David VIII (დავით VIII in Georgian) (1273-1311), from the Bagrationi dynasty, was king of Georgia in 1293-1311. Events St. ... Events Bolingbroke Castle passes to the House of Lancaster. ... The Bagrationi royal dynasty of Georgia (ბაგრატიონთა სამეფო დინასტია (Bagrationta Samepo Dinastia) in Georgian language) provided many of the countrys rulers between 809-1810. ... Events May 20 - King Sancho IV of Castile creates the Study of General Schools of Alcala The Minoresses (Franciscan nuns) are first introduced into England Births Deaths Categories: 1293 ... Events Bolingbroke Castle passes to the House of Lancaster. ...

Eldest son of Demetre II the Self-sacrificing, he was appointed by the Ilkhan ruler Gaikhatu as king of Georgia in award for his military service during the Rümelian uprising in 1293. Succeeding his cousin Vakhtang II, David’s rule actually extended only over the eastern part of the kingdom, whereas western Georgia had been under the Imeretian branch of the House of Bagrationi since 1259. In 1295, he supported Baidu Khan in an internal conflict in the Ilkhanate. However, Baidu was killed and Ghazan became a khan. Ghazan ordered the Georgian king to arrive to his capital Tabriz. Remembering the fate of his father, David refused to comply and began preparations for war. Ghazan Khan responded with a punitive expedition, and ravaged the country. Supported by the Mongols, Ossetes attacked Shida Kartli province and occupied the Liakhvi gorge. David entrenched himself in the Mtiuleti mountains and defeated a large Mongol force in a desperate guerilla fighting at Tsikare. Then, the Khan declared him deposed and appointed David’s younger brother Giorgi V as king in 1299. Although backed by the Mongol forces, the power of Giorgi did not extended out of the Georgian capital Tbilisi, and the Khan replaced him by his another brother Vakhtang III in 1302. A new king led a Mongol army against David, but could not penetrate deep into the largely mountainous provinces held by the rebels, and ceasefire was negotiated. David was recognized as joint sovereign with his brother and received the princedom of Alastani in the southern province of Javakheti. He developed friendly relations with the Egyptian Mamluks, the traditional rival of the Ilkhanate, and, mediated by Byzantium, achieved the restoration of the Monastery of the Cross in Jerusalem to the Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church in 1305. Saint King Demetre II the Self-sacrificer (დემეტრე II თავდადებული) (1259-12 March 1289), from the Bagrationi dynasty, was king of Georgia in 1270-1289. ... Khanates of Mongolian Empire: Il-Khanate, Chagatai Khanate, Empire of the Great Khan (Yuan Dynasty), Golden Horde The Ilkhanate (also spelled Il-khanate or Il Khanate) was one of the four divisions within the Mongol Empire. ... Rüm, also Roum or Rhum (in Arabic ar-Rum), is a very indefinite term used at different times in the Islamic world for Europeans generally and for the Byzantine Empire in particular, for the Seljuk Sultanate of Rüm in Asia Minor, and for Greeks inhabiting Ottoman territory. ... Events May 20 - King Sancho IV of Castile creates the Study of General Schools of Alcala The Minoresses (Franciscan nuns) are first introduced into England Births Deaths Categories: 1293 ... Vakhtang II (d. ... Imereti is a historic province in Western Georgia, situated along the middle and upper reaches of the Rioni river. ... The Bagrationi royal dynasty of Georgia (ბაგრატიონთა სამეფო დინასტია (Bagrationta Samepo Dinastia) in Georgian language) provided many of the countrys rulers between 809-1810. ... For broader historical context, see 1250s and 13th century. ... Events Mongol leader Ghazan Khan is converted to Islam, ending a line of Tantric Buddhist leaders. ... Khanates of Mongolian Empire: Il-Khanate, Chagatai Khanate, Empire of the Great Khan (Yuan Dynasty), Golden Horde The Ilkhanate (also spelled Il-khanate or Il Khanate) was one of the four divisions within the Mongol Empire. ... Ghazan Khan was ruler of the Ilkhanate from 1295 to 1305. ... Khan (sometimes spelled as xan, han) is a title meaning ruler in Mongolian and Turkish. ... Tabriz City Hall, built in 1895, by Arfaol molk, with the aid of German engineers. ... Ghazan Khan was ruler of the Ilkhanate from 1295 to 1305. ... ... Shida Kartli is a region of Eastern Georgia. ... 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He was succeeded by his son Giorgi VI the Little in 1311. Giorgi VI the Minor (Giorgi VI Mtsire, გიორგი VI მცირე, in Georgian) (d. ... Events Bolingbroke Castle passes to the House of Lancaster. ...

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• Kings of Georgia