be fruitless. Upon the death of Qvargvare II's son Kaikhosro I, only two years after he ascended the throne of the Samtskhe principality, he was succeeded by his equally "pious" brother Mzechabuk. At the same time, the Iranian Safavids, led by the emerging king (shah) Ismail I were tempted to loot the feudal state, if only to distract himself from his main quarry; Shirvan. In the same year, in 1500, Ismail I baited Constantine as well as king Alexander II of Imereti to attack Ottoman possessions located nearby Tabriz. As a precaution, Ismail had Aleksander send his son Demetre to the newly conquered region of Shirvan, where the prince negotiated a peace agreement. Ismail promised Constantine, that once Tabriz was captured, he would cancel the tribute Constantine still paid to the Ak Koyunlu Turcomans. Each Georgian ruler contributed 3,000 men to the existing Ismail's own 7,000, and by 1503 they enabled him to recapture Nakhchivan from the Ottomans. However, Ismail I broke his promise, and made Kartli and Kakheti his vassals. Death Constantine II died in 1505, leaving the throne to his son, David X. As indicated by surviving church records, he might have abdicated the throne and retired to monastery under the name of Cyril in 1503 or 1504. Marriage and children Constantine II married in 1473 Tamar (died c. 1492). He had the following children: David X of Kartli George IX of Kartli Bagrat I of Mukhrani Dimitri, co-king 1488–1490 Vakhtang, fl. 1526 Alexander, fl. 1526–1556, ancestor of the Gochashvili family Melchizedek II of Georgia, Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia Targamos, fl. 1517–1525 Gulshar, married Prince Kakhaber Chijavadze Astandar, married Prince Manuchar N. Martha References Sources |- Kings of Georgia Bagrationi dynasty of the Kingdom of Georgia 1440s births 1505 deaths Year of birth uncertain Kartli Eastern Orthodox monarchs 15th-century people from Georgia (country) 16th-century people from Georgia (country)