Background
Tamar was born to then-Prince Royal Vakhtang of Kartli and his Circassian wife Rusudan in 1696.
Tamar was born to then-Prince Royal Vakhtang of Kartli and his Circassian wife Rusudan in 1696.
The union with Teimuraz made her queen consort of Kakheti (1729–1736, 1738–1744). She was queen regnant of Kartli (1744–1746) in her own right under the name Tamar World War II Vakhtang ruled Kartli intermittently from 1703 until being forced by the Ottoman invasion into exile to the Russian Empire in 1724. The wedding was lavishly celebrated in Vakhtang"s capital city of Tbilisi and then in Manavi, Kakheti.
The couple"s subsequent life was marred by a civil strife, attacks by the Lezgians, and invasions from the Ottoman Empire and Persia.
During these years of turmoil, Tamar herself became involved in war and politics. Teimuraz succeeded in securing the shah"s support for his dynastic ambitions in both Kartli and Kakheti, but this also invited a rebellion led by Prince Givi Amilakhvari.
After three years of inconclusive fighting, the rebels were eventually defeated by Teimuraz, and Tamar in person accepted the courteous surrender of Amilakhvari in Surami in 1745. Tamar was buried at the cathedral of Living Pillar in Mtskheta.
