of the Sultanate of Rum, summoned the emirs and invaded Georgia. At this time, he sent her a letter to Tamar, calling her his "mere queen" and sarcastically threatening to make her his wife if she converted to Islam, but his female slave if she did not. In response, Tamar summoned her troops, made her husband their commander, and spoke from the balcony of the church to defend the family and the church from the pagan invasion.
After that, he went out and won a decisive victory against Suleimanshah II at the Battle of Vassiani. He gained momentum and captured several coastal cities, including Trapezunda , Limnia, Samsun, Sinop, Kerasunt, Kotaora, and Heraclea. Of these, Tamar's nephew, Alexios , settled in Trapejunta and proclaimed the Trapejunta Empire , establishing a strong alliance with Georgia.
He had a son , Giorgi IV , and a daughter , Rusudan, with Queen Tamar. After his death in 1207, Giorgi IV became co-ruler with his mother, and ascended as sole king after his mother's death in 1213. In 1223, after King Giorgi IV was killed in a war against the Mongols , Rusudan ascended the throne.