Gabriel ( ka, გაბრიელი) (died 881), of the
Donauri Donauri ( ka, დონაური) was a Georgian noble family to which belonged two ruling princes of the eastern province of Kakheti in the ninth century, and which gave origin to the latter-day noble family of Vachnadze, and, possibly, to tha ...
family, was a
Prince
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and
Chorepiscopus
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History
Chorepiscopi are first mentioned by Eusebius as existing in the se ...
of
Kakheti
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in eastern
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from 861 to 881. He succeeded on the death of his uncle
Samuel
Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the bibl ...
. His reign was marked by the vigorous religious building spearheaded by the Kakhetian-born priest Illarion the Georgian (822–875). In contrast to his predecessor, Gabriel was at enmity with the Arab
emir of Tiflis, Gabuloc' who dispossessed him of the district of
Gardabani
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. He was succeeded by
Padla I of the Arevmaneli clan.
Bibliography
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Toumanoff, Cyrille (1976, Rome). ''Manuel de Généalogie et de Chronologie pour le Caucase chrétien (Arménie, Géorgie, Albanie)''.
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Вахушти БагратиониИстория царства грузинского. Возникновение и жизнь Кахети и Эрети. Ч.1.
881 deaths
Princes of Kakheti
Year of birth unknown
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