Marriage and Children
He was married four times. His first wife, Jigda-Khatun, either a Mongol woman or a daughter of the Sultan of Rüm, died in 1252. During his second marriage he bigamously contracted a union with Althun, 1249/50, who repudiated in 1252. David's third wife Gvantsa, widow of the Georgian noble Avag Mkhargrdzeli and daughter of Kakhaber, eristavi (duke) of Racha and Tavkveri, was executed on the orders of Hulagu Khan in 1262. In 1263, David married Esukan, daughter of the Mongol noyan Chormaqan.
He had two sons and two daughters, including:
- Giorgi (1250–1268) (by Altun), heir apparent, died before his father’s death in 1268,
- Tamar (by Altun) was married twice: a Mongol prince, son of Arghun Khan, and later the Georgian noble Sadun of Mankaberdi, regent of the kingdom in 1269-1278.
- Demetre (by Gvantsa) succeeded him in 1270.
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