Guaram IV ( ka, გუარამ IV), sometimes known as Gurgen, of the
Guaramid dynasty The Guaramid dynasty or Guaramiani ( ka, გუარამიანი)The dynastic name "Guaramids" is a modern designation introduced by Professor Cyril Toumanoff based on Prince Vakhushti's reference to the dynasty as ''Guaramiani''. It is not u ...
, was a
presiding prince of
Iberia
The Iberian Peninsula (),
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* Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica''
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* french: Péninsule Ibérique
* mwl, Península Eibérica
* eu, Iberiar penintsula also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in southwestern Europe, defi ...
(
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 role ...
, eastern
Georgia
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* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
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* Related to the ...
) in 748. Son of
Guaram III of Iberia Guaram III ( ka, გუარამ III), of the Guaramid dynasty, was a presiding prince of Iberia (Kartli, eastern Georgia) from before 693 to c. 748.
Guaram III was bestowed with the Byzantine title of curopalates, and thus, must have succeeded ...
.
Guaram IV succeeded his father Guaram III in 748 only as hereditary prince. He was not recognized as a prince-primate because the title was given by the Byzantine emperor to his father-in-law
Adarnase III of Iberia Adarnase III ( ka, ადარნასე III), of the Nersianid Dynasty, was a presiding prince of Iberia (Kartli, eastern Georgia) from c. 748 to 760.
Adarnase was a son of Prince Nerse I Nersiani by his wife, third daughter of Mirian of Kak ...
instead, who was a member of the
Nersianid dynasty. He had a son,
Stephen III of Iberia Stephen III ( ka, სტეფანოზ III, ''Step'anoz III''), of the Guaramid dynasty, was a presiding prince of Iberia (Kartli, eastern Georgia) from 779/780 to 786. He was the son of Guaram IV of Iberia.
Stephen was installed by the Calip ...
. Guaram disappears on unknown date.
Cyril Toumanoff
Cyril Leo Toumanoff (russian: Кирилл Львович Туманов; 13 October 1913 – 4 February 1997) was a Russian-born Georgian historian and genealogist who mostly specialized in the history and genealogies of medieval Georgia, Armenia, ...
, Les dynasties de la Caucasie chrétienne de l'Antiquité jusqu'au xixe siècle : Tables généalogiques et chronologiques, Rome, 1990, p. 382-383 et 533
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Princes of Iberia
8th-century rulers in Asia
7th-century monarchs in Asia
Guaramid dynasty