Oldest Christian Dynasty | Georgian Monarchs Family Tree
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Narration by Jack Rackam
Chart by Ramiro Sottosanto
Animation by Syawish Rehman
Intro music "Lord of the Land" by Kevin MacLeod and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license 4.0. Available from incompetech.com
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Finally the Caucasus gets a little due attention
@sergimgebrishvili6235
11 күн бұрын
150 likes and no reply? I'll fix that
@njnikusha
10 күн бұрын
Thanks man
@nightwing8812
9 күн бұрын
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@CoachJJ
9 күн бұрын
I mean, it's too easy to get lost in which Bagrat, Constantine or David to we're referring to throughout its history to really stick in John Q. Public's mind.
Ancient Georgia then known as Colchis to the Greeks is where Jason went to find the Golden Fleece which was protected by a huge dragon and he fell in love with the sorceress/princess Medea. The "golden fleece" thing is quite interesting as even nowadays in Georgia prospectors use a sheep skin to pan for alluvial gold in the rivers and the fleece becomes "golden" because of the small particles of gold trapped in it.
The Danish statue does not depict king Gorm the Old, but Ogier the Dane (Holger Danske).
@UsefulCharts
12 күн бұрын
I blame Google :)
@MortarIvy
12 күн бұрын
Old viking monarch guys all look the the same 😅
@idontneedfriendsbutmyselfd3076
11 күн бұрын
@@UsefulCharts Hey could you do Armenian Monarchs
@Cross-Carrier
8 күн бұрын
@@idontneedfriendsbutmyselfd3076 I love Armenia ✝️🏴🤝🏽🇦🇲☦
A member of this family was a General of the Russian Imperial Army during the Napoleonic Wars he was Prince Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration he was one of Napoleon’s most dangerous opponents during the Russian campaign.
@crystalp7242
11 күн бұрын
He’s also one of the real life historical figures mentioned in “War and Peace” and in his case he was also included as a secondary character. He died of wounds he sustained during the Battle of Borodino, which is covered substantially in the novel. (The battle was a Pyrrhic victory for the French, as the battle had weakened both sides so much that the Russians allowed the French to take Moscow. The Russians then set much of the city aflame to keep Napoleon’s army from plundering the city for supplies. With a lack of food and other supplies for the French deep in enemy territory, Napoleon left Moscow only a month after capturing it and it began a long French retreat that was exasperated by the harsh winter weather in the region, for which the French army was ill-prepared.)
@lashakhozrevanidze
4 сағат бұрын
He would've been a great Georgian general if georgia didn't went to shithole because of ottoman empire and persia
You mentioned this is one of the last major royal dynasties missing from the channel. I would like to see you also cover in the future: - Belgian Kings - Armenian Kings - Grand-Dukes of Luxembourg - Bulgarian Empire - Kingdom of Greece (modern) - Hunnic Empire - Kingdom of Kongo - Songhai Empire - Ghana Empire - Maurya Empire - Kingdom of Cambodia (both modern and Khmer Empire) - Majapahit Empire - Srivijaya Empire - Sultanate of Brunei - Tui tonga Empire - Xiongnu Empire - Tibetan Empire - Mamluk Sultanate - Gokturks - Sultanate of Oman
That Alexander must've wanted to imitate Charlemagne with how bad his succession plan was.
@Astatine95
11 күн бұрын
Many in the medieval ages have. Way too many.
@brendenwright7957
11 күн бұрын
In the end, Charlemagne's Succession plans didn't matter when all but one of his legitimate sons had died... and that was an attempt to follow Frankish custom, as when one ruler died, the realm would be divided by all surviving sons, rather than just the Eldest inheriting it all... which I think was one of the dumbest ways Succession could work, if Norway or Russia weren't example enough...
@GustavoHenrique-kp5sq
11 күн бұрын
He destroyed Georgia
@giorgijioshvili9713
11 күн бұрын
@@brendenwright7957 he tried to rebuild he's kingdom but unfortunately failed
@alenahubbard1391
7 күн бұрын
What about the Pope?
Very happy to finally see this chart made, looks great
Thank you usefulcharts for reading my comment and doing video about georgian familly tree. You really deserve more than you have already by this point.☺️
Fun fact, Pyotr Bagrationi fough against Napoleon in Austerlitz and Niko Bagrationi from the mukhrani branch fought in the second boer war.
