Vardan I Dadiani

Vardan I Dadiani
Ruler of Odishi
SuccessorShergil Dadiani
Bornunknown
Died1213
Noble familyHouse of Dadiani
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Vardan I Dadiani (Georgian: ვარდან I დადიანი) (died c. 1213) was a Georgian noble and the forefather of the Dadiani, the princely dynasty of Samegrelo (Mingrelia), a region in western Georgia which Vardan ruled as eristavi ("duke") from 1183 to 1213. He was a prominent courtier of Queen Tamar of Georgia, but fell out of favor after leading an abortive rebellion in support of Tamar's disgraced former husband George the Rus' in 1191.[1][2]

  1. ^ Qauxčišvili, Simon (ed.; Vivian, Katharine, trans.; 1991), The Georgian chronicle: the Period of Giorgi Lasha, pp. 118-119. Amsterdam: Adolf M. Hakkert.
  2. ^ (in Georgian) Beradze, T., "ვარდან დადიანი" ("Vardan Dadiani"), in: Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3, p. 329. Tbilisi, 1978.