Bagrat III, 1st King of Georgia (born 960)

Bagrat III, also known as Bagrat the Unifier, of the Bagrationi dynasty, was the king (mepe) of the Kingdom of Abkhazia from 978 on and king of the Kingdom of Georgia from 1008 until his death in 1014. Through dynastic inheritance, conquest, and diplomacy, he united these two realms, effectively founding the Kingdom of Georgia. Before Bagrat was crowned as king, he had also reigned in Kartli as co-ruler with his father Gurgen from 976 to 978.