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Giorgi IV Lasha ('''Lasha Giorgi'''; in Georgian: გიორგი IV ლაშა, ლაშა გიორგი) ( 1192 - 1223 ) from the House of Bagrationi , was king of Georgia from 1213 to 1223. A son of Queen Tamar and David Soslan i, he was declared as a coregent by his mother in 1207 . He continued Tamar’s policy of strengthening of the Georgia feudal state. He put down the revolts in neighbouring Muslim vassal states in the 1210 s and began preparations for a large-scale campaign against Jerusalem to support the Crusaders in 1220 . However, the Mongol approach to the Georgian borders made the Crusade plan unrealizable. The first Mongol attacks were repulsed in 1221 - 1222 . However, Georgians suffered heavy losses in this war and the King himself was severely wounded. As a result Lasha Giorgi became severely ill and died at the age of 31. He was succeeded by his sister Rusudan . Giorgi Lasha was known as a free minded person and met much criticism from a conservative feudal society. The nobles and Christian clergymen rejected and failed to recognize his wife, a girl from a non-noble family. Ultimately, the King had to compromise and divorced her, refusing, however, to marry anyone else. Medieval sources are presently the best available sources. They characterize Giorgi IV as a wise ruler and brave warrior, while others point to his immoral life style and addiction to Mysticism and even Sufism . He was survived by a son David (the future King David VII Ulu ) SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINK
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