Bagrat I ( ka, ბაგრატ I) was the

King of Abkhazia The Kingdom of Abkhazia ( ka, აფხაზთა სამეფო, tr; ) was a medieval feudal state in the Caucasus which was established in the 780s. Through dynastic succession, it was united in 1008 with the Kingdom of the Iberians, f ...

between 882 and 894. He was the second son of Demetrius II of the Anchabadze dynasty.

Life

After the usurper John Shavliani seized the throne Bagrat fled to Constantinople and lived there for some time until he returned to Abkhazia in 887. He deposed and put to death Adarnase Shavliani (the son of John Shavliani), reclaimed the throne and married the latter's widow (daughter of Guaram of Samtskhe), with whom he had a son

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who succeeded him to the throne of Abkhazia.

Intervention in Tao-Klarjeti

Bagrat supported his brother-in-law,

Nasra Nasra or Nasri ( ka, ნასრა, tr) (died 888) was a Georgian prince of the Bagratid dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti involved and eventually killed in a dynastic war with his relatives. The oldest and only surviving son of Guaram Mampali, Nasra ...

who tried to take power in Tao-Klarjeti, the latter killed

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curopalates ''Kouropalatēs'', Latinized as ''curopalates'' or ''curopalata'' (, from " he one incharge of the palace"). and anglicized as curopalate, was a Byzantine court title, one of the highest from the time of Emperor Justinian I to the Komnenian peri ...

in 881 and placed on the throne

Gurgen I of Tao Gurgen I ( ka, გურგენ I) (died 891) was a Georgia (country), Georgian prince of the Bagrationi dynasty, he ascended to the throne of Principality of Iberia, Iberia during a dynastic crisis and assumed the title of ''Kouropalates''. Than ...

. After the murder, Nasra was forced to flee to the

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, where he was retrieved by Bagrat I. Bagrat managed to secure the Byzantine military aid for him and invaded the Bagratid possessions on Nasra's behalf in 887. The only son of David I, Adarnase then allied to

Ashot I of Armenia Ashot I (; c. 820 – 890) was a king of Armenia who oversaw the beginning of Armenia's second golden age (862 – 977). He was the son of Smbat VIII the Confessor and was a member of the Bagratuni dynasty. Life Early life Ashot was born aroun ...

and resisted invaders. Thus, a Bagratid dynastic feud evolved into a regional conflict. Eventually, Gurgen I of Tao switched his side and joined Adarnase against Nasra who was defeated and put to death in 888.

Family

Bagrat I married a daughter of Guaram of Samtskhe:

Issue

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, King of the Abkhazia from 893 until 922 AD.

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, ''Histoire de la Géorgie''..
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