John Shavliani ( ka, ივანე (იოვანე) შავლიანი), was the noble and founder of
House of Shavliani, presumably of
Svan origin and
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 871 and 873.
Life
King
George I of Abkhazia
George I ( ka, გიორგი I, აღწეფელი) was King of the Abkhazian from circa 864 to 871. He was the third son of Leon II of the Anchabadze dynasty. He succeeded his brother Demetrius II. His nickname "Aghts’epeli" ( k ...
died without a male heir, however there were still other members of the royal family that the two sons of his brother,
Demetrius II: The oldest,
Tinen of Tchikha and the youngest,
Bagrat
Bagrat (, in Western Armenian pronounced as Pakrad, ka, wikt:ბაგრატ, ბაგრატ) is a male name popular in Armenia. It is derived from the Old Persian ''Bagadāta'', "gift of God".
The names of the Armenian Bagratuni dynasty, ...
(then
Bagrat I of Abkhazia) that was exiled to
Constantinople
Constantinople (#Names of Constantinople, see other names) was a historical city located on the Bosporus that served as the capital of the Roman Empire, Roman, Byzantine Empire, Byzantine, Latin Empire, Latin, and Ottoman Empire, Ottoman empire ...
. The representatives of the Shavliani aristocratic family, who had a deal with the Queen, the widow of
George I George I or 1 may refer to:
People
* Patriarch George I of Alexandria (fl. 621–631)
* George I of Constantinople (d. 686)
* George of Beltan (d. 790)
* George I of Abkhazia (ruled 872/3–878/9)
* George I of Georgia (d. 1027)
* Yuri Dolgoruk ...
, put to death Tinen, while Bagrat was "thrown into the sea", the latter was survived and fled to Constantinople. As a result, John usurped the power in the kingdom but died after less than two years of reign and his son
Adarnase succeeded him.
Notes
Bibliography
*
Marie-Félicité Brosset
Marie-Félicité Brosset (24 January 1802 – 3 September 1880) was a French historian and scholar who worked mostly in the Russian Empire. He specialized in Georgian and Armenian studies.
Brosset's interest in the Caucasus developed while ...
, ''Histoire de la Géorgie''.
*Nodar Assatiani i Alexandre Bendianachvili, ''Histoire de la Géorgie'', Paris, l'Harmattan, 1997, 335 pàgs. ().
John
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second E ...
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