Rusudan of Georgia
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Rusudan was the queen regnant of Georgia from 1223 to 1245. A member of the Bagrationi dynasty, she was the daughter of Queen Tamar of Georgia by David Soslan and succeeded her brother George IV in 12
Fresco inside Gelati monastery thought to depict Rusudan
Coin of Rusudan, 1230
Vepkhistkaosani zichy
Tamar I
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Tamar the Great reigned as the Queen of Georgia from 1184 to 1213, presiding over the apex of the Georgian Golden Age. A member of the Bagrationi dynasty, her position as the first woman to rule Georg
An early 13th-century fresco of Queen Tamar from Betania Monastery
Icon of Tamar
Tamar (left) and George III (right). The earliest surviving portrait of Tamar from the church of the Dormition at Vardzia, c. 1184–1186.
Tamar as depicted on a 13th-century mural from the Kintsvisi monastery.