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Stephen I of Iberia

d. 627 · 7th century

Stephen I of Iberia was presiding prince of Iberia in eastern Georgia from about 590 to 627, of the Guaramid line. He built the Jvari church above Mtskheta, a model for later Georgian architecture. Siding with Persia, he was killed when the Byzantine emperor Heraclius took Tbilisi in 627.

Stephen I of Iberia
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Principality of Iberia

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