George IX of Kartli
Template:Short description Template:Infobox royalty George IX (Georgian: Script error: No such module "Lang"., romanized: Template:Ka-translit) (died 1539) was a king (mepe) of the Georgian kingdom of Kartli from 1525 to 1527 (or 1534).
Biography
The second son of the Georgian king Constantine II and his wife, Queen Tamar, he succeeded on the abdication of his elder brother, David X, in 1525. The relations of the king with other members of the royal family were strained. That may have forced George to withdraw to a monastery under the name of Gerasime, leaving the throne to his energetic nephew, Luarsab I. The sources are confused about when exactly George IX abdicated, some claiming it occurred in 1527 (more accepted date) while others placing the event around 1534.
Death
Deposed King, George IX of Kartli, died in 1539.[1]
References
- Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, V. 3, p. 161, Tbilisi, 1978
- Marie-Félicité Brosset, Histoire de la Géorgie. Livraison II : Histoire moderne de la Géorgie, réédition Adamant Media Corporation (Template:ISBN), p. 24 à 27.