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David I (X) von Georgien

David I (X) von Georgien

Male 1482 - 1526  (44 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name David I (X) von Georgien 
    Birth 1482 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1526 
    Siblings 6 Siblings 
    Person ID I596518  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 21 Nov 2009 

    Father Konstantini II von Georgien,   b. Abt 1447   d. 27 Apr 1505 (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Thamar   d. Abt 1492 
    Marriage 1473 
    Family ID F258654  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Prinzess Miraingul Baratashvili   d. 1556 
    Children 
    +1. Luarsab I von Kartli,   b. 1502-1509   d. 1556-1558 (Age 49 years)
     2. Ramaz von Georgien,   b. Abt 1512   d. Abt 1546 (Age 34 years)
     3. Demetre von Georgien,   b. Abt 1516   d. Abt 1540 (Age 24 years)
    Family ID F258655  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Nov 2009 

  • Notes 
    • succeeded as king of Kartli in 1505 1 . Despite the fact that Constantine had recognised the independence of the breakaway Georgian kingdoms of Imereti and Kakheti , the rivalry among these polities was to continue under David. He had to defend his kingdom against the attacks by Alexander II of Imereti in the west, and George II of Kakheti in the east. In August 1509, Alexander took a fort-city Gori and the northwestern corner of Kartli, but had to abandon the occupied lands to David due to the Ottoman raid on Imereti in 1510. A year later, George of Kakheti surged into Kartli, but failed to capture the king in a besieged castle of Ateni . In 1513, George invaded again, only to be defeated and taken prisoner by David's younger brother Bagrat I of Mukhrani . He died in captivity and his kingdom was annexed to Kartli. In 1518, the Persian shah Ismail I of the newly established Safavid dynasty , sent in an army under Div Sultan Rumlu , who was joined by the Georgian prince Qvarqvare III Jakeli , atabeg of Samtskhe . The invaders occupied Surami and Gori, and David had to make peace with the Persians and to promise to pay tribute. Meanwhile, the Kakhetian nobles used the opportunity to install Levan , son of the late king George II, as their king. David besieged the Maghrani Castle where Levan had taken positions, but soon had to abandon the siege as the Turkomans appeared again in the Georgian lands. David recognised Lavan as the king of Kakheti in order to win his support against the invaders. In 1522, he refused to convert to Islam as Shah Ismail had demanded. A new Persian invasion ensued, led this time personally by the shah. David and his son, Luarsab I , offered him a fierce resistance at the Battle of Teleti, but were finally outnumbered and defeated. The Kartlian capital Tbilisi was taken by treachery and garrisoned by a large Persian force. On the death of Ismail in 1524, David liberated Tbilisi and expelled the Persians from the country. In 1525, he reconquered Aghjakala , Lower Kartli , and massacred all the Turkomans who had settled there. The same year, he abdicated the throne in favor of his younger brother, George IX , and retired to a monastery under the name of Damiane.



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