1178 as co-regent 1184 as queen-regnant Gelati Monastery
Predecessor
George III
Successor
George IV
Born
c. 1160
Died
18 January 1213 (aged 52–53) Agarani Castle
Spouse
Yuri Bogolyubsky (1185–1187) David Soslan (1191–1207)
Issue
George IV of Georgia Rusudan of Georgia
Dynasty
Bagrationi dynasty
Father
George III of Georgia
Mother
Burdukhan of Alania
Religion
Georgian Orthodox Church Royal monograms
Khelrtva
Tamar the Great (Georgian: თამარ მეფე, romanized:tamar mepe, lit. 'King Tamar') (c. 1160 – 18 January 1213) reigned as the Queen of Georgia from 1184 to 1213, presiding over the apex of the Georgian Golden Age.[2] A member of the Bagrationi dynasty, her position as the first woman to rule Georgia in her own right was emphasized by the title mepe ("king"), afforded to Tamar in the medieval Georgian sources.[3]
Tamar was proclaimed heir and co-ruler by her reigning father George III in 1178, but she faced significant opposition from the aristocracy upon her ascension to full ruling powers after George's death. Tamar was successful in neutralizing this opposition and embarked on an energetic foreign policy aided by the decline of the hostile Seljuk Turks. Relying on a powerful military elite, Tamar was able to build on the successes of her predecessors to consolidate an empire which dominated the Caucasus until its collapse under the Mongol attacks within two decades after Tamar's death.[4]
Tamar was married twice, her first union being, from 1185 to 1187, to the Rus' prince Yuri, whom she divorced and expelled from the country, defeating his subsequent coup attempts. For her second husband Tamar chose, in 1191, the Alan prince David Soslan, by whom she had two children, George and Rusudan, the two successive monarchs on the throne of Georgia.[5][6]
Tamar's reign is associated with a period of marked political and military successes and cultural achievements. This, combined with her role as a female ruler, has contributed to her status as an idealized and romanticized figure in Georgian arts and historical memory. She remains an important symbol in Georgian popular culture.
^Pennington, Reina; Higham, Robin D.S. (2003). Amazons to Fighter Pilots: A Biographical Dictionary of Military Women. Vol. 2. Greenwood Press. p. 428. ISBN 0-313-32708-4. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
^Rapp 2003, p. 338.
^Cite error: The named reference Eastmond-109 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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