Been waiting for you to do Georgia, I hope Armenia is next as that region has such an amazing history!
Probably the best known modern-day member of the Georgian royal family was Prince Guéorgui Vassilievitch Matchabelli (1885-1935). A native of Tiflis, in 1921, he and his Italian-born wife settled in the United States. In 1926, they established the Prince Matchabelli Perfume Company. The prince, an amateur chemist, blended the company's perfumes. Among its best known brands was Wind Song (later heavily advertised on television). Other favorites were Ave Maria and Princess Norina. All the perfumes came in crown-shaped bottles.
@august8696
10 күн бұрын
that’s cool. are they still in operation?
@skwarubwa7083
9 күн бұрын
@@august8696 Yes, they are. Bought and sold many times, Prince Matchabelli Perfume is now owned by Parfums de Coeur, Ltd. Windsong is still a top-selling perfume.
As a human being, I've never despised another human being like Timor the Lame..
@turan_kaya
11 күн бұрын
He was up for no good
@njnikusha
10 күн бұрын
He was a curse upon Georgia But still lost
@turan_kaya
10 күн бұрын
@@njnikusha He was a curse upon everybody
@greatexpectations6577
9 күн бұрын
Timor the Lame was the Grim Reaper
@dazartim2809
9 күн бұрын
skill issue
love how i always learn something new seeing usefulcharts videos
Your channel always makes the best charts ❤
@UsefulCharts
12 күн бұрын
This one is made by a fan :)
@idontneedfriendsbutmyselfd3076
11 күн бұрын
@@UsefulChartsHey could you do Armenian Monarchs
I've been watching you from Georgia for 2 years! Thank you for the video !
OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!! I love Georgian history and especially the Bagrationi
I don't care about religion. I don't care about monarchy. Yet, I here watching this video because I love the charts, how they are made and the story telling. 😅
@RonJohn63
12 күн бұрын
You _should_ care about religion and monarchies, since humans are, on the whole, hierarchical and superstitious.
This was very informative. How about a chart on the Armenian royal family?
For anyone wondering, the Gruzinsky branch of the family used to have a male heir in the personage of Nugzar’s 4th cousin, Yevgeny Petrovich Bragation-Gruzinsky. But he passed away in 2018 without any children so this branch of the dynasty is out of male dynasts except for Nugzar himself. Also apparently the marriage of his eldest daughter Ana to the heir of the Mukhrani branch was a huge deal because it courted the involvement of Georgian monarchists, the government and the Georgian Orthodox Church, namely those in support of the marriage because it would unify the 2 branches and those in opposition because any children they have would have a nigh-indisputable claim to the throne. It seems that will be a reality though as Ana and her now ex-husband David have their son Giorgi.
Thank you as always for the information
YES.... I HAVE WANTED TO SEE A VIDEO ON THE GEORGIAN MONARCHS FOR SO LONG.... WOOO!
The first Christian King was Armenian. Tiridates the Great (298 - 330) was converted to Christianity in 301.
The House Bagration is now also part of the Imperial House of Russia since Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna's mother, a Bagration princess, married Grand Ducke Vladimir of Russia. This makes the current House Romanov the most senior of all royal houses in Europe and Middle East dynasties via the maternal line.
@user-by3li1xl1s
12 күн бұрын
Most of the Romanov family members do not accept the claims of Kirillovichi (Vladimir and Maria) to be the rightful heirs to the dynasty.
@ruthanneseven
12 күн бұрын
That's crazy, considering that MY DNA is present in all generations from the same woman.😂 The Y chromosome is sometimes debatable. Therefore, it seems more sensible to do matrilineally than patriliniear, imo.
Excellent job! Thank you for making a video about my home country!
As a georgian thank u❤
Another amazing video
საქართველო! Love my Kartvelians in the United States
Glad you covered Georgia as well
@ReshonBryant
4 күн бұрын
Didn't even know that about the Georgian's. I would've thought it was the Russians or English to be the oldest. But, well, well, well🚬🧐
Can you do Armenia please? Great work thank u
Interesting...gonna read more about those. Maybe you could consider adding little maps in your videos ? Like Kingdoms splitting up, getting conquered, change size, create alliances etc. Would make those videos perfect in my eyes.
