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Ashot I of Iberia

800 - 826

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Ashot I the Great (Georgian: აშოტ I დიდი ashot I didi) (died 826/830) was a presiding prince of Iberia (modern Georgia), first of the Bagratid family to have attained to this office c. 813. From his base in Tao-Klarjeti, he fought to enlarge the Bagratid territories and sought the Byzantine protectorate against the Arab Muslim encroachment until being murdered c. 826. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ashot I of Iberia is the 10,361st most popular politician (down from 9,708th in 2024). (down from 2,025th in 2019)

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Among politicians, Ashot I of Iberia ranks 10,361 out of 19,576Before him are Bernard Plantapilosa, Djedkare Shemai, Justas Paleckis, Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus, Bernhard Kellermann, and Jimena Díaz. After him are Antoine III de Gramont, Constantine I of Georgia, Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Dan Sullivan, Constantine III of Scotland, and Mario Scelba.

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Among people born in 800, Ashot I of Iberia ranks 47Before him are Sabin of Bulgaria, Jayavarman III, Giustiniano Participazio, Hanshan, Umor of Bulgaria, and Waiofar. After him are Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq, Agnello Participazio, Charibert of Laon, Obelerio degli Antenori, Borna, and Bardanes Tourkos. Among people deceased in 826, Ashot I of Iberia ranks 2Before him is Theodore the Studite. After him is Abu-l-'Atahiya.

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