House of Gurieli
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The House of Gurieli was a Georgian princely family and a ruling dynasty of dukes of the southwestern Georgian province of Guria, which was autonomous and later, for a few centuries, independent. A fe
Prince Mamia Gurieli of Guria, 17th century. Painted by Don Christoforo de Castelli.
David of Trebizond
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David Megas Komnenos sometimes enumerated as David II was the last Emperor of Trebizond from 1460 to 1461. He was the third son of Emperor Alexios IV of Trebizond and Theodora Kantakouzene. Following
House of Gurieli
…at the same time, seem to have paid some kind of homage (Greek: προσκύνησις) to the rulers of the neighboring Empire of Trebizond, whose last emperor, David Komnenos (reigned from 1459 to 1461), is documented as having been 'gambros' of Mamia Vardanisdze-Gurieli (c. 1450 - 69), which is interpreted to mean that Mamia…
David Megas Komnenos, as depicted in a modern religious icon