George III of Georgia

George III (died 1184), younger son of Demetrius I, ruled Georgia from 1156. He campaigned against Armenia's Muslim rulers, seizing Ani in 1161 and sacking Dvin in 1162.

Defeated by a Muslim coalition in 1163, he gave Ani back before reoccupying it in 1174. In 1177 he crushed a noble revolt led by Ivane Orbeli in favour of his nephew Demna, who was blinded and died in prison. In 1178 he crowned his daughter Tamar co-ruler; she succeeded him in 1184.