Ashot I of Iberia

Ashot I
აშოტ I
Kouropalatēs
Presiding prince of Iberia
Reign813–826/830
PredecessorStephen III
SuccessorBagrat I of Iberia
Adarnase II of Tao-Klarjeti
Guaram Mampali
Diedc. 826/830
Nigali valley
IssueBagrat I of Iberia
Adarnase II of Tao-Klarjeti
Guaram Mampali
Bagrationi, Queen of Abkhazia
DynastyBagrationi dynasty
FatherAdarnase I of Tao-Klarjeti
ReligionGeorgian Orthodox Church

Ashot I the Great (Georgian: აშოტ I დიდი ashot I didi) (died 826/830) was a presiding prince of Iberia (modern Georgia), first of the Bagratid family to have attained to this office c. 813. From his base in Tao-Klarjeti, he fought to enlarge the Bagratid territories and sought the Byzantine protectorate against the Arab Muslim encroachment until being murdered c. 826. Ashot is also known as Ashot I Kouropalates for the Byzantine title of kouropalates that he bore. A patron of Christian culture and a friend of the church, he has been canonized by the Georgian Orthodox Church.[1]

  1. ^ "† orthodoxy.ge † წმინდანთა ცხოვრება - წმიდა მოწამე აშოტ კურაპალატი, არტანუჯის ტაძარში წამებული (+829)". www.orthodoxy.ge. Retrieved 2022-11-28.