Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Georgian
substates
(Female Suffrage 1918/21) A former ancient Empire was divided in smaller
principalities which recognized Russian supremacy 1783 and joined the Empire in
1801. Independent 1917-22 till it became part of the Transcaucasian Soviet Republic,
later Republic of Gruzia. Independence 4.9.91
See Georgia Ministers and Georgia Heads
Abkhazia
978-94
Queen
Gurandukht
She succeeded
Theodosius III the Blind
and reigned jointly with
king
Bagrat III Bagrationi
the Unifier (King
of Georgia 1008-14)
of the
mountainous district along the east coast of the Black Sea.
Bosporanian Realm (Crimean)
Circa 180-circa 160 Regent Dowager Queen Kamasarye
Philoteknos
Ruled jointly with
her husband Pairisades II, King of the Bosporus in
Asia Minor, and after his death she ruled alone until her own death two decades
later - in the later years together with the kings
Pairisades III and IV. She was her husband’s first cousin, being the daughter of
his uncle Gorgippus, Her name was found inscribed on a sandstone base found on
the hill above the shore of Lake Temryuk, near Phanagoria, which is preserved in
The Hermitage Museum in St. Petersborg.
B.C.
circa 215-175/76 Co-Reigning Queen Kamasayre Philoteknos
Together with husband, Pairisades II, who died around 190.
Until
B.C. 13 Queen Dynamis of the Bosporanian Realm
B.C. 8-7/8 A.D. Reigning Queen
A grandchild of King Mithridatis of Persia, she inherited the country from her
father. In 17/16 her first husband, Asander, died. Her second husband was
deposed by the third in 3, the king of Pontos. They divorced and she was in
exile until his death. Died circa 70 years old. and was succeeded by fourth husband,
Aspurgos, who had not been co-ruler.
37/38-39
Queen Gepaepyris of the Bosporanian Realm (Crimean, Black Sea)
She succeeded husband, Aspurgos, the widower of Queen Dynamis.
45/6–68/9 Joint Ruler Queen Eunike
Reigned together with Kotys I.
(45/6–68/9).
Guria
From 1804 Regent Dowager Duchess Marina
For Duke Mamia V (1804-23)
1819-28 De-facto Regent Duchess Sofia
1828-29 Regent Dowager Duchess
She was widow of Mamia V. In 1830 the state was annexed by Russia
Iberia
B.C
125/24 Regent Dowager Queen Ghadani
Imerati (Georgia)
1660-61
and
1668 De-facto Ruler Queen
Daredjan
After
the death of her second husband, King Aleksandri III (1639-60),
she engineered the deposition of her step-son, King Bagrat IV,
who reigned 1660-61, 1664-68 and 1679-81,
whom she had ordered to be seized and blinded when he refused to
marry her. She then married an insignificant nobleman Vakhtang
Jujuniashvili, and had him proclaimed as king in 1660. They were
deposed and exiled to Akhaltsikhe the following year. In 1668
they were restored by the Turkish Pasha of Akhaltsikhe but soon
they were both killed. She was first married to Duke Zurab
Sidamoni of Aragvi. She was daughter of King Taimuraz I, King of
Kartli and Kakheti (Also known as Taimurazi Khan) and Princess
Khwarashan of Kartli.
