Yuri Bogolyubsky

Yuri Bogolyubsky

Yuri Bogolyubsky ( _ru. Юрий Боголюбский), known as Giorgi Rusi ( _ka. გიორგი რუსი, "George the Rus") in Georgia, was a Rus' prince of Novgorod (1172-1175). Married to Queen Regnant Tamar of Georgia, he was a consort of the Kingdom of Georgia from 1185 until being expelled from the country in 1188.

Son of Grand Prince Andrei Bogolyubsky of Vladimir-Suzdal, he ruled Novgorod from 1172 to 1175. He was dethroned and expelled after the murder of his father in 1175. Defeated in a series of internal wars, he finally found a shelter in the Northern Caucasus in the late 1170s. He was found among the Kipchak, with whom he hoped to restore his rights to his father's princedom in 1184/85. In 1185, Georgian nobles arranged a marriage of Prince Yuri with Queen Tamar of Georgia. As a consort he commanded, in 1186-7, a Georgian army which successfully raided the Seljuk possessions of Rüm in the west and the Ildenizid state in Arran (Azerbaijan) in the east. However, Tamar soon got disappointed in her husband and divorced him in 1187. Said to be involved in sexual misdeeds, heavy drinker and ambitious, he was expelled from Georgia in 1188. Yuri allied himself with a powerful party of Georgian nobles led by Vardan Dadiani, Guzan of Klarjeti and Botso Jakeli, and returned to lead a revolt against Tamar in 1191. The rebels proclaimed Yuri King of Georgia in the palace of Geguti and captured several provinces in the southwestern Georgia, but were eventually crushed by the Queen’s devoted general Gamrekel Toreli at the battles of Tmogvi and Erusheti. The rebels capitulated and Yuri was pardoned by Tamar. However, he revolted again in a few years and invaded Kakheti province. Defeated in the vicinities of Kambechani, he was finally expelled from Georgia. Since then, Yuri disappeared from history.

External links

* [http://public.kubsu.ru/~usr02898/sl52.htm The invisible city of Kitezh: the Memory about Tmutarakan] , article by Sergei V. Rjabchikov
* [http://www.hronos.km.ru/biograf/yuri_a.html Юрий Андреевич ("Yuri Andreyevich")] . Hronos.Ru. Retrieved on 2006-06-28.


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