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Adarnase III
ადარნასე III
Prince of Tao
Reign891 – 896
PredecessorGurgen I
SuccessorAshot
DynastyBagrationi
ReligionEastern Orthodox Church

Adarnase III (Georgian: ადარნასე III) (died 896) was a Georgian prince of the Bagratid dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti and hereditary ruler of Tao with the title of eristavt-eristavi, "duke of dukes".

Adarnase was the oldest son of Gurgen I of Tao upon whose death in a dynastic strife he succeeded in 891. Adarnase's tenure was short-lived. He died six years after his accession, leaving two sons and a daughter behind:

  • David, the oldest son of Adarnase, also had the title of eristavt-eristavi. He must have been very young when his father died, and it is doubtful, if he ever ruled himself. He died in 908 and did not leave any son behind.[1]
  • Gurgen II, "the Great", duke of Tao
  • Dinar, proselytizing queen of Hereti

Genealogy

Georgian monarchs family tree of Bagrationi dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti[2][3]
Ancient
MONARCHS
of Iberia
Adarnase I
founder of the dynasty;
Prince of Tao
r. ~780 (775/786)
d. 807		daughter of
Nerse
Ashot I
Prince of Iberia
r.813–826		Latavri
Princess of Iberia
Adarnase II
co-ruler
r.830–867		Bagrat I
Prince of Iberia
r.826–876		Guaram Mampali
co-ruler
r.830–881
Gurgen I
Grand Duke of Tao
r.881–891		Ashot the Beautiful
d. 867		Sumbat I
Grand Duke of Klarjeti
r.870–889		AdarnaseDavid I
Prince of Iberia
r.876–881		AshotNasra
Grand Duke of Samtskhe,
Shavsheti and Artaani
r.881–888
Ashot the Immature
Grand Duke of Tao
r.908–918		Adarnase III
Grand Duke of Tao
r.891–896		Bagrat I
Grand Duke of Klarjeti
r.889–900		David I
Grand Duke of Klarjeti
r.889–943		Adarnase IV[a]
Prince of Iberia
r.881–888
King of the Iberians
r.888–923
David
Grand Duke of Tao
r.896–908		Gurgen
Grand Duke of Tao
r.918–941		Dinar
Queen of Hereti		Adarnase IIAshot the SwiftDavid
d. 908		Gurgen ISumbat II
Grand Duke of Klarjeti
r.961–966		David II
King of the Iberians
r.923–937		Bagrat I
Grand Duke of Tao
r.941–945		Sumbat I
King of the Iberians
r.954–958		Ashot II
Grand Duke of Tao
r.937–954
Bagrat
d. 922		Gurgen
d. 968		David II
Grand Duke of Klarjeti
r.988–993		Bagrat II
d. 988		Adarnase V
Grand Duke of Tao
r. 945–961		Adarnase IV
d. 983		Bagrat II
King of the Iberians
r.958–994
Gurgen[c]Sumbat III[c]
Grand Duke of Klarjeti
r.993–1011		David III[b]
Grand Duke of Tao
r. 966–1001		Bagrat II
Grand Duke of Tao
r. 961–966		Gurgen
King of the Iberians
r.994–1008
Demetrius
d. 1028		Bagrat III of Klarjeti
King of Klarjeti
r.1027–1028		Bagrat III
King of Georgia
r.1008–1014
BAGRATIONI
of united Georgia

Notes

  1. ^
    Adarnase IV restored Georgian kingship in 888[4] as the Kingdom of the Iberians and this would go on to dominate the political life of Georgia for a thousand years.[5]
  2. ^
    David III, being childless, took advice from the Georgian aristocracy and adopted his kin, prince Bagrat in 975.[6] This will lead and pave the way for the unification of Georgia.[7]
  3. ^
    King Bagrat III, the first monarch of unified Georgia was ruthless in his state administration. While visiting Castle of Panaskerti in Tao, king summoned his two cousins, Sumbat III and Gurgen. They were arrested and executed. Sumbat’s son Bagrat, and Gurgen’s son Demetrius, escaped to the Byzantine Empire. The Bagrationi line of Tao was already extinct since 941;[8] now with purging his own cousins the line of Klarjeti was also gone and no rival could ever claim the Georgian throne.[9]

References

  1. ^ Toumanoff, Cyril (1967). Studies in Christian Caucasian History, pp. 490-5. Georgetown University Press.
  2. ^ Settipani, p. 540
  3. ^ Rayfield (2013) location: 9218
  4. ^ Rayfield (2013) location: 1337
  5. ^ Rapp (2016) location: 5454
  6. ^ Rayfield (2013) location: 1379
  7. ^ Rayfield (2013) location: 1338-1384
  8. ^ Rayfield (2013) location: 1323
  9. ^ Rayfield (2013) location: 1502

Bibliography

  • Rayfield, D. (2013) Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia, Reaktion Books, ISBN 9781780230702
  • Rapp, S. H. Jr. (2016) The Sasanian World Through Georgian Eyes, Caucasia and the Iranian Commonwealth in Late Antique Georgian Literature, Sam Houston State University, USA, Routledge, ISBN 9781472425522
  • Settipani, C. (2006) Continuité des élites à Byzance durant les siècles obscurs. Les princes caucasiens et l'Empire du VIe au IXe siècle, Paris, ISBN 9782701802268

References

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