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Sumbat II
სუმბატ II
Prince of Klarjeti
Reign943 – 988
PredecessorDavid I
SuccessorDavid II
DynastyBagrationi
ReligionEastern Orthodox Church

Sumbat II (Georgian: სუმბატ II) (died 988) was a Georgian prince of the Bagratid dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti and ruler of Klarjeti from 943 until his death.

Sumbat was the only son of David I, whom he succeeded as prince of Klarjeti. Little is known of his life. The 10th-century Georgian hagiographer Giorgi Merchule and an insertion in the Gospels manuscript from the Parkhali monastery refer to him as eristavt-eristavi ("the duke of dukes") and eristavi ("the duke"), respectively. According to Constantine Porphyrogenitus's De Administrando Imperio Sumbat was married to his cousin, daughter of Bagrat I of Klarjeti.

He had two sons:[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Cyrille Toumanoff, Manuel de Généalogie et de Chronologie pour le Caucase chrétien (Arménie, Géorgie, Albanie), p. 119. Édition Aquila, Rome, 1976
  2. ^ Toumanoff, Cyril (1961), "The Bagaratides of Iberia from the Eighth to the Eleventh Century". Le Muséon 74: 31

Genealogy

Georgian monarchs family tree of Bagrationi dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti[1][2]
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[3] as the Kingdom of the Iberians and this would go on to dominate the political life of Georgia for a thousand years.[4]
  2. ^
    David III, being childless, took advice from the Georgian aristocracy and adopted his kin, prince Bagrat in 975.[5] This will lead and pave the way for the unification of Georgia.[6]
  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;[7] now with purging his own cousins the line of Klarjeti was also gone and no rival could ever claim the Georgian throne.[8]

References

  1. ^ Settipani, p. 540
  2. ^ Rayfield (2013) location: 9218
  3. ^ Rayfield (2013) location: 1337
  4. ^ Rapp (2016) location: 5454
  5. ^ Rayfield (2013) location: 1379
  6. ^ Rayfield (2013) location: 1338-1384
  7. ^ Rayfield (2013) location: 1323
  8. ^ 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


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