there. The same year, he abdicated the throne in favor of his younger brother George IX, and retired to a monastery under the name of Damiane. David X died in 1526 and was buried at the Svetitskhoveli Cathedral at Mtskheta. Family David, as crown prince, first married Nestan-Darejan or Miraingul, daughter of Prince David Baratashvili (), but the union was denounced by David's father, Constantine II. David married secondly to Tamar (died in 1554), daughter of Kvarkvare II Jaqeli, Atabag of Samtskhe. She might have been the mother of all of David's children, including his eldest son and successor Luarsab I. Prince Vakhushti reports that the mother of Luarsab was captured by Shah Tahmasp I at Ateni and carried off to Iran, where she committed suicide by poisoning in 1556. According to Cyril Toumanoff, Nestan-Darejan/Miraingul was the mother of David's three sons, Luarsab, Adarnase, and Ramaz, and it was she who committed suicide in 1556. He considers Tamar to have been the third name of this queen, such polyonymy not being infrequent in Georgia at that time. David had eight children: Luarsab I, King of Kartli Adarnase (fl. 1512–1558) Prince Ramaz of Kartli Demetre (Dimitri) (fl. 1516–1540) Bezhan, died of leprosy Anonymous daughter (fl. 1519–1560), wife of Baindur, Duke of Aragvi Anonymous daughter (fl. 1532–1534), wife of Prince Javakh Chiladze Anonymous daughter Notes External links Biography of David X at www.istoria.ge Kings of Kartli Bagrationi dynasty of the Kingdom of Kartli Eastern Orthodox monarchs 1482 births 1526 deaths Kartli 16th-century people from Georgia (country) 16th-century people of Safavid Iran