David X of Kartli
| David X | |
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| King of Kartli | |
| Reign | 1505–1525 |
| Predecessor | Constantine II of Georgia |
| Successor | George IX of Kartli |
| Born | 1482 |
| Died | 1526 |
| Dynasty | Bagrationi dynasty |
| Father | Constantine II of Georgia |
| Religion | Georgian Orthodox Church |
David X (Georgian: დავით X) (1482–1526) was a king of the Georgian kingdom of Kartli from 1505 to 1525.
David was the eldest son of Constantine II, whom he succeeded as king of Kartli in 1505. Despite the fact that Constantine had recognised the independence of the breakaway Georgian kingdoms of Imereti and Kakheti, the rivalry among these polities was to continue under David. He had to defend his kingdom against the attacks by Alexander II of Imereti in the west, and George II of Kakheti in the east. In August 1509, Alexander took a fort-city Gori and the northwestern corner of Kartli, but had to abandon the occupied lands to David due to the Ottoman raid on Imereti in 1510. A year later, George of Kakheti surged into Kartli, but failed to capture the king in a besieged castle of Ateni.
In 1513, George invaded again, only to be defeated and taken prisoner by David’s younger brother Bagrat I of Mukhrani. He died in captivity and his kingdom was annexed to Kartli. In 1518, the Persian shah Ismail I of the newly established Safavid dynasty, sent in an army under Div Sultan Rumlu, who was joined by the Georgian prince Qvarqvare III Jaqeli, atabeg of Samtskhe. The invaders occupied Surami and Gori, and David had to make peace with the Persians and to promise to pay tribute. Meanwhile, the Kakhetian nobles used the opportunity to install Levan, son of the late king George II, as their king. David besieged the Maghrani Castle where Levan had taken positions, but soon had to abandon the siege as the Turcomans appeared again in the Georgian lands. David recognised Lavan as the king of Kakheti in order to win his support against the invaders.
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