David IX of Georgia

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David IX of Georgia (died 1360), from the Bagrationi dynasty, was king of Georgia from 1346 until his death.

Family

David was the only known son of George V of Georgia. The identity of his mother is not known. The "Georgian Chronicle" of the 18th century reports George V marrying a daughter of "the Greek Emperor, Lord Michael Komnenos". However the reigning dynasty of the Byzantine Empire in the 14th century were the Palaiologoi, not the Komnenoi. The marriage of a daughter of Michael IX Palaiologos and his wife Rita of Armenia to a Georgian ruler is not recorded in Byzantine sources. Neither is the existence of any illegitimate daughters of Michael IX. [1] The Komnenoi did rule however in the Empire of Trebizond. A Michael Komnenos was Emperor from 1344 to 1349. His wife was Acropolitissa. Their only child recorded in primary sources was John III of Trebizond. Whether John III had siblings is unknown. [2]

Reign

He ascended the throne succeeding on the death of his father George V the Brilliant in 1346. However, the kingdom’s stability and prosperity left by his father was not to last though, as the Black Death swept through the area in 1348, decimating the population and producing severe economic crisis.

He died, to be succeeded by his son, Bagrat V the Great in 1360.

He was married to Sindukhtar, daughter of Q’varq’vare II Jaq’eli, Prince of Samtskhe-Saatabago. They had two children:

• Bagrat V of Georgia
• Gulkhan-Eudokia of Georgia (d. 1395), who married first Andronicus Comnenus and after he died his paternal half-brother, Emperor Manuel III of Trebizond in 1379. Both were children of Alexios III of Trebizond, the first was an illegitimate and the second a legitimate son by Empress Theodora Kantakouzene.

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1. DAVIT (-1360, bur Gelati). The Georgian Chronicle (18th century) records that "son fils David" succeeded after the death of King Giorgi in 1346[533]. He succeeded his father in 1346 as DAVIT IX King of Georgia. The Georgian Chronicle (18th century) records the death in 1360 of King Davit and his burial "à Gelath"[534].

m SINDUKHTAR, daughter of ---. The Georgian Chronicle (18th century) records that King Davit married "la reine Sindoukhtar"[535]. Her family origin is indicated by the Chronicle of Michael Panaretos which records that "the son of the emperor, the despot Lord Andronikos the Grand Komnenos" had been betrothed to [her daughter] "the king of Tbilisi´s daughter, the niece on the sister´s side of Achpougas"[536]. “Achpougas” has not been identified.

Davit IX & his wife had two children: 

Давид IX, царь Грузии

1346 году царем стал Давид IX, единственный сын Георгия Блистательного.

В Грузии вроде бы всё шло хорошо, но XIV-й век был страшен для всех. В Европе начинался Малый Ледниковый Период, стремительно портился климат. Началась Столетняя Война и как раз в 1346 произошла знаменитая битва при Креси. В 1347 в Крыму началась Великая Чума, которая стремительно перекинулась на Италию, появилась в Константинополе и Трапезунде, а затем прошлась по всей Европе. В 1348 она пришла в Грузию. Погибло много людей и экономика существено пострадала.

В это же время Грузия пережила несколько набегов азербайджанских монголов (Чобаниды). В стране настал экономический кризис.

Давид IX не смог совершить ничего великого. Он женился на Синдухтан Джакели и у него родились сын Баграт и 2 дочери: Гульхан-Евдокия, которую выдали замуж за императора Трапезунда Мануила III Комнена (1390—1412) и Гулшар, которая была замужем за Иоанном Квенипневели, эриставом Ксанским.

Давид умер в 1360 году в Гегути и был похоронен в Гелати. Царём стал его сын Баграт V.