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Artaxias ben Artavasdes I, King of Iberia
- Preferred Name: Artaxias ben Artavasdes I, King of Iberia
- Gender: M
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King of IberiaBET 90 BC AND 78 BC
- Death: BEF 278 in Spain at LATI: N0.43 LONG: E4
- FSID: 9H2R-WVL
- Birth: BEF 204 in Spain at LATI: N0.43 LONG: E4
- Clan Name: with note: Description: Artaxiad dynasty of Iberia
- according+to+medieval+Georgian+annals,+Artavasdes+I+of+Armenia+interfered+in+Iberia+at+the+request+o: ABT 90 BC with note: Description: and installed his son, Artaxias, on the throne of Iberia, thereby inaugurating the Iberian Artaxiad dynasty
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Artaxias I, of the Artaxiad dynasty, was a king of Iberia (modern-day Georgia) from 90 to 78 BC. He is known exclusively from the medieval Georgian chronicles which gives his name as Arshak (Georgian: არშაკი).
A son of the king of Armenia, purportedly of Artavasdes I (r. c. 161–post 123 BC), he is reported to have been installed following the nobles’ revolt against the Iberian king P’arnajom of the Pharnabazid dynasty. The rebels justified their choice by emphasizing that he was married to a Pharnabazid princess, probably a sister of P’arnajom. The account of his reign is remarkably short, stating only that his reign was without any major trouble and that he further fortified the city of Tsunda in Javakheti.
Preferred Parents:
Father: Artavasdes King of Armenia I, b. BEF 208 in Armenia d. BEF 285 in Armenia
Mother: Meribane of Iberia, b. BEF 214 in Spain
Family 1: probably a sister of P’arnajom of Iberia, a Pharnabazid princess,
- Artoces King of Iberia, b. BEF 210 in Spain d. BEF 263 in Spain
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