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Queen Tamar of Georgia

Type Figure Region Georgia Time 1160–1213 Also known as 塔玛、Tamar、თამარ მეფე、Tamari

Queen of Georgia's Bagrationi dynasty (r. 1184–1213), known as 'Tamar the Great'; her reign marked the peak of Georgia's medieval golden age.

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  1. 1184–1201Tbilisi · GeorgiaTamar ascended the throne in 1184, undertaking church legal codification and local administrative reforms, bringing noble power into the royal system, and using David Soslan's military talent to expand the realm, laying the national strength foundation for subsequent foreign wars.
  2. 1202–1204Basiani · GeorgiaIn 1202 Georgian forces defeated an invading army of the Sultanate of Rum at Basiani, then continued eastward, forcing Erzurum and other places to acknowledge Georgian suzerainty, consolidating strategic advantage in eastern Anatolia and the southern edge of the Caucasus.
  3. 1204–1213Tbilisi · GeorgiaAfter the Fourth Crusade captured Constantinople, Tamar supported the Komnenos scion Alexios I in founding a state at Trebizond, and married her daughter Rusudan into the Trebizond imperial family. From 1207 she made her son George IV co-king, and in her late years still directed diplomatic and military decisions until her death in 1213.

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