She is the daughter of
H.S.H. Prince Michael Imeretinski [Kniaz Mikhail Giorgievitch Imeretinski] and
Margaret Stella (b. 1926-)
Kakheti and Kakhet (The Kingdom of Georgia)
Both her father-in-law, King Alexander II of Kakhetia (1577 - 1605) and her
husband, Crown Prince David were assassinated by her brother-in-law, Constantine
the Accursed, who had adopted Islam, on the instigation of Shah Abbas I of
Persia. After committing this crime, Constantine ordered that the bodies of the
murder victims be packed on camels and taken to Queen Ketevan. Assembling the
people of Kakhetia, Queen Ketevan took up arms against Constantine, and together
with a multitude of Persian warriors, he suffered an ignominious death. Under
the wise rule of Queen Ketevan, peace and justice settled in Kakhetia. Shah
Abbas I returned her son Teimuraz to her. Later, making threats that he could
decimate Georgia, Shah Abbas forced the Kakhetian vassals to give up some
important hostages, she volunteered to be one of those hostages. In five years
after their exile Ketevan and her grandsons were separated. Shah Abbas had the
young princes castrated. Alexander could not endure the torture and died and
Levan became insane. They tried to keep all this from Ketevan. The Queen spent
ten years in her "honorary" imprisonment in Iran in the house of Imam-Kuli-Khan
Undiladze, a Georgian who had accepted Islam. Her body became exhausted through
fasting, prayer, and nights spent on cold stone floors. Still, she remained
vigorous and cheerful, taking care of her small flock-her retinue numbering
about twenty Georgians. Finally, Shah Abbas decided to force Queen Ketevan to
renounce Christ and accept Islam. He even offered her to become a member his
harem. She refused and was tortured. She became a saint and is known as Holy
Great-martyr Ketevan. She was of the royal house of Bagration, and was the
great-granddaughter of King Constantine of Kartli (1469-1505). (d. 1624).
After the death of her husband, Irakli I, King of Kakheti
(1675-1676, 1703-1709) and Kartli (1688-1703), she was regent with her
younger son, Teimuraz (future king Teimuraz II of Kakheti) for her absent
elder son David II (Imam Quli-Khan) from 1709-15. The kingdom was under the
protection of the Safavid dynasty of Iran. The daughter of
1744-46 Queen Regnant Thamar II Bagration of Kartli (Georgia)
7 years after
the death of her father, of king Vakhtang VI, she had herself proclaimed ruler
jointly with her husband, king Teimuraz II of Kakheti. Their son, Irakli II,
became King of Kakheti and Kartli, uniting them into the kingdom of Georgia in
1762. Her mother lived Rusudani of Circassia, and she lived (1697-1746).
She among others influenced her husband,
King Irakli II, to
altered the line of succession in favour of their sons on the expence of his
children by his first two marriages. He was succceeded by the fat, lazy though devout son Giorgi
XII. One of
Giorgi's first acts on becoming ruler was to secure the Russian Master's
agreement to recognise his eldest son as Heir Apparent and successor. This
left him facing insurrections led by his half-brothers. Prince Farnavazi
allied himself to the fearsome Lezgins and devastated parts of the kingdom.
His other brothers, ensconced on the large domains assigned to them by their
late father, ignored his authority and fermented rebellion. Devoid of
stomach for any contest, the dying ruler was persuaded to resign his kingdom
to the Russian Master. This he did in return for the recognition of himself
and his own heirs as titular Kings of Georgia. However, while his envoys
were in Russia still negotiating the terms of the new treaty, Emperor Paul
decided to annex the kingdom outright. He issued a manifesto unilaterally
annexing the realm to the Russian crown on 18th January 1801
1801-02 Politically Active Dowager
Queen Miriami of Kakheti and Kakhet
The widow of Giorgi XII (1798-1801), she was one of the leaders of the fight
against the Russian annexation.
The Russian military detachment sent to put the annexation announced in 1801 into effect did
not arrive in Tiflis until April 1802. At first the Russians faced
considerable opposition, and she stabbed and killed the Russian Governor General Lazarev
when he came in to persuade her to move to Moscow.
Soon afterwards,
Prince Davit, King Giorgi's Heir Apparent, and several members of the Royal
Family were deported to Russia.
Kolchis
Circa 60 Queen Regnant Phytodoris
Mingrelia
Around
1795 Governor Queen Ana
Jambakur-Orbeliani of Imerati
Widow of King Davit II of
Imerati and Amierati (1756-82-92-95), who was forced to abandon his throne when
attacked by King Irakli II of Georgia. She abandoned her children and was
appointed as Governor. (1765- 1832).
From
1804 Regent Dowager Duchess Nino
Bagrationi
For Duke of Dukes Lewan V
1853-57 Regent Dowager Duchess Katarina
Chavchavadze
For Duke of Dukes Nikolaus
Samtzkhe
Last update 24.02.14