Ruler · 1093 – 1156

Demetrius I of Georgia

Lived 1093 – 1156; poet. King of Georgia of Kingdom of Georgia, 1125 – 1154.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1093 – 1156; 63 years
In office: 29 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Kingdom of Georgia
Left it: exiled; the ruler's own article

King of Georgia

Kingdom of Georgia · the 4th of 23 dated reigns · 1008 – 1478

Bagrat III of Georgia1008 – 1014

George II of Georgia1072 – 1089

David IV1089 – 1125

Demetrius I of Georgia1125 – 1154

David V of Georgia1154 – 1155

George III of Georgia1156 – 1184

Tamar of Georgia1178 – 1213

16 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1125 – 1154 · 29 years

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: exiledread from the ruler's own article

A first coup attempt failed in 1150, but in 1154 David's coup against his father succeeded, Demetrius was banished to a monastery and became a monk, receiving the monastic name Damian (Damianus), while his rebellious son ascended the throne as David V.

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