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Giorgi Iv LashaGiorgi IV Lasha Bagrationi (Lasha Giorgi; in Georgian: გიორგი IV ლაშა, ლაშა გიორგი) (1192-1223) was the King of Georgia in 1213-1223. A son of Queen Tamar and David Soslan, he was declared as a coregent by his mother in 1207. He continued Tamars policy of strengthening of the Georgian feudal state. He put down the revolts in neighbouring Muslim vassal states in the 1210s and began preparations for a large-scale campaign against Jerusalem to support the Crusaders in 1220. However, the Mongol approach to the Georgian borders made the Crusade plan unrealizable. The first Mongol attacks were successfully repulsed in 1221-1222. However, Georgians suffered heavy losses in this war and the King himself was severely wounded. As a result Lasha Giorgi became severely ill and died at the age of 31. He was succeeded by his sister Rusudan. Giorgi Lasha was known as a free minded person and met much criticism from a conservative feudal society. The nobles and Christian clergymen rejected to recognize his wife, a girl from a non-noble family. Ultimately, the King had to compromise and divorced her, refusing, however, to marry anyone else. Some of the medieval and apparently the most reliable sources characterize Giorgi IV as a wise ruler and brave warrior, while others point his immoral life style and addiction to mysticism and even Sufism. He was survived by a son David (future King David VII Ulu) See also List of Georgian Kings External Link - http://www.bigvava.ge/unificationoffeudalgeorgia.html
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