Tamar of Georgia
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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 Georgia in her own right was emphasized by the title mepe ("king"), afforded to Tamar in the medieval Georgian sources.
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.
The Iviron monastery on Mount Athos, a major center of Christian culture favored by the Georgian crown.
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 usage, the name of the dynasty is sometimes Hellenized and referred to as the Georgian Bagratids, also known in English as the Bagrations.
David III of Tao depicted on a bas-relief from the Oshki Monastery
King David IV of Georgia
Erekle II, king of the eastern Georgian kingdoms of Kakheti and Kartli-Kakheti
General Pyotr Bagration