George III of Georgia
King of Georgia
d. 1184
- Died
- 1184
- House
- Bagrationi
Biography
King of Georgia from 1156 to 1184, having succeeded his elder brother David V. Lacking a male heir, he crowned his daughter Tamar as co-ruler in 1178, an unprecedented act that secured the dynasty's continuation. He suppressed his nephew Demna's rebellion and continued Georgian expansion.
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