Bagrat IV of Georgia
| Bagrat IV ბაგრატ IV |
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| King of Kings of Georgia | |
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| King of Georgia | |
| Reign | 16 August 1027 – 24 November 1072 |
| Predecessor | George I |
| Successor | George II |
| Regent | Mariam of Vaspurakan |
| Born | 1018 |
| Died | 24 November 1072 |
| Burial | Chkondidi Monastery |
| Spouse |
Helena Argyre Borena of Alania |
| Issue |
George II Maria of Alania Mariam |
| Dynasty | Bagrationi |
| Father | George I of Georgia |
| Mother | Mariam of Vaspurakan |
| Religion | Georgian Orthodox Church |
Bagrat IV (Georgian: ბაგრატ IV) (1018 – 24 November 1072), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was the King of Georgia from 1027 to 1072. During his long and eventful reign, Bagrat sought to repress the great nobility and to secure Georgia's sovereignty from the Byzantine and Seljuqid empires. In a series of intermingled conflicts, Bagrat succeeded in defeating his most powerful vassals and rivals of the Liparitid family, bringing several feudal enclaves under his control, and reducing the kings of Lorri and Kakheti, as well as the emir of Tbilisi to vassalage. Like many medieval Caucasian rulers, he bore several Byzantine titles, particularly those of nobelissimos, curopalates, and sebastos.
He was the son of the king George I (r. 1014–1027) by his first wife Mariam of Vaspurakan. At the age of three, Bagrat was surrendered by his father as a hostage to the Byzantine emperor Basil II (r. 976–1025) as a price for George’s defeat in the 1022 war with the Byzantines. The young child Bagrat spent the next three years in the imperial capital of Constantinople and was released in 1025. He was still in the Byzantine possessions when Basil died and was succeeded by his brother Constantine VIII (r. 1025-8). Constantine ordered the retrieval of the young prince, but the imperial courier was unable to overtake Bagrat – he was already in the Georgian kingdom.
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