I have been waiting for this since Matt mentioned it in the video of who would be the Russian emperor Glad you did it thank you Matt you did a good job with video it’s very interesting of all the Georgian kingdom went through
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How perfect. I was reading upon Georgian politics, when I saw that the current president advocated for a constitutional monarchy in 2008 with reinstating the Bagrationi dynasty. I was about to check if you uploaded a video about the Georgian monarch and well, you perfectly uploaded it 4 days ago :D Let's see what you say.
Love this! More caucasus content please! There's a lot of potential for videos!
Great video!
About time the Iberians got some attention Who else thinks the channel should cover the Siam family tree?
@GustavoHenrique-kp5sq
7 күн бұрын
Carlos Drummond de Andrade, a Brazilian poet, wrote a poem in 1930 titled "elegy to the King of Siam"
Got to admit, this is a region/country I never gave much thought to...
@ReshonBryant
4 күн бұрын
Exactly. We know where most of the attention goes🌝🍿
Georgia is super cool.
Thank you for taking a time and all the effort for the content. As native Georgian I could not be more thrilled for world to get familiar with my native country and its priceless culture
Good video!
finally i m waiting for this for long time
I guess it should be stated the definition of Dynasty at the beginning of the video. If we mean an unbroken line of succession in which each new element is linked to the previous by being their relative, 814 is not old enough to make it "the oldest Christian Dynasty". Robertians->Capetingians->Bourbons have an unbroken and documented line of father-son links which started before 800.
@UsefulCharts
12 күн бұрын
A royal dynasty starts with the first person in a noble house to become a king and continues so long as there is at least one male-only line descendant that is still living. Even if we go with the first Robertian instead of the first Capetian, we'd have to start with Odo, who became King of France in 888.
Okay but why did the devil go down there
@idontneedfriendsbutmyselfd3076
11 күн бұрын
Who's the devil?
Fascinating!
Use of BCE and AD in one time line is unusual
I spoke to a member of the georgian Bagrationi dinasty, head of the kakheti branch, he makes instagram posts on heraldry
When they have faced 3 rulers with "great" in their title, its safe to say they are old
Great one.
Good ole georgia
Great idea to start my new CK playthrough😂
I’m leavinggggg On that midnight train to Georgia!
If we go by Wikipedia, the Georgian royals after Rev II and Aspacures II can trace their lineages back to at least the 2nd century BCE, where they decend from the Gens Julii through Marcus Antonius!
Personally i think the kings of kartli and the kings of iberia shoulve been the same color bcuz apparently the region called kartli was historically known as iberia.
Funnily enough, I was exploring the visigothic dynasties and kings in CK3 and the very first king (of the Iberian Visigoths, Alaric I)'s father was Georgian. He died in Constantinople, and Alaric I, his son, migrated to Iberia. That fact took me on a wild spiral on Wikipedia.
I kid you not, this is *the* video I was expecting the most to see on this channel. The House of Bagrationi has as much potential as any other European royal dynasty. I think it could have been covered in more detail. Also the union of the two main branches despite their (ongoing) rivalry, and the fact that the Georgian monarchy is one of the closest to being restored. If prince Giorgi is raised right and his parents are wise enough in dealing with the succession issue, we may see a towering figure of Georgian history later this century.
That area in the World throughout History was a Fulcrum between all corners of the World. Which if you’ve ever played a 4X Game, does not fair well for it. All kinds of fascinating things get mixed together there. But it’s always someone’s next Conquest. If you think about it, virtually every large Nation or Empire, either popped up like wild fire then collapsed, or slow burned in some sort of Geographical and Economic Stronghold. You hold the Choke Point.
The new red background for the logo is very royal, fitting for the channel. Could it have a deeper meaning?
Do the same for Armenian monarchs too
One of the things I appreciate about Georgia is how much the medieval history is still widely known and celebrated, even as the country still lives in the 21st century and builds a forward-facing future for itself.
I've just recently got married in Tbilisi, I wish I had that video before then, so I could know a bit more of Georgian History before coming there. Loved Tbilisi ❤
4:49 bro why does Demetrius i portrait looks like that one Ralph bakshi ren & stimpy waking up meme
@ramirosotto
10 күн бұрын
Lmao!
