Burdukhan of Alania
Burdukhan (
queen consort of Georgia as the wife of George III, king of Georgia (r. 1156–1184). She was mother of Queen Tamar
, who would preside over the apogee of the medieval Georgian monarchy.
Biography
Burdukhan was a daughter of Khuddan, whom the Georgian chronicles call "king of the Osi", a Georgian designation of the Alan tribe in the
Rusudan; but she is only mentioned once in all contemporary accounts of Tamar's reign.[1] The medieval historians extol Burdukhan's piety and fidelity. One of them, an anonymous author of the Histories and Eulogies of Sovereigns, compares her to the Christian saints Catherine and Irene-Penelope.[2][3]
Burdukhan died before her husband, that is, prior to 1184. Beyond the medieval chronicles, her name survives on the Icon of the Theotokos of Khobi, now on display at the
, where she is mentioned as a benefactor to the local cathedral.Notes
References
- Eastmond, Antony (1998), Royal Imagery in Medieval Georgia. Penn State Press, ISBN 0271016280.
- Qauxčišvili, Simon (ed.; Vivian, Katharine, trans.; 1991), The Georgian chronicle: the Period of Giorgi Lasha. Amsterdam: Adolf M. Hakkert.
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