Bagrat as depicted on a bas-relief from the Oshki cathedral
Prince of Tao
Reign
961 – 966
Predecessor
Adarnase V
Successor
David III
Died
966
Dynasty
Bagrationi
Father
Adarnase V of Tao
Mother
David I of Klarjeti's daughter
Religion
Georgian Orthodox Church
Bagrat II (Georgian: ბაგრატ II) (died 966) was a Georgian prince of the Bagratid dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti and hereditary ruler of Upper Tao, with the title of eristavt-eristavi, "duke of dukes", from 961 until his death in 966. A personality whose position within the Bagrations dynasty remains murky, he came to the throne after a coup d'état against his father but was unable to remain as ruler for long.
BagratII (Georgian: ბაგრატ II) (died 966) was a Georgian prince of the Bagratid dynasty ofTao-Klarjeti and hereditary ruler of Upper Tao, with the title...
line in the 940s.[citation needed] He succeeded his brother, BagratII, as a duke ofTao in 966, and through his expansionist policy and flexible diplomacy...
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Bagrat III (Georgian: ბაგრატ III) (c. 960 – 7 May 1014), of the Georgian Bagrationi dynasty, was a king (mepe) of Abkhazia from 978 on (as BagratII) and...
Bagrat I (826–876) ruled the district of Kola and most ofTao, which reached deep into Anatolia and, eventually, proved to be the strategic core of Ashot's...
BagratII (Georgian: ბაგრატ II) (937–994) was a Georgian prince of the Bagratid dynasty ofTao-Klarjeti and the titular king (mepe) of Iberia-Kartli from...
Bagrat I (Georgian: ბაგრატ I) (died March 945) was a Georgian prince of the Bagratid dynasty ofTao-Klarjeti and hereditary ruler of Upper Tao with the...
Gurgen II "the Great" (Georgian: გურგენ II დიდი, Gurgen Didi) (died February 14, 941) was a Georgian prince of the Bagratid dynasty ofTao-Klarjeti and...
Representative of the Kartli line of the Georgian Bagratids (Bagrationi) ofTao-Klarjeti, Gurgen was the son ofBagratII, who reigned as King of the Georgians...
Bagrationi dynasty, was a king (mepe) of Georgia from 1072 to 1089. He was a son and successor ofBagrat IV and his wife Borena of Alania. Unable to deal effectively...
Prince Bagrat (Georgian: ბაგრატი) (died in 988) was a Georgian prince of the Bagrationi dynasty ofTao-Klarjeti. Prince Bagrat was son of Sumbat IIof Klarjeti...
son ofBagrat Magistros and succeeded him as duke ofTao in 945. Adarnase and, more prominently, his son David III benefited from the weakness of their...
Javakheti, and left his infant son Bagrat as Basil's hostage. In 992, Basil concluded a treaty with the Doge of Venice Pietro II Orseolo under terms reducing...
ofTao-Klarjeti. In 978, the Bagratid prince Bagrat, nephew (sister's son) of the heirless Theodosius, occupied the Abkhazian throne with the help of...
Bagrat IV (Georgian: ბაგრატ IV; 1018 – 24 November 1072), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was the King (mepe) of Georgia from 1027 to 1072. During his long...
often includes David III ofTao, which makes the Builder the fourth king David. Styled II after Vakhtang I of Iberia. Son ofBagrat III. Professor Cyril Toumanoff...
couple of days, and left for Tao. David acted decisively to ensure Bagrat also inherited the Abkhazian throne. By his mother Gurandukht, young Bagrat was...
Bagrat. By the time Bagrat ascended to the throne, the Bagratids' unification drive had gained much momentum. Many of the Georgian lands, such as Tao...
Gurgen IIofTao (r. 918–941). The conflict lasted for nearly seven years and ended with the sudden death ofBagrat in 930. To secure the allegiance of the...
throne Gurgen I ofTao. After the murder, Nasra was forced to flee to the Byzantine Empire, where he was retrieved by Bagrat I. Bagrat managed to secure...
the reign of Basil II, a conflict which devastated the entire south of the country to annex the former “Kingdom of the Iberians”, the Tao. Fortunately...
descendant Bagrat III was able to consolidate his inheritance in Tao-Klarjeti and the Abkhazian Kingdom, due largely to the diplomacy and conquests of his energetic...