David XI of Kartli
David XI | |
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King of Kartli | |
Reign | 1562/1569–1578 |
Predecessor | Simon I of Kartli |
Successor | Simon I of Kartli |
Died | c. 1579 |
Issue | Bagrat VII of Kartli Rostom of Kartli (illegitimate) |
Dynasty | Bagrationi |
Father | Luarsab I of Kartli |
Mother | Tamar of Imereti |
Religion | Georgian Orthodox Church, later Islam |
David XI (
from 1562 (effectively from 1569) to 1578.Life
David was a brother of the Kartlian king Simon I, who led a long-lasting liberation war against the Safavid Persian and Ottoman empires. In December 1561, David repaired to Qazvin to offer his submission to Shah Tahmasp, converted to Islam and adopted the name of Daud Khan. The shah appointed him ruler in Kartli, elevated him to the rank of farzand ("son") at his investiture,[1] and sent with a Persian army to claim the power. He may have been an unnamed Georgian prince reported by the English explorer Anthony Jenkinson as attending his audience with Shah Tahmasp on 20 November 1562, but Daud appears to have been returned to Georgia in August 1562 and the Georgian prince of Jenkinson's report could have been another Georgian renegade, Prince Jesse of Kakheti (Isa Khan).[2]
Relying on the Persian occupation forces and a few loyal nobles, Daud was in control of the Georgian capital
Family
David was married to Elene (fl. 1569–1578), a relative of King Alexander II of Kakheti. They had the following children:
- Bagrat VII, King of Kartli
- A daughter, married Prince Asanbeg (Kaikhosro) Baratashvili (fl. 1599–1620)
- A daughter, married Baindur (Baadur), Duke of Aragvi
- A daughter, married Prince Adam-Sultan Andronikashvili. Their daughter, Tamar, married Luarsab, heir-apparent of Kartli.
By a concubine, a peasant woman from Tsavkisi, David had a natural son:
- Rostom, King of Kartli
References
- ^ Floor 2001, p. 83.
- ^ Karchava 2018, pp. 221–223.
Sources
- Floor, Willem (2001). Safavid Government Institutions. Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Publishers. ISBN 978-1568591353.
- Karchava, Tea (2018). "აღმოსავლეთში ინგლისელთა სავაჭრო და დიპლომატიური მიზნებისა და საქართველოს ისტორიის ზოგიერთი საკითხის დაზუსტებისთვის (ენტონი ჯენკინსონის რელაციონის მიხედვით)" [England's commercial and diplomatic goals In the east and some issues of Georgian history (according to Anthony Jenkinson’s notes)]. Proceedings. Institute of Georgian History. Faculty of Humanities. Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (in Georgian and English). 14 (14): 206–232.