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Kingdom of Georgia

medieval state in Eastern Europe

31 dated entries naming Kingdom of Georgia, drawn from 29 separate years between 1002 CE and 1412 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

  • 1002George I, king of Georgia (approximate date)source
  • 1021Battle of Shirimni, the Byzantine Empire under Basil II defeats the Kingdom of Georgia under Giorgi I at Shirimni, at the Lake Palakazio, modern Lake Çıldır, Turkeysource
  • 1054George II (Giorgi), king of Georgia (approximate date)source
  • 1065Alp Arslan, leader of the Seljuk Turks, campaigns against the Kipchaks and the Türkmen in Central Asia. He captures the city of Kars and plunders the western provinces of Georgia.source
  • 1072November 24 – Bagrat IV, king of Georgia (b. 1018)source
  • 1073David IV ("the Builder"), king of Georgia (d. 1125)source
  • 1088April 16 – The 6.5 Tmogvi earthquake affects the southern provinces of Georgia, which causes the destruction of the castle of Tmogvi and many deaths.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
  • 1093Demetrius I, king of Georgia (approximate date)source

12th century

  • 1104King David IV of Georgia defeats 100,000 Seljuk Turks with only 1,500 warriors (approximate date).source
  • 1112George II (or Giorgi), king of Georgia (b. 1054)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
  • 1121Summer – Sultan Mahmud II of the Seljuk Empire declares a Holy War on the Kingdom of Georgia. He sends an expedition under Ilghazi, the Artukid ruler of Mardin, to invade the country.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
  • 1125January 24 – David IV (the Builder), king of Georgia (b. 1073)source
  • 1178King George III defeats a nobles' revolt and proclaims his 18-year-old daughter Tamar (the Great) as co-ruler of Georgia.source
  • 1184March 27 – Tamar I becomes queen regnant of Georgia on the death of her father and coregent George III. She remains sole ruler of Georgia (the first woman to hold this office) until her death in 1213.source
  • 1184March 27 – George III, king of Georgia (House of Bagrationi)source
  • 1191George IV (or Lasha Giorgi), king of Georgia (d. 1223)source
  • 1194Rusudan, queen of Georgia (House of Bagrationi) (d. 1245)source
  • 1195June 1 – Battle of Shamkor: Georgians defeat the Ildenizids of Azerbaijan.source

13th century

  • 1209Tamar I, queen of Georgia, raids Eastern Anatolia and seizes Kars. She leads a liberational war in southern Armenia.source
  • 1215David VII (or David Ulugh), king of Georgia (d. 1270)source
  • 1225David VI Narin (the Clever), king of Georgia (d. 1293)source
  • 1226March 9 – Khwarazmian Empire forces commanded by the Muslim Sultan Jalal al-Din Mangburni capture Tbilisi, capital of the Kingdom of Georgia. After the capture, the massacre of thousands of its Christian inhabitants begins as residents are given the choice between converting to Islam or being put to death.source
  • 1273David VIII, king of Georgia (House of Bagrationi) (d. 1311)source
  • 1276Vakhtang III, king of Georgia (House of Bagrationi) (d. 1308)source
  • 1289March 12 – Demetrius II (the Devoted), king of Georgia (b. 1259)source

14th century

  • 1314January 17 – Queen Oljath, who had been the Queen consort of the Kingdom of Georgia as wife of King Vakhtang II (d. 1292), and then his cousin, King David VIII (d. 1311), marries a third time, taking as her husband Qara Sonqur, Governor of Maragheh (in the modern-day East Azerbaijan province of Iran), in exchange for a dowry of 30,000 dinars.source

15th century

  • 1403Georgia makes peace with Timur, but has to recognise him as a suzerain and pay him tribute.source
  • 1412December – Battle of Chalagan: The Kara Koyunlu Turkomans defeat the Georgians under Constantine I of Georgia, and their ally Ibrahim I of Shirvan.source

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