Theodosius_II_of_Abkhazia

Theodosius II of Abkhazia

Theodosius II of Abkhazia

9th-century Georgian king

Theodosius II (Georgian: თეოდოს II) was King of the Abkhazia from circa 828 to 855. He was the son and successor of Leon II of the Anchabadze dynasty.

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Life

Theodosius II supported his relative Ashot I of Iberia, ruler of Tao-Klarjeti, against Principality of Kakheti and its ally Arab emir of Tiflis, that invaded Inner Iberia (Shida Kartli), as a result Kakhetians were pushed from central Iberian lands[1] to east of the Ksani River. In 837, Byzantine Emperor Theophilos sent patrikios Bardas together with the general Theophobos in a campaign against the Abkhazians, but the Byzantines were defeated.[2][3]

Theodosius II died without heir and he was succeeded by his younger brother Demetrius II of Abkhazia, who disputed the throne for many years.

Genealogy

References

  1. [1]
    Suny 1994, pp. 29–30.
  2. [2]
    PmbZ, Bardas (#791/corr.).
  3. [3]
    ODB, "Bardas" (P. A. Hollingsworth, A. Cutler), pp. 255–256.

Sources

  • Marie-Félicité Brosset, Histoire de la Géorgie.
  • Kazhdan, Alexander, ed. (1991). The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-504652-8.
  • Lilie, Ralph-Johannes; Ludwig, Claudia; Zielke, Beate; Pratsch, Thomas, eds. (2013). "Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit Online". Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit Online. Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Nach Vorarbeiten F. Winkelmanns erstellt (in German). De Gruyter.
  • Suny, Ronald Grigor (1994). The Making of the Georgian Nation. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-20915-3.
Preceded by King of Abkhazia
828–855		 Succeeded by


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