David IV the Builder
King of Georgia · King of Kings · Sword of the Messiah
1073 – 1125
Biography
King of Georgia from 1089 to 1125 and the greatest of medieval Georgian monarchs, he transformed a devastated kingdom into a Caucasian superpower. He defeated the Seljuks at the Battle of Didgori in 1121 and recaptured Tbilisi in 1122. He is canonized as Saint David IV by the Georgian Orthodox Church.
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