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King of All Georgia
edit# | Potrait | Name | Began | Ended | Notes |
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1 | Bagrat III (გიბაგრატ III) |
1008 | 7 May 1014 | Also King of the Abkhazians from 978 on (as Bagrat II), uniting the Georgian kingdoms in 1008 through inheritance | |
2 | George I (გიორგი I) |
7 May 1014 | 16 August 1027 | Son of Bagrat III | |
3 | Bagrat IV (გიბაგრატ IV) |
16 August 1027 | 24 November 1072 | Son of George I; Queen Mariam served as regent till 1037; successfully defeated an two uprising amongst the Georgian nobility that was aimed at putting his brother Demetrius and later Bagrat's own son on the throne instead; | |
4 | George II (გიორგი II) |
24 November 1072 | 1112 | Son of Bagrat IV; crowned 1150 in opposition to his father by Georgian noble Liparit till 1153; forced to abdicate in favor of his energetic son, David IV, to whom he remained a nominal co-ruler until his death in 1112 | |
5 | St. David IV the Builder (დავით აღმაშენებელი) |
1089 | 24 January 1125 | Son of George II; popularly considered to be the greatest and most successful Georgian ruler in history, | |
6 | St. Demetre I (დემეტრე I) |
24 November 1072 1155 |
1154 1156 |
Son of David IV; he defeated an uprising meant to put his brother Vakhtang on the throne, later desposed by eldest son and forced to abdicate and become a monk, restored in 1155 | |
7 | David V (დავით V) |
1154 | 1155 | Eldest son of Demetre I; fearing a change in the succession he desposed his father in palace coup; killed by disgruntled nobles | |
8 | George III (გიორგი III) |
1156 | 27 March 1184 | Younger son of Demetre II; quelled a rebellion aimed at putting his nephew Demna on the throne, crown his daughter as heir | |
9 | Saint Tamar (თამარი) |
27 March 1184 | 18 January 1213 | Daughter of George III; first woman to rule Georgia; her reign was the zenith of Georgia | |
10 | George IV Lasha (გიორგი IV ლაშა, ლაშა გიორგი) |
18 January 1213 | 18 January 1223 | Son of Tamar; died from wound recieved while fighting the Mongols | |
11 | Rusudan (რუსუდანი) |
18 January 1213 | 1245 | Daughter of Tamar; second woman to rule Georgia; she was too weak to preserve whatever was gained by her predecessors, forced to become a vassal of the Mongols | |
12 | David VI Narin the Younger (დავით VI) |
1245 | 1259 | Son of Rusudan; forced by the Mongols to share power with his illegitimate cousin; in 1259, he rose, unsuccessfully, against the Mongol yoke and, then, fled to Kutaisi, from whence he reigned over western Georgia (Imereti) as a separate ruler, | |
13 | David VII Ulu the Elder (დავით VII) |
1247 | 1270 | Son of George IV Lasha; recognized by the Mongols as junior-co king of Georgia; assumed sole power in 1259 after cousin's failed uprising, ruling only eastern Georgia | |
14 | St. Demetrius II the Self-sacrificer (დემეტრე II თავდადებული) |
1270 | 12 March 1289 | Son of David VII Ulu; executed by the Mongols on suspicion of rebellion, ruling the eastern portion | |
15 | Vakhtang II (ვახტანგ II) |
1289 | 1292 | Son of David VI Narin; installed by the Mongols to replace his cousin, ruling the eastern portion, he was loyal to the Mongols | |
16 | David VIII (დავით VIII) |
1293 | 1311 | Son of Demetrius II; recognized by the Mongols as junior-co king of Georgia; assumed sole power in 1259 after cousin's failed uprising | |
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Son of George IV Lasha; recognized by the Mongols as junior-co king of Georgia; assumed sole power in 1259 after cousin's failed uprising | ||
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Son of George IV Lasha; recognized by the Mongols as junior-co king of Georgia; assumed sole power in 1259 after cousin's failed uprising | ||
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Son of George IV Lasha; recognized by the Mongols as junior-co king of Georgia; assumed sole power in 1259 after cousin's failed uprising | ||
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Son of George IV Lasha; recognized by the Mongols as junior-co king of Georgia; assumed sole power in 1259 after cousin's failed uprising | ||
Dynastic struggle 1038–1046 | |||||
Vatha pagan rising 1046-1047 | |||||
1 | Béla IV | 14 October 1235 | 3 May 1270 | son of Andrew II., the "second founder" after the First Mongol invasion (1241–42) | |
1 | Stephen V | 3 May 1270 | 6 August 1272 | son of Béla IV. | |
1 | Ladislaus IV the Cuman | 6 August 1272 | 10 July 1290 | son of Steven V.; unsuccessful Mongol invasion; lived with the nomad cuman tribes | |
1 | Andrew III | 4 August 1290 | 14 January 1301 | grandson of Andrew II., born in Venice last of the Árpád dynasty |
House of Zápolya
editPotrait | Ruler | Began | Ended | Remarks |
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John I (Szapolyai János) | 10 November 1526 | 22 July 1540 | Also claimed the throne, with support of Hungarian nobles and later Suleiman the Magnificent. | |
John II (Szapolyai János Zsigmond) | 22 July 1540 | 16 August 1570 | son of John Zápolya; renounced his claim in 1570 in favour of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor. |
Hungary was effectively split into three parts: Royal Hungary in the north and west, Ottoman Hungary in the south, and the Principality of Transylvania in the east. The following, until 1699, gives the rulers of "Royal Hungary". |