Bagrat I was the King of Abkhazia

Abkhazian Kingdom

The Kingdom of Abkhazia, also known as the Kingdom of the Abkhazes refers to an early medieval feudal state in the Caucasus which lasted from the 780s until being united, through dynastic succession, with the Kingdom of the Georgians in 1008.- Historiographical conundrum :Writing the kingdom’s...

 between 887/88 and 898/99. He was the son of Demetrius II of the Anosids dynasty. After the usurper John Shavliani seized the throne Bagrat fled to Constantinople and lived there for some time until he returned to Abkhazia in 887/888, deposed and put to death Adarnase Shavliani

Adarnase of Abkhazia

Adarnase Shavliani was the King of Abkhazia between 880 and 887/888. He succeeded his father, the usurper John Shavliani, to the throne but was deposed and put to death by Bagrat I, the son of Demetrius II.- See also :*Abkhazian Kingdom...

 (the son of John Shavliani) and reclaimed the throne. He was married to the daughter of Guaram Bagrationi, the ruler of Tao-Klardjeti and had a son Constantine who succeeded him to the throne of Abkhazia.

See also

• Abkhazian Kingdom
  Abkhazian Kingdom
  The Kingdom of Abkhazia, also known as the Kingdom of the Abkhazes refers to an early medieval feudal state in the Caucasus which lasted from the 780s until being united, through dynastic succession, with the Kingdom of the Georgians in 1008.- Historiographical conundrum :Writing the kingdom’s...
  
  
• Divan of the Abkhazian Kings
  Divan of the Abkhazian Kings
  The Divan of the Abkhazian Kings is a short medieval document composed in Georgian in the late 10th or early 11th century. It has come down to us in a 15th-century version. The text was first studied and published by the Georgian scholar Ekvtime Takaishvili...