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Bagrat III of Georgia

c. 960–1014 · 10th century

Bagrat III of the Bagrationi dynasty was the first king of a united Georgia. Heir through his mother to the Kingdom of Abkhazia and adopted by his kinsman David III of Tao, he became King of Abkhazia in 978 and inherited the lands of the Iberian Bagratids on his father's death in 1008. In 1010 he annexed Kakheti and Hereti, bringing most Georgian lands under one crown. He died in 1014.

Bagrat III of Georgia
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Mentioned in 5 state histories

Kingdom of AbkhaziaKingdom of the IberiansKingdom of GeorgiaKingdom of Kakheti-HeretiDuchy of Racha

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