Sumbat I, King of Iberia-Kartli

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Sumbat

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Georgia
Death: circa 958
Georgia
Immediate Family:

Son of King Adarnase I (IV) of Iberia
Father of Bagrat II, King of Iberia-Kartli and Adarnase V of Iberia-Kartli
Brother of Daughter of King Adarnase; David II of Iberia-Kartli; Ashot II of Tao; Bagrat I Bagrationi of Tao, Ruler of Uper Tao and ? of Iberia-Kartli

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About Sumbat I, King of Iberia-Kartli

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumbat_I_of_Iberia

Sumbat I (died 958) was a Georgian prince of the Bagratid dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti and the titular king of Iberia-Kartli from 937 until his death.

Sumbat was the youngest son of Adarnase IV. He was a younger brother of David II upon whose death he succeeded as “king of the Iberians” in 937, and of Ashot II upon whose death he succeeded as the Byzantine dignitary curopalates in 954.[1] Sumbat is commemorated in the church inscriptions from Ishkhani (Işhan) and Dolisqana (Dolişhane/Hamamlıköy) in what is now Artvin Province, Turkey.[2]

Sumbat had two sons:

Bagrat II

Adarnase V

References

^ Toumanoff, Cyril (1967). Studies in Christian Caucasian History, pp. 490-3. Georgetown University Press.

^ Antony Eastmond (1998), Royal Imagery in Medieval Georgia, pp. 224-226. Penn State Press, ISBN 0271016280.