Bagrat III, of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Imereti from April 1, 1510, to 1565. He succeeded upon the death of his father, Alexander II, and faced repeated assaults from the Ottoman Turks as well as the conflicts with his ostensible vassal princes of Mingrelia, Guria, and Abkhazia who were frequently joining the enemy. In 1512, the Ottomans invaded Imereti through its southern neighbor Samtskhe and unexpectedly struck Bagrat’s capital Kutaisi.

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  • Bagrat III, of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Imereti from April 1, 1510, to 1565. He succeeded upon the death of his father, Alexander II, and faced repeated assaults from the Ottoman Turks as well as the conflicts with his ostensible vassal princes of Mingrelia, Guria, and Abkhazia who were frequently joining the enemy. In 1512, the Ottomans invaded Imereti through its southern neighbor Samtskhe and unexpectedly struck Bagrat’s capital Kutaisi. After the Ottoman army left Imereti, Bagrat launched a program of restoration, reorganized the church, and enforced a law condemning to death all who engaged in slave trading practiced by the Turks in conjunction with some Georgian nobles. In 1533, he persuaded Mamia I Gurieli of Guria and Mamia III Dadiani of Mingrelia to organize a combined and eventually disastrous expedition against the piratical North Caucasian tribe of Zichi which had come under the Turkish influence. Despite this setback, Bagrat now decided to deliver a blow to the Ottoman positions in southern Georgia. In 1535, he invaded the principality of Samtskhe, which was exploited by the Turks as a portal for their incursions into inner Georgian lands. At the Battle of Murjakheti near Akhalkalaki, Bagrat defeated and captured Qvarqvare V Jaqeli, prince-atabeg of Samtskhe, and annexed a bulk of his possessions to Imereti. At the request of Qvarqvare’s son Kaikhosro, the Ottoman army invaded Imereti, only to put to flight by Bagrat and his ally Rostom, prince of Guria. The prince of Mingrelia, Levan I Dadiani, however, defied Bagrat’s call to arms, and later sided with the Ottomans, even traveling to Istanbul, where he received gifts and assurances of protection. In 1545, Bagrat and his ally Luarsab I of Kartli suffered a bitter defeat at the Battle of Sokhoista in 1545. As a result, Samtskhe wrested of Bagrat’s control, and came under the Ottoman hegemony. In the following years, the principalities of Mingrelia and Guria also asserted their de facto independence from the crown of Imereti, further reducing the royal power. In 1555, in the Treaty of Amasya, the Ottoman and Persian empires divided Georgia, with Imereti falling into the Ottoman sphere of influence. Bagrat attempted to disrupt the Turco-Persian deal by pushing claims to the town of Surami which lay in the Persian zone in eastern Georgia. The move brought to nothing, however, and Bagrat was forced to pay tribute to the Ottomans. He died in 1565 and was succeeded by his son, George II.
  • Bagrat III va néixer el 23 de setembre de 1495 i era el fill gran i fou el successor d' Alexandre II d'Imerètia el 1510. En el seu temps arribaren els otomans. El 1533 els mthavaris (grans senyors) de Mingrèlia i Gúria van atacar sense èxit la Djikéthia, que s'havia sotmès als otomans. El 1535 el rei va conquerir el Samtskhé, i els senyors del país (thavadis) demanaren ajuda al Imperi Otomà, però l'exèrcit enviat algun temps després va ser derrotat i rebutjat per Bagrat. El soldà va enviar llavors als governadors de Erzerum y Diyarbekir amb un fort exercit . El mthavari de Mingrèlia i Abkhàzia, Levan I Dadiani va abandonar al rei, així com els aznauris de Meskhètia, i així els turcs van triomfar a la batalla de Sokhoista, a la província de Bassiani al extrem sud-oest de Geòrgia. Casi tot el Samtskhé fou ocupat pels invasors. En represàlia poc temps després el rei va invitar a Levan I a una recepció i el va fer empresonar. Un intent similar amb el mthavari de Guria, no va reeixir. Levan es va poder escapar amb l'ajuda dels senyor locals de Mingrélia i des llavors Mingrélia i Guria no van obeir mes al rei d'Imerètia. Poc temps després els otomans van conquerir la resta del Samtskhé, Adjara i la Tsanétia o Txanétia, i es van avançar pel nord cap a Abkhàzia. Va morir el 1565
  • Bagrat III d'Iméréthie, roi d'Iméréthie de 1510 à 1565.
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  • 1510-1565
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  • Bagrat III, of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Imereti from April 1, 1510, to 1565. He succeeded upon the death of his father, Alexander II, and faced repeated assaults from the Ottoman Turks as well as the conflicts with his ostensible vassal princes of Mingrelia, Guria, and Abkhazia who were frequently joining the enemy. In 1512, the Ottomans invaded Imereti through its southern neighbor Samtskhe and unexpectedly struck Bagrat’s capital Kutaisi.
  • Bagrat III va néixer el 23 de setembre de 1495 i era el fill gran i fou el successor d' Alexandre II d'Imerètia el 1510. En el seu temps arribaren els otomans. El 1533 els mthavaris (grans senyors) de Mingrèlia i Gúria van atacar sense èxit la Djikéthia, que s'havia sotmès als otomans. El 1535 el rei va conquerir el Samtskhé, i els senyors del país (thavadis) demanaren ajuda al Imperi Otomà, però l'exèrcit enviat algun temps després va ser derrotat i rebutjat per Bagrat.
  • Bagrat III d'Iméréthie, roi d'Iméréthie de 1510 à 1565.
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  • Bagrat III of Imereti
  • Bagrat III d'Imerètia
  • Bagrat III d'Iméréthie
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