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Rusudan of Georgia

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Ghias ad-Din's position at the Georgian court was weak and the spousal relationship was strained due to Rusudan's unfaithfulness. Reporting her scandalous love affairs and adulterous way of life, ibn al-Athir recounts that on one occasion Rusudan was surprised by her husband in bed in the arms of a
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was besieged by the Khwarezmians. A year later Jelal ad-Din took Tbilisi on 9 March 1226. The citizens fought courageously and over 100,000 lost their lives when the city fell to the Khwarezmians. The defeated Georgians were ordered to change religion and become Muslims, but refused and almost the
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The Khwarezmians were superseded by the Mongols. They advanced into Georgia in 1235. Devastated and plundered by Jelal ad-Din's incursions, Georgia surrendered without any serious resistance. By 1239 all the country was under the Mongol yoke, and had to accept the
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The Chronicle of Ibn Al-Athir for the Crusading Period from Al-kamil Fi'l-ta'rikh, Part 3: The Years 589-629/1193-1231: the Ayyubids After Saladin and the Mongol Menace
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to the Mongol court to get his official recognition as heir apparent. She died in 1245, still waiting for her son to return.
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whole population of Tbilisi was massacred. In February 1227, the Georgians took advantage of Jelal ad-Din's failures in
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would aspire to the throne, Rusudan held him prisoner at the court of her son-in-law, the sultan
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on January 18, 1223. George's untimely death marked the beginning of the end of the
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who converted to Christianity on his marriage. They were the parents of
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as one of the preconditions of the peace settlement.
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Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL)
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Rowman & Littlefield. p. 576. 372:She married in 1224 to the Seljuk prince 341:, before the allies could arrive (1228). 1315:Histories and Eulogies of the Sovereigns 507: 418: 392:, and following his death in 1246, the 1252:Eldiguzid campaign of Tamar of Georgia 1324:The Life of Monarch of Monarchs Tamar 578:Richards, Donald Sidney, ed. (2010). 426:Mikaberidze, Alexander (2015-02-06). 388:, who married her cousin, the sultan 7: 573:(in Georgian). Tbilisi: Metsniereba. 242:) (c. 1194–1245), a member of the 16:Not to be confused with her aunt, 14: 347:Georgian–Mongolian treaty of 1239 1278:The Knight in the Panther's Skin 483:Historical dictionary of Georgia 429:Historical Dictionary of Georgia 201: 584:. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing. 480:Mikaberidze, Alexander (2007). 1257:Rebellion in Pkhovi and Didoya 1235:Foundation of Trebizond Empire 809:Kingdom of Georgia (1256-1329) 559:Djaparidze, Gotcha I. 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Rusudan (daughter of George III of Georgia)

Gelati monastery
Queen of Georgia
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George IV
David VII
Tbilisi
Gelati Monastery
Ghias ad-din
Issue
David VI
Gurju Khatun
Dynasty
Bagrationi
David Soslan
Tamar of Georgia
Georgian Orthodox Church
Khelrtva
Rusudan's signature

Georgian
romanized
Bagrationi dynasty
queen regnant
mepe
Tamar of Georgia
David Soslan
George IV
Georgian Golden Age

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