David I of Iberia

David I of Iberia
David I of Iberia
Presiding prince of Iberia & Curopalates
Reign	876–881
Predecessor	Bagrat I of Iberia
Successor	Gurgen I of Tao
Died	881
Issue	Adarnase IV of Iberia
Dynasty	Bagrationi dynasty
Father	Bagrat I of Iberia
Religion	Georgian Orthodox Church

David I (Georgian: დავით I) (died 881) was a Georgian Bagratid Prince and curopalates of Iberia/Kartli from 876 to 881.

The eldest son and successor of Bagrat I, he was baptised by the influential Georgian monk Grigol Khandzteli. David shared the Bagratid hereditary lands in Tao-Klarjeti with his uncles and cousins, his fiefdom being Lower Tao. In 881, David I was murdered by his cousin Nasra, the eldest son of Guaram Mampali. The medieval sources do not specify the reason behind this crime, but modern historians have followed Professor Ivane Javakhishvili in his observation that Nasra resented his father's decision to allot Guaram's holdings to their Bagratid relatives, and more specifically the establishment of the Liparitids in Trialeti under David's suzerainty. David's death led to an inter-dynastic feud under David's only son Adarnase, who eventually, in 888, avenged the killing of his father.[1]

Family

David married the eldest daughter of King Constantine III of Abkhazia with whom he had two children:

a daughter, married to Adarnase III of Tao
Adarnases IV of Iberia, prince of Iberia.

Genealogy

gollark: Which silver egg do you speak of?

gollark: For if you do leave, you shall come back to enter the raffle or something.

gollark: *you cannot escape*

gollark: You can never stop checking the cave. It will remain with you always.

gollark: They are treated with care, lots of incubates, names, and getting shipped off to the trade hub if I don't want them.

References

Rapp, Stephen H. (2003), Studies in Medieval Georgian Historiography: Early Texts And Eurasian Contexts, pp. 388, 404. Peeters Publishers, ISBN 90-429-1318-5

Preceded by Bagrat I	Prince of Iberia & Curopalates 876–881	Succeeded by Gurgen I

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[Rapp-1] Rapp, Stephen H. (2003), Studies in Medieval Georgian Historiography: Early Texts And Eurasian Contexts, pp. 388, 404. Peeters Publishers, ISBN 90-429-1318-5