David IX of Georgia (died 1360), from the
Bagrationi dynasty, was king of
Georgia from 1346 until his death.
Family
David was the only known son of
George V of Georgia. The identity of his mother is not known. The "Georgian Chronicle" of the 18th century reports George V marrying a daughter of "the Greek Emperor, Lord Michael
Komnenos". However the reigning dynasty of the
Byzantine Empire in the 14th century were the
Palaiologoi, not the Komnenoi. The marriage of a daughter of
Michael IX Palaiologos and his wife
Rita of Armenia to a Georgian ruler is not recorded in Byzantine sources. Neither is the existence of any illegitimate daughters of Michael IX. The Komnenoi did rule however in the
Empire of Trebizond
The Empire of Trebizond, or Trapezuntine Empire, was a monarchy and one of three successor rump states of the Byzantine Empire, along with the Despotate of the Morea and the Principality of Theodoro, that flourished during the 13th through to t ...
. A
Michael Komnenos was Emperor from 1344 to 1349. His wife was
Acropolitissa. Their only child recorded in primary sources was
John III of Trebizond. Whether John III had siblings is unknown.
Reign
He ascended the throne succeeding on the death of his father George V the Brilliant in 1346. However, the kingdom’s stability and prosperity left by his father was not to last, as the
Black Death
The Black Death (also known as the Pestilence, the Great Mortality or the Plague) was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Western Eurasia and North Africa from 1346 to 1353. It is the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history, causi ...
swept through the area in 1348, decimating the population and producing a severe economic crisis.
He died, to be succeeded by his son,
Bagrat V the Great in 1360.
He was married to Sindukhtar, daughter of Ioann I
Jaqeli, Prince of
Samtskhe-Saatabago. They had two children:
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Bagrat V of Georgia
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Gulkhan-Eudokia of Georgia (d. 1395), who was betrothed first to Andronicus Comnenus and after he died his paternal half-brother, Emperor
Manuel III of Trebizond, whom she married in 1379. Both were sons of
Alexios III of Trebizond, the first was an illegitimate and the second a legitimate son by Empress
Theodora Kantakouzene.
References
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Bagrationi dynasty of the Kingdom of Georgia
Kings of Georgia
1360 deaths
Eastern Orthodox monarchs
Year of birth unknown