Adarnase II, sometimes known as Adarnase I, ( ka, ადარნასე) was a
Georgian Bagratid prince and a co-ruler of
Tao-Klarjeti with his brothers —
Bagrat I Kuropalates and
Guaram Mampali
Guaram, the ''mampali'', ( ka, გუარამ მამფალი) (died 882) was a Georgian Bagratid prince and the youngest son of Ashot I, the founder of the Bagratid dynasty of Iberia/ Kartli.
Guaram shared the control over the patri ...
— with the title of
eristavt-eristavi ("duke of dukes") (830-c. 870).
The name Adarnase derives from
Middle Persian ''Ādurnarsēh'', with the second component of the word (''Nase'') being the Georgian attestation of the Middle Persian name ''Narseh'', which ultimately derives from
Avestan
Avestan (), or historically Zend, is an umbrella term for two Old Iranian languages: Old Avestan (spoken in the 2nd millennium BCE) and Younger Avestan (spoken in the 1st millennium BCE). They are known only from their conjoined use as the scrip ...
''nairyō.saŋya-''.
The Middle Persian name ''Narseh'' also exists in Georgian as ''Nerse''.
The name ''Ādurnarsēh'' appears in the
Armenian language as ''Atrnerseh''.
Adarnase was the oldest son of the Georgian
presiding prince Ashot I and inherited all the lands west to the
Arsiani Range with the exception of
Shavsheti and
Lower Tao (now in
Turkey).
Adarnase was married to "Bevreli", a daughter of the
Abasgian king
Bagrat I. At some point, she was forced by Adarnase into retirement to a monastery where she lived and died as Anastasia. After Adarnase's death c. 870, his possessions were equally divided among his sons:
Gurgen Gurgen or Gourgen (Armenian: Գուրգեն, Georgian: გურგენ) is an Armenian and Georgian masculine name of Middle Persian origin (''Gurgēn''), itself ultimately deriving from Old Iranian ''Vṛkaina-''. It may refer to:
Georgian ...
obtained Tao, while
Sumbat received
Klarjeti. Adarnase's second son
Ashot the Beautiful, died in 867. This must have occurred in Adarnase's lifetime as Ashot is not listed among his heirs.
References
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Grand dukes of Tao
9th-century rulers in Europe
9th-century people from Georgia (country)
Bagrationi dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti