Rusudan of Georgia

Rusudan (1194–1245), daughter of Queen Tamar and David Soslan, succeeded her brother George IV as queen in 1223. In 1225 the Khwarazmshah Jalal al-Din defeated the Georgians and sacked Tbilisi in 1226, killing more than a hundred thousand inhabitants.

Her alliance with the Seljuks of Rum ended in rout in 1228. As the Mongols overran Georgia, Rusudan submitted in 1239, accepting a tribute of fifty thousand gold pieces. She died in 1245, waiting for her son David to return from the Mongol court.