06 Works, Today, May 8th is Tamar the Great’s day, With Footnotes – #129

Tamar the Great of Georgia. (1160-1213). (1)
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Tamar the Great of Georgia. (1160-1213)

Tamar the Great (c. 1160–18 January 1213) reigned as the King of Georgia from 1184 to 1213, presiding over the apex of the Georgian Golden Age. A member of the Bagrationi dynasty, her position as the first woman to rule Georgia in her own right was emphasized by the title King, afforded to Tamar in the medieval Georgian sources…

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