Demetrius II of Georgia
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Demetrius II the Self-Sacrificer or the Devoted of the Bagrationi dynasty, was king of Eastern Georgia reigning from 1270 until his execution by the Mongol Ilkhans in 1289.
A fresco of Demetrius II from the Udabno monastery.
Georgian coin of Abaqa during the rule of Demetrius II, with Chritian cross. Tiflis mint, 1281–1286.
David VIII
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David VIII, from the Bagrationi dynasty, was king of Georgia during the Mongol rule from 1292 until his death in 1311.
Demetrius II of Georgia
…times. His first wife was an unnamed Trapezuntine princess, probably a daughter of Emperor Manuel I of Trebizond. They had four sons and one daughter: David VIII (1273–1311), King of Georgia (r. 1292–1311); Vakhtang III (1275–1308), King of Georgia (r. 1298, 1302–1308…
Coinage of David VIII