Tamar the Great ( 1160 – 18 January 1213) reigned as
Queen regnant of
Georgia from 1184 to 1213, presiding over the apex of the
Georgian Golden Age. A member of the
Bagrationi dynasty, her position as the first woman to rule Georgia in her own right was emphasized by the title
mep'e ("
king"), commonly afforded to Tamar in the medieval Georgian sources.