David VI.

David VI. on a fresco in Gelati .

David VI. Narin (* 1228 , † 1293 ) was from 1245 / 47-1259 King of Georgia , then king of Imereti (West Georgia) in 1259 to 1293. He was the son of Queen Rusudan .

origin

David VI. Narin was of Turkish origin because he came from the Turkish dynasty of the Rum Seljuks . He was a son of Ghias ad-din (cl. 1206-1226), who was a son of the Emir of Erzurum (in Eastern Anatolia). His mother was Rusudan , a princess of Ossetia , who ruled as the successor of her brother Giorgi IV. Lascha († January 18, 1223) from 1223 to 1245 as Queen of Georgia . She was a daughter of David Soslan († 1207) from the House of the Kings of Ossetia (in the North Caucasus ), which is derived from George I, King of Georgia (1014-1027) from the House of the Georgian Bagratids . Her mother was Tamar called "the great" (* 1160, † January 18, 1213) Queen of Georgia, a daughter of Giorgi III. King of Georgia (1156 to 1184) from the House of the Georgian Bagratids.

Life

According to Brosset, David was named co-regent of his mother in 1234 at the age of six. Since only the nobles of West Georgia were present at this ceremony and it was not performed by the Catholicos in Mtskheta, the act was not legally binding. This is why Queen Rusudan, after coming to terms with the Mongols, insisted that her son be crowned king again in Tbilisi in 1243 in the presence of all Georgian princes .

At his confirmation David first traveled to Batu Khan , who but him Karakorum referred to the Großkhanhof. He arrived there around 1245. From the Mongols he was nicknamed Narin (dt. The slim one ). They called his cousin Ulu (dt. The big (physical), the strong ). Both cousins ​​returned to Georgia in 1246, where they arrived in 1247 and ruled the country together until 1259.

After David Narin was proclaimed King Imeretia in 1259, he ruled the independent part of Georgia for 35 years. When he took in the fugitive general Nikudar during the conflict between the Il-Khan empire and the ruler of Chagatai -Ulus, this led to two punitive expeditions by the Il-Khan. Both campaigns in 1268 and 1270 had no major consequences for Imereti, although David only narrowly escaped capture when he was surprised in the baths of Kutaisi .

After his death, his sons Constantine I (1293-1327) and Michael (1327-1329) fought for power. Imereti was so weakened that Giorgi V was able to reunite the country with Eastern Georgia in 1330 without any problems. Bagrat I the Little (1329–1372) had to be content with the title of prince. After Alexander I (1372/89), Giorgi I (1389/95) Constantine II (1395–1401) and Demetre (1401/55), the line of princes of Imeretia from the line of Rusudan ends.

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alemany, Agustí (2000), Sources on the Alans: A Critical Compilation , p. 321. Brill Academic Publishers, ISBN 90-04-11442-4 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Rusudan	King of Georgia 1245–1259	David VII
––	King of Imereti 1259–1293	Constantine I.