Rusudan, daughter of Demetre I of Georgia
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Rusudan was a 12th-13th-century Georgian
princess of the Bagrationi royal family. She was a daughter of King Demetrius I of Georgia, sister of the kings David V
and George III
, and a paternal aunt of the famous Queen Tamar of Georgia
.
Before 1152 she married with sultan Masud Temirek, but the marriage only lasted a few year before his death 2 October 1152. Secondly she was married to Hiyas ad-Din Sanjar Shah, a Seljuq
sultan. When her second husband died, she returned to Georgia and ruled over it as a regent in the first years of Queen Tamar’s reign. She was also a tutor and patron of the Alan
prince Soslan-David
whom Tamar married as her second husband in 1189. In her eighties, Rusudan withdrew to a monastery c. 1210.
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
princess of the Bagrationi royal family. She was a daughter of King Demetrius I of Georgia, sister of the kings David V
David V of Georgia
David V , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Georgia c. 1154/5.He was an elder son of King Demetre I. Fearing that Demetre would make his younger son Giorgi an heir to the throne, David attempted a revolt in 1130...
and George III
George III of Georgia
Giorgi III , of the Bagrationi dynasty, was king of Georgia from 1156 to 1184. His reign, and that of Tamar, are seen as the 'golden age' of Georgian history, the era of empire, diplomatic success, military triumphs, great learning, cultural, spiritual, and artistic flowering.-Life:He succeeded on...
, and a paternal aunt of the famous Queen Tamar of Georgia
Tamar of Georgia
Tamar , of the Bagrationi dynasty, was Queen Regnant of Georgia from 1184 to 1213. Tamar presided over the "Golden age" of the medieval Georgian monarchy...
.
Before 1152 she married with sultan Masud Temirek, but the marriage only lasted a few year before his death 2 October 1152. Secondly she was married to Hiyas ad-Din Sanjar Shah, a Seljuq
Seljuq dynasty
The Seljuq ; were a Turco-Persian Sunni Muslim dynasty that ruled parts of Central Asia and the Middle East from the 11th to 14th centuries...
sultan. When her second husband died, she returned to Georgia and ruled over it as a regent in the first years of Queen Tamar’s reign. She was also a tutor and patron of the Alan
Alania
Alania may refer to:*Alania, the medieval state of the Alans or Alani people in the North Caucasus*The short name of the modern North Ossetia-Alania, one of the Caucasian republics in the Russian Federation...
prince Soslan-David
David Soslan
David Soslan was an Alan prince and a King Consort of Georgia as the second husband of Queen Regnant Tamar who married him c. 1189. He is chiefly known for his military exploits during Georgia’s wars against its Muslim neighbors.- Origins :...
whom Tamar married as her second husband in 1189. In her eighties, Rusudan withdrew to a monastery c. 1210.