Demetrius I by Michael Maglakeli, from Matskhvarishi, 1140. He is wearing front-opening qaba with Arabic tiraz bands inscribed in Kufic script.[1]
King of Georgia
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1st Reign
1125–1154
Predecessor
David IV
Successor
David V
2nd Reign
1155-1156
Predecessor
David V
Successor
George III
Born
c. 1093
Died
1156 (aged 62–63) Mtskheta
Burial
Gelati Monastery
Issue Among others
David V of Georgia George III of Georgia
Dynasty
Bagrationi
Father
David IV of Georgia
Mother
Rusudan of Armenia
Religion
Georgian Orthodox Church
Demetrius I (Georgian: დემეტრე I, romanized:demet're I) (c. 1093 – 1156), from the Bagrationi dynasty, was King (mepe) of Georgia from 1125 to 1156. He is also known as a poet. He was King of Georgian kingdom two times, first in 1125 to 1154 and second in 1155 before his death in 1156.
Demetrius I struggled tirelessly to protect the inheritance he had received from his father he guarded Georgia’s borders and fought to enlarge its frontiers. Many regions, including Hereti, Somkhiti, Tashiri, Javakheti, Artaani and Tao were repopulated during King Demetrius' reign.
He is regarded as a saint in the Orthodox Church and his feast day is celebrated on May 23 on the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar.[2]
^Flood, Finbarr Barry (2017). A Turk in the Dukhang? Comparative Perspectives on Elite Dress in Medieval Ladakh and the Caucasus. Austrian Academy of Science. p. 252, Fig. 18.
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