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.
Bagrationi dynasty
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The Bagrationi dynasty is a royal dynasty which reigned in Georgia from the Middle Ages until the early 19th century, being among the oldest extant Christian ruling dynasties in the world. In modern u
Tamar I
…or c. 1166 – 18 January 1213) 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 Georgia in her own right was emphasized by the title mepe ("King"), afforded to Tamar in the medieval Georgian…
David III of Tao depicted on a bas-relief from the Oshki Monastery.
King David IV.
General Pyotr Bagration
Giorgi Bagrationi in 2025.