Bagrat IV of Imereti
| Bagrat IV | |
|---|---|
| King of Imereti | |
| Reign | 1590 |
| Predecessor | Rostom |
| Successor | Rostom |
| Issue | Prince Alexander |
| Dynasty | Bagrationi |
| Father | Prince Teimuraz |
| Religion | Georgian Orthodox Church |
Bagrat IV (Georgian: ბაგრატ IV), also known as Bagrat, son of Teimuraz, of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a king (mepe) of Imereti in 1590.
Biography
According to the mainstream Georgian scholarship, Bagrat was a son of Prince Teimuraz and a grandson of King Bagrat III of Imereti.[1] Professor Cyril Toumanoff considered Bagrat to have been a son of another Teimuraz, son of Prince Vakhtang of Imereti.[2]
Enthroned through the support of George II Gurieli, Prince of Guria, Bagrat briefly ruled during the civil war in Imereti until being deposed by Simon I of Kartli in 1590.[1]
Family
According to the French historian Marie-Félicité Brosset, nothing more is known about Bagrat after he left Imereti, but his family was able to perpetuate itself in Kartli. Bagrat had one son, Alexander,[3] who was living in Kartli. In 1604, a Russian embassy arrived in Georgia after Boris Godunov sought a Georgian groom for his daughter Xenia. When the embassy reached Kartli in 1605, Archbishop Theodosius told the Russian ambassadors that there was a prince from the land of Imereti named Alexander, who was handsome and not small in stature, and that they would see him themselves.[4]
King George X also spoke about Alexander and informed the Russian ambassadors that there was a foreigner living with him from the land of Imereti, Bagrat's son Alexander: "He lives with me as a hostage, as security for the Imeretian King George III. He will not be suitable. I know that a worthy prince is needed for such a great matter." The Russian ambassadors saw Prince Alexander at the court of King George X. They described him as ordinary-looking: his face was pitted with pockmarks, his eyes were small, and, in addition, he was weak.[5]
References
- 1 2 Dumin, S.V., ed. (1996). Дворянские роды Российской империи. Том 3. Князья [Noble families of the Russian Empire. Volume 3: Princes] (in Russian). Moscow: Linkominvest. p. 87.
- ↑ Toumanoff, Cyrille (1990). Les dynasties de la Caucasie Chrétienne: de l'Antiquité jusqu'au XIXe siècle: tables généalogiques et chronologique [Dynasties of Christian Caucasia from Antiquity to the 19th century: genealogical and chronological tables] (in French). Rome. pp. 181–182.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Toumanoff 1976, p. 170.
- ↑ Allen 1970, p. 480.
- ↑ Allen 1970, p. 494.
Bibliography
- Allen, W. E. D. (1970). Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings, 1589–1605: Volumes I and II. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-317-06040-6.
- Toumanoff, Cyril (1976). Manuel de Généalogie et de Chronologie pour l'histoire de la Caucasie chrétienne (Arménie, Géorgie, Albanie) [Manual of Genealogy and Chronology of Christian Caucasian History (Armenia, Georgia, Albania)] (in French). Rome: Edizioni Aquila.