Bagrat I ( ka, ბაგრატ I) was the King of Abkhazia between 882 and 894. He was the second son of Demetrius II of the Anchabadze dynasty.

Life

After the usurper

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seized the throne Bagrat fled to Constantinople and lived there for some time until he returned to Abkhazia in 887. He deposed and put to death Adarnase Shavliani (the son of John Shavliani), reclaimed the throne and married the latter's widow (daughter of Guaram of Samtskhe), with whom he had a son

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who succeeded him to the throne of Abkhazia.

Intervention in Tao-Klarjeti

Bagrat supported his brother-in-law, Nasra who tried to take power in Tao-Klarjeti, the latter killed

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curopalates ''Kouropalatēs'', Latinized as ''curopalates'' or ''curopalata'' ( el, κουροπαλάτης, from lat, cura palatii " he one incharge of the palace"). and Anglicized as curopalate, was a Byzantine court title, one of the highest from the ti ...

in 881 and placed on the throne

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. After the murder, Nasra was forced to flee to the

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, where he was retrieved by Bagrat I. Bagrat managed to secure the Byzantine military aid for him and invaded the Bagratid possessions on Nasra's behalf in 887. The only son of David I, Adarnase then allied to

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and resisted invaders. Thus, a Bagratid dynastic feud evolved into a regional conflict. Eventually, Gurgen I of Tao switched his side and joined Adarnase against Nasra who was defeated and put to death in 888.

Family

Bagrat I married a daughter of Guaram of Samtskhe:

Issue

* Constantine III, King of the Abkhazia from 893 until 922 AD.

Genealogy

Notes

References

Sources

Marie-Félicité Brosset Marie-Félicité Brosset (24 January 1802 – 3 September 1880) was a French orientalist who specialized in Georgian and Armenian studies. He worked mostly in Russia. Early life and first works Marie-Félicité Brosset was born in Paris in ...

, ''Histoire de la Géorgie''..
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