Tamar of Georgia born

1164

The future queen of Georgia, daughter of George III and Burdukhan of Alania, was born around this time at Tbilisi. Her reign would be remembered as the Georgian golden age, stretching the kingdom from the Caucasus to the coast of the Caspian. Under Tamar, Georgia became the dominant power in the South Caucasus, its court patronizing literature, architecture, and theological scholarship in equal measure.