1. Tsotne Dadiani came of the noble family, which was in possession of Odishi, latter-day Mingrelia, in western Georgia.
10 Facts About Tsotne Dadiani
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Tsotne Dadiani is identified by various modern scholars with several historical persons known from medieval sources.
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Tsotne Dadiani's career unfolded against the background of decline of Georgia as a major regional power in the face of the Khwarazmian and Mongol invasions.
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Around 1228, Tsotne Dadiani was among the commanders of a large army summoned by Queen Regnant Rusudan to free Georgia from the Khwarazmian troops of Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu.
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Tsotne Dadiani was among the supporters of David, son of Rusudan.
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Around 1246, Tsotne Dadiani joined other Georgian nobles in a clandestine meeting at the castle of Kokhtastavi, in Javakheti, to discuss an overthrow of the Mongol overlordship.
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When he saw the prisoners, Tsotne Dadiani took off his clothes and joined them.
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Impressed, the noyan took Tsotne Dadiani's self-sacrifice move as a testimony to the Georgians' innocence and set them free.
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Tsotne Dadiani was responsible for bringing a relative order and stability to his fiefdom of Odishi.
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The story of Tsotne Dadiani made him one of the most popular medieval historical figures in Georgia.