George II, King of Georgia, Bagrationi dynasty, Seljuk invasions, Byzantine Empire, Caucasus region, Georgian history
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George II was king of Georgia from 1072 to 1089. His reign was marked by turmoil, Seljuk invasions, and natural disasters.
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[...] ABDICATION AND DEATH Unlike other sovereigns who, despite the difficult period, would have remained on their throne to try to overcome their state, save appearances and reconstitute troops to go back to battle, even risking dying due to conspiracies or on the battlefield, and well, with George II, it is not the case. His weakness, his impotence in the face of the enemy, and in the face of so many misfortunes, will push him to abdicate and allow his son David, in 1089, to start from a blank page and hope for a future that sings. He will die in 1112, leaving his son, alone, to rebuild the kingdom of Georgia. [...]
[...] George II had no choice but to renounce many lands so that calm could return to the kingdom of Georgia. The Turks also threatened George II, who could count on the submission of the Orbélians. Malik Shah I invaded the Transcaucasus and tried to take many fortresses with his troops. By submitting to the Seljuk sultan, the Orbélians lost the fortress of Samchwildé, which they had difficultly wrested from the Armenian kingdom of Lorri around the year 1064. The sultan left some occupation troops in these places. [...]
[...] The Turks will support where it hurts and will not leave the Georgians, unable to respond to the different attacks, any respite. They will progress until they burn one of the residences of the Georgian king, Kutaisi. It's too much for George II, who has no choice, despite the vain resistance, it's a lost cause, and he must negotiate with the sultan at Ispahan. Malik Shah I reduces him to the rank of a tributary and vassal of the sultanate. [...]
[...] Georges II of Georgia GEORGES II OF GEORGIA I. SHORT PRESENTATION Georges II was a king of Georgia from the Bagrationi dynasty from 1072 to 1089. His father was Bagrat IV and his mother was Borréna of Ossetia. II. HIS YOUTH Son of Bagrat IV, George was named associate by his father under the authority of Liparti IV Orbéliani, a general and member of the Liparides-Orbélian family, from 1054 to 1059, before the latter, who was an ally of Bagrat, became an adversary. [...]
