Tamar of Kartli

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Tamar of Kartli
Vakhtang VI of Kartli
MotherRusudan of Circassia

Tamar (

Kartli (1744–1746) in her own right under the regnal name Tamar II.[1]

Biography

Tamar was born to then-Prince Royal Vakhtang of Kartli and his

Lezgians, and invasions from the Ottoman Empire and Persia. Teimuraz acceded to the throne of Kakheti, until 1744, when he resigned Kakheti to his son, Heraclius II, and established himself on the vacated throne of his in-laws in Kartli.[3][4]

During these years of turmoil, Tamar herself became involved in war and politics. During Teimuraz's absence at the headquarters of his Iranian suzerain,

Living Pillar in Mtskheta. After her death, Teimuraz married his third wife, Ana-Khanum Baratashvili.[3][5]

Children

Teimuraz and Tamar were the parents of one son and three daughters:

  • Heraclius II (November 7, 1720 – January 11, 1798), the king of Kakheti and of Kartli and Kakheti.
  • Princess
    Adil Shah
    of Iran (1719–1749).
  • Princess Elene (fl. 1743–1784), who married, c. 1743, Prince Zaza Tsitsishvili.
  • Princess Ana (1720 – December 4, 1788), who married firstly, in 1744, Prince Dimitri
    Orbeliani
    (died 1776) and secondly Prince Ioane Orbeliani (c. 1702 – 1781).

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ a b c Toumanoff, Cyril (1976). Manuel de généalogie et de chronologie pour l'histoire de la Caucasie chrétien (Arménie - Géorgie - Albanie) (in French). p. 134. THAMAR II *1697 †12.iv.1746 proclamée reine p.les princes 1744
  2. ^ Brosset, Marie-Félicité (1856). Histoire de la Géorgie depuis l'Antiquité jusqu'au XIXe siècle. IIe partie. Histoire moderne [History of Georgia from Antiquity to the 19th century. Part II. Modern History] (in French). S.-Pétersbourg: A la typographie de l'Academie Impériale des Sciences. p. 184.
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  4. ^ a b Surguladze, Mzia. "თეიმურაზ II [Teimuraz II]". ქართველი ისტორიული მოღვაწენი (Georgian historical figures) (in Georgian). National Center of Manuscripts. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  5. ^ Brosset, Marie-Félicité (1850). Rapports sur un voyage archéologique dans la Géorgie et dans l'Arménie [Report on archaeological voyages in Georgia and Armenia] (in French). St.-Petersbourg: Imprimerie de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences. pp. 25–26.