George I ( ka, გიორგი I, აღწეფელი) was
King of the Abkhazian from circa 864 to 871. He was the third son of
Leon II of the
Anchabadze dynasty. He succeeded his brother
Demetrius II. His nickname "Aghts’epeli" ( ka, აღწეფელი) is linked to his former domain of Aghtseph.
Life
The ''
Divan of the Abkhazian Kings
The ''Divan of the Abkhazian Kings'' ( ka, აფხაზთა მეფეთა დივანი, tr, which is often translated as the ''Chronicles of the Abkhazian Kings'') is a short medieval document composed in Georgian in the late 10th ...
'' designates him as the brother of his predecessor but does not indicate the duration of his reign. According to the
''Georgian Chronicles'' he is indeed the brother of
Theodosius Theodosius ( Latinized from the Greek "Θεοδόσιος", Theodosios, "given by god") is a given name. It may take the form Teodósio, Teodosie, Teodosije etc. Theodosia is a feminine version of the name.
Emperors of ancient Rome and Byzantium
...
and
Demetrius
Demetrius is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek male given name ''Dēmḗtrios'' (), meaning “Demetris” - "devoted to goddess Demeter".
Alternate forms include Demetrios, Dimitrios, Dimitris, Dmytro, Dimitri, Dimitrie, Dimitar, Dumi ...
, and son of
Leon
Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to:
Places
Europe
* León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León
* Province of León, Spain
* Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again f ...
. George I took control of
Kartli
Kartli ( ka, ქართლი ) is a historical region in central-to-eastern Georgia traversed by the river Mtkvari (Kura), on which Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, is situated. Known to the Classical authors as Iberia, Kartli played a crucial rol ...
and granted it to Tinen, a son of his brother Demetrius II, whose second son
Bagrat
Bagrat ( hy, Բագրատ, in Western Armenian pronounced Pakrad, ka, ბაგრატ) is a male name popular in Georgia and Armenia. It is derived from the Old Persian ''Bagadāta'', "gift of God".
The names of the Armenian Bagratuni and ...
was reportedly exiled to
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinopl ...
for an unknown reason. On the death of Georges I, his wife, whose name is not specified, seduced by a nobleman, the
John Shavliani, put on death Tinen and attempted to kill Bagrat to give the throne of Abkhazia to her lover.
Genealogy
Bibliography
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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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