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George IX of Kartli

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Name
  
George of

Royal line
  

Died
  
1534

Role
  
King

Grandparents
  
Demetrius, son of Alexander I of Georgia

People also search for
  
David X of Kartli, Constantine II of Georgia

Parents
  
Constantine II of Georgia

George IX (Georgian: გიორგი IX, Giorgi IX) (died 1539) was a king of the Georgian kingdom of Kartli from 1525 to 1527 (or 1534).

The second son of the Georgian king Constantine II, he succeeded on the abdication of his elder brother, David X, in 1525. The relations of the king with other members of the royal family were strained. That may have forced George to withdraw to a monastery under the name of Gerasime, leaving the throne to his energetic nephew, Luarsab I. The sources are confused about when exactly George IX abdicated, some claiming it occurred in 1527 (more accepted date) while others placing the event around 1534.

References

George IX of Kartli Wikipedia


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