Bagrat IV of Georgia (born 1018)

Bagrat IV of Georgia

King of Georgia from 1027 to 1072

Bagrat IV, of the Bagrationi dynasty, was the king (mepe) of the Kingdom 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 Seljuk Empires. In a series of…