Gurgen II "the Great" (Georgian: გურგენ II დიდი, Gurgen Didi) (died February 14, 941) was a Georgian prince of the Bagratid dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti and...

relative Gurgen II of Tao. As a result, David's influence and prestige were overshadowed by those of his younger brother. Both Gurgen II of Tao and David...

Gurgen II may refer to: Gurgen II of Tao (died in 941) Gurgen of Georgia, also known as Gurgen II Magistros (ruled 994–1008) This disambiguation page...

to: Gurgen of Iberia Gurgen I of Tao Gurgen II of Tao Gurgen Margaryan, Armenian soldier Gurgen Dalibaltayan, Armenian military commander Gurgen Askaryan...

Gurgen (Georgian: გურგენი) also known as Gurgen Magistros, Gurgen II Magistros (also transliterated as Gourgen and in some sources Gurgan) of the Bagrationi...

Gurgen I (Georgian: გურგენ I) (died 891) was a Georgian prince of the Bagratid dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti. He was a presiding prince of Iberia with the Byzantine...

the title of magistros which he shared with his relative Gurgen II of Tao. Both Gurgen and David resolutely opposed the Byzantine takeover of the Bagratid...

the duchy of Lower Tao to which he added Upper Tao obtained following the death of his relative Gurgen II of Tao in 941. Ashot II also received from the...

in 908 and did not leave any son behind. Gurgen II, "the Great", duke of Tao Dinar, proselytizing queen of Hereti Chkeidze, Thea (2001). "GEORGIA v....

in Kartli. He is the only known son of Gurgen, titular king of Iberia, and Gurandukht, daughter of King George II of Abkhazia. Bagrat was thus heir to the...

been a colloquial version of the Old Persian title "Great King" (King of Kings, Shahanshah). It was first used by Cyrus II of Persia. The title was inherited...

latter engineered a coup with the support of a party of nobles, most importantly his father-in-law, Gurgen II of Tao (r. 918–941). The conflict lasted for...

of the Georgian king Adarnase IV and acquired the duchy of Upper Tao after the death, in 941, of his relative Gurgen II with whom the first house of Tao...

Bagrat II (Georgian: ბაგრატ II) (937–994) was a Georgian prince of the Bagratid dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti and the titular king (mepe) of Iberia-Kartli from...

married to the sister of George II of Abkhazia. Together they had a daughter who was married to Gurgen II of Tao. Ashot was in possession of the important fortified...

that his foster-son intended to attack Tao and kill him, David crushed the army led by Bagrat's natural father Gurgen on its march to Kldekari. As a medieval...

control of the stronghold of Tmogvi, he besieged the castle of Q'ueli (Q'uelis-Tsikhe), which was a fief of a prominent Georgian feudal, Gurgen II of Tao. The...

Sovereigns of Klarjeti). Sumbat and Gurgen ruled over a portion of the hereditary Bagratid territory which remained outside the control of their distant...

by its Greek equivalent of Tyrokastron and later appears in possession of David's expansionist cousin, Gurgen II of Tao. Gurgen then gave Q'ueli and Adjara...

defected to the Georgian prince Gurgen II of Tao, prompting King Ashot to put the fortress under siege. As a force sent by Gurgen was entering the citadel,...

Panaskerti in Tao, king summoned his two cousins, Sumbat III and Gurgen. They were arrested and executed. Sumbat’s son Bagrat, and Gurgen’s son Demetrius...

a queen of Kartli by marriage to Gurgen of Kartli, and regent during the minority of her son from 975. She was a daughter of King George II of Abkhazia...

Baqarat, attacked Samtskhe and Tao. Adarnase took the lead in resistance and was joined by Ashot of Armenia, the Gurgen I of Tao, and Liparit Baghuashi but...

principality of Tao, both Senekerim and his brother Gurgen visited him and paid him homage, receiving rich gifts in return. According to Stephen of Taron, Basil...

Tao (Georgian: ტაო) is a historical Georgian district and part of historic Tao-Klarjeti region, today part of the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. Its...

death c. 870, his possessions were equally divided among his sons: Gurgen obtained Tao, while Sumbat received Klarjeti. Adarnase's second son Ashot the...

(Apahunik) with the city of Manzikert – to the theme of Iberia. The following year, the Georgian prince Gurgen, the natural father of Bagrat III, marched to...

and take it; hold it, and give it to Bagrat, son of Gurgen, son of a daughter of George [II], King of the Abkhazians, who should own Abkhazia and Kartli...

who were growing weary of internecine quarrels. In 1008, Bagrat succeeded on the death of his natural father Gurgen as the "King of the Iberians". Thus,...

kukhi, meaning "the Immature". Ashot was the younger son of Gurgen I of Tao. After the death of his elder brother Adarnase in 896, he probably stepped in...