Lady Ashley's a famed socialite and showgirl's fifth and last husband was Prince Dimitri a Georgian royal.
Oldest Christian dynasty is Arsacid dynasty of Armenia, which ruled Armenia from 52/66 to 428 AD. First king who offically adopted christianity, was Tiridates iii of Armenia (298-330) in 301, while Georgia adopted Christianity during 330-337 through Armenia.
@Herculestt5588
9 күн бұрын
да да мы это уже слышали🤣😂, Армяни до Исуса были христянами
@ReshonBryant
4 күн бұрын
@@Herculestt5588But, only Jesus can be Christian before Jesus😆
@Herculestt5588
4 күн бұрын
@ReshonBryant it's are not mine words, it's are ar Armenian people who say they were Christians before Jesus, and I'm not joking 🤣😂
@noway6379
3 күн бұрын
Obviously biased video... fascist tur kish dictatorships must be paid for this video
@narekmargaryan4429
2 күн бұрын
@@Herculestt5588 Where did you see me saying Armenians were christians before Christ, and what make you laughing?
wait did the channel profile picture changed when?
Hooray!
Hey would you do Armenian Monarchs
Mmmm... I can smell the European Royal Family Tree - North/East chart remake coming.
What about Ethiopia. They could be one of the oldest christian Monarchies. I do not know about long their dynasties lasted.
@robinryan4429
11 күн бұрын
You're right, they became Christian in I think the 4th century and continued until. the mid-20th century.
@UsefulCharts
11 күн бұрын
But their royal dynasty can only be traced back to around 1200.
@loquat44-40
11 күн бұрын
The kushites of the upper nile were also early christians and defeated by multiple attacks by muslims wiped then out during the middle ages. The muslim rulers of egypt did not want them linking up with crusaders is one reason. And Arabs raiders came in from across the red sea.
"The only major dynasty we haven't had covered" You still forget Burgundy... :(
This is what I was actually looking for.
Ashot I wasn't somehow related to Bagratunis of Armenia, he was armenian himself, and Bagratuni dynasty is more than 2200 year old, because Smbat Bagratuni was the general who took northern regions of Armenia back from Iberia for Artaxias I of Armenia.
@giorgijioshvili9713
10 күн бұрын
He was not Armenian
@heroyan10
10 күн бұрын
@@giorgijioshvili9713 Ashot I's grandfather Duke Vasak of Tao-Klarjeti and Prince Smbat III of Armenia were brothers, sons of Prince Ashot II The Blind of Armenia
@giorgijioshvili9713
10 күн бұрын
@@heroyan10 Ashot I was born in Tao-klarjeti, he was Georgian orthodox Christian and spoke Georgian and he's decendents united Georgia Also i would add that he fought to unite Georgian lands, build many Orthodox Churches and during he's reign Tao-klarjeti became political and religious center of Georgia
@heroyan10
10 күн бұрын
So you want to say that if your grandson is born in italy, becomes catholic and speaks italian that will make him italian, while you were born in georgia and speak georgian. For me grandchildren of an armenian are armenian, grandchildren of a georgian are georgian, no matter where they were born and in which language they speak. And one more fact: Tao or Tayk in armenian before the Arab invasion were part of the Kindom of Armenia for more than 800 years. Before Bagratunis it belonged to Mamikonyans, and strategically it was a very important region for armenians as they were always fighting against Sassanid Persia.
@giorgijioshvili9713
10 күн бұрын
@@heroyan10 its not just about conversion or language they speak. they became Georgians for example stalin he was Georgian but had nothing to do with Georgia more with russia many Georgian generals who served in russian empire were ethnically Georgian but there nationally was russian. the culture one belongs to is a more relevant indicator than one's original ethnic belonging. in antiquity many dynasty's ruling Georgia or Armenia were of persian origin are we going to call them Persian too? Tao-klarjeti was a Georgian kingdom official language was Georgian it was orthodox and capital was Artanuji. Tao was ruled by Armenians and Georgians but mostly Georgians :)
Hi UsefulCharts, can you please make a video on the Cambodian royal family tree. Thank you very much and please accept my request.
Welcome back, Jack Rackam!
Its not Queen Tamari tho. Her title was Mefe(King).
