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Ketevan the Martyr.
Georgian queen and martyr (Queen of Kakheti; c.1560-1624)
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About Ketevan the Martyr
Ketevan the Martyr was a queen consort of Kakheti, a kingdom in eastern Georgia. She was regent of Kakheti during the minority of her son Teimuraz I of Kakheti from 1605 to 1614. She was killed in Shiraz, Iran, after prolonged tortures by the Safavid suzerains of Kakheti for refusing to give up the Christian faith and convert to Islam. She has been canonized as a saint by the Georgian Orthodox Church.
Everything about Ketevan the Martyr →- Occupation
- politician
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Kakheti
- Born
- 1560, 1565
- Died
- September 13, 1624