Bagrat Mampali

Bagrat Mampali (889-900), Georgian ruler, member of the Iberian Bagratid family. As the older son of Sumbat I Mampali he inherited the city of Artanuji and the province of Klarjeti. The year of his death is disputed. According to the chronicler Sumbat Davidis-dze, Bagrat died on the 20th of April, Easter Sunday of the year 129 of the Georgian era (i.e. 909 CE). However, Easter Sunday in 909 fell on the 16th of April; the year that would coincidence with the given date would be the year 900.

Bagrat Mampali had four sons. His oldest son Adarnase became a monk and changed his name to Basil; he died in 945. The second oldest son Gurgen (900-923) became Bagrat's immediate successor, but he must have a rather insignificant ruler since he had no title. Gurgen was followed on the throne by his younger brother Ashot "Kiskasi" (923-939), who was bestowed with the Byzantine title of πατρίκιος ("patrikios"). Ashot was married to the sister of George II of Abkhazia. Together they had a daughter who was married to Gurgen II of Tao, to whom Ashot eventually lost all his possessions. He died in 939 as a refugee at the court of his brother-in-law, George II. Bagrat Mampali's youngest son David had already died in 922.

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The sources on Bagrat Mampali are: Sumbat, Matiane Kartlisa (both part of Kartlis Tskhovreba) and Constantine Porphyrogenitus (D.A.I.).