@GustavoHenrique-kp5sq
11 күн бұрын
Her title was "King of Kings and Queen of Queens"
I’m curious about the green and yellow branches that are talked briefly about at the end of the video. What are the histories of the Mukhraneli and Imeretinsky branches, and how/when did they diverge from the purple/Gruzinsky branch?
Georgian history and culture are fascinating. I have loved Tamar from the start.
I ❤ You Jack Rackam!!!
Could you please do marquis de Lafayette family tree?
Finally!
What about the Penrhys dynasties. Rarely covered but well worth a look into
13:25 How are they related to the Spanish Bourbons?
Can you provide a link to the source of the Erekle II's betrayal?
The starting position is hardcore ngl😅
Hey what music do you use for your intro
I'm in the dark about Jack's connection with his channel?
King Mirian III (Mehran), who originally came from a prominent Iranian family, was the first Georgian ruler to adopt Christianity.
Why you have changed the background color of your profile picture and banner?
You should do Thomas Jefferson family tree
I covered them before you? WoWwww.
While we were sharpening our primal skills by fighting each other, our greatest achievement is that somehow, by miracle, we survived. Wasted possibilities, wasted blood, wasted time and energy, wasted gifts and talents, wasted ancestral hard work! Damn it! I hate this part of myself.
Yo have you changed your background to red?
Byzantines didn't really put Ashot I as the king, for around 150 years Georgia had dynastic wars going on and the Bagrationi dynasty came out victorious, the only involvement from the Byzantines was some support of different candidates and the title of "Curopalates" that they gave out, during this time there was no King of Georgia, but there were Georgian Kings, that's how we call the period between 500s to 700s To explain as shortly as possible, between 300 BC and 600s Georgia was divided into 2 kingdoms, the Kingdom of Colchis (Later Lazica) in the West and the Kingdom of Iberia in the East and South, there were a few Georgian dynasties that ruled these regions and they had very close relations, every time any outsider was attacking both Colchis and Iberia would unite, after around late 400s to early 500s Chosroid dynasty of Iberia got split and so did the Kingdom of Iberia's territory as Iberia itself in East Georgia, and Tao-Klarjeti region in the South. After that, Georgia was always divided into these 3 parts with significant nobilities ruling these regions, even during the Kingdom of Georgia. At the end of the 500s the ruler of Tao-Klarjeti and younger brother to the ruler of Iberia Guaram I was the man who is considered in Georgia as the founding father of the Bagrationi dynasty, he started the "game of thrones" and the battle between royal dynasties and just noble dynasties, both Anchabadze and Bagrationi dynasties were born from these dynastic wars. The Chosroid dynasty died in the process of these dynastic wars, but it transformed into the Bagrationi dynasty, and after that, the video explains everything correctly. I just explain this because of one particular reason, some propaganda machine from one of today's empires that wants to tear Georgia apart tries to make it seem that Anchabadze weren't Georgians, they were influenced by the Byzantines way more than the Iberians, but they were Georgians, every proof that there exists including manuscripts, including churches and writings on them all are in Georgian, and from every century, from the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, especially from the 10th to the 12th centuries as during the "Golden Age" churches were built everywhere. This is important to mention for certain reasons. Also, Hearclius didn't leave any battles, Russia abandoned their own plans, it was the Russians that broke the Treaty of Georgievsk and multiple times, I don't know where did you get that info from, I have read Catherine's letter to her general in Georgia from Russian archives, how they decide to break the agreement, where did you get info that Heraclius broke it? That's a huge false information.
It's be great if you did an Irish monarchs tree.
Interesting
My great etc Grandfather...Eochaidh Muinremur King of Dalraida Ireland B:370. [Mic drop]
@ReshonBryant
4 күн бұрын
Nice. I'm here holding it down for the O'Brien's.
It should be Zera Yacob Amha Selassie shouldn't it?
Sakartvelo
Thank you! We call Tamar the King, not queen!
Actually, the state/empire of Trebizond was formed before the sack of 1204 by two Byzantine princes from the Komnenos dynasty who sought to antagonize the ruling Angelos dynasty with Tamar's help.
@GustavoHenrique-kp5sq
11 күн бұрын
Allegedly, the Eastern Roman emperor confiscated gifts she had sent.