¿Quién se casó con Borena of Alania?

Borena (Georgian: ბორენა) was a sister of the Alan king Durgulel "the Great", and the Queen consort of Georgia, as the second wife of Bagrat IV (r. 1027–1072).

The medieval Georgian historical tradition provides little information about Borena. Bagrat married Borena sometime after the death of his first wife in the early 1030s, Elene (niece of the Byzantine emperor Romanos III Argyros). The births of their children in the 1050s is a clue that their marriage was in the 1040s or early 1050s. This was just one of the several intermarriages between the medieval Georgian Bagratids and their natural allies, the royal house of Alania. Borena seems to have retained some contacts with her native Alania: the Georgian chronicles report that when Durgulel paid a visit to Bagrat IV, he also arranged an audience with his sister Borena. The last we hear about Borena is her presence at Bagrat's deathbed in 1072.

Borena is primarily known as a patron and promoter of Georgian Orthodox culture and monastic life. She sponsored the construction of the Georgian Kapata Monastery on Mount Sion at Jerusalem. She is frequently identified with the Borena who was an author of a passionate and moving hymn to Virgin Mary, which is found as an inscription on the Theotokos icon from that time (now preserved at the Lenjer Church in highland Svaneti).

Bagrat IV and Borena were the parents of:

• George II of Georgia, Bagrat's successor to the throne of Georgia
• Martha-Maria, the future queen consort of the Byzantine Empire

In addition to these well-documented children, the couple may have had a daughter, Mariam, possibly a wife of the Byzantine dignitary Theodore Gabras.

Bagrat IV (en georgiano: ბაგრატ IV, Bagrat' IV; 1018-1072) fue Rey de Georgia de la dinastía Bagrationi que reinó de 1027 a 1072. Fue coronado tras la súbita muerte de su padre, el rey Jorge I, cuando solo tenía ocho años.

Durante su largo reinado, Bagrat trató de reprimir a la gran nobleza y de asegurar la soberanía de Georgia de los imperios bizantino y selyúcida. Tras una serie de conflictos, Bagrat logró derrotar a sus vasallos y rivales más poderosos de la familia Liparítida, con lo cual alcanzó el control de varios enclaves feudales y redujo al vasallaje a los reyes de Lorri y Kajetia, así como al emir de Tiflis. Como muchos gobernantes medievales del Cáucaso, tomó prestado varios títulos bizantinos, en particular, los de nobelissimos, curopalates y sebastos.