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David IV

King of Georgia (1073-1125)

10 dated entries naming David IV, drawn from 8 separate years between 1073 CE and 1125 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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11th century

  • 1073David IV ("the Builder"), king of Georgia (d. 1125)source
  • 1089King George II abdicates the throne in favour of his 16-year-old son David IV ("the Builder") who becomes ruler of Georgia (until 1125).source

12th century

  • 1104King David IV of Georgia defeats 100,000 Seljuk Turks with only 1,500 warriors (approximate date).source
  • 1118David IV of Georgia settles a number of Kipchaks in Georgia.source
  • 1118David IV of Georgia captures Lori from the Seljuk Turks.source
  • 1121The much larger Seljuk army is heavily defeated; Georgia is unified and independence is achieved from Muslim authority. King David IV lays siege and captures Tbilisi later in the year assigning it as his capital.source
  • 1121August 12 – Battle of Didgori: King David IV ("the Builder") of Georgia with a Georgian army of 55,600 men) defeats the 300,000-strong Seljuk coalition forces at Mount Didgori.source
  • 1122Siege of Tbilisi: The Georgians led by King David IV ('the Builder') re-conquer the city of Tbilisi from the Emirate of Tbilisi after a 1-year siege. David makes it his capital and unifies the Georgian State.source
  • 1123June – King David IV of Georgia, nicknamed "Davit IV Aghmashenebeli" ("David the Builder") by his subjects, defeats Sultan Mahmud II of the Seljuk Empire (encompassing much of what is now Iraq and Iran).source
  • 1125January 24 – David IV (the Builder), king of Georgia (b. 1073)source

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