Kutsna Amirejibi
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Kutsna Amirejibi | |
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 A fresco of Kutsna from the Nabakhtevi Virgin Mary Church. | |
| Native name | ქუცნა ამირეჯიბი |
| Born | fl. 1350 |
| Died | 1410s |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of Georgia |
Kutsna Amirejibi (Georgian: ქუცნა ამირეჯიბი), also known as Kutsna the Chamberlain (fl. 1350–1415[1]) was a Georgian nobleman active during and in the aftermath of Timur's invasions of Georgia. He was a father-in-law of King Constantine I of Georgia and a maternal grandfather of King Alexander I of Georgia.[2]
It is not completely clear to which noble house Kutsna belonged. The latter part of his name, Amirejibi, or sometimes written as Amiredjibi, indicates his being a Prince-Chamberlain of the Kingdom of Georgia, but it is also the surname of the aristocratic family better documented from the early 17th century. Modern genealogists in Georgia have accepted the notion that Kutsna was one of the earliest members of that family as plausible.[1] In the view of the historian Cyril Toumanoff, the praenomen of Kutsna as well as that of his grandfather Kurtsik (Khurtsik) may suggest that he belonged to the feudal house of Khurtsikidze or Khurtsidze from Samtskhe. In his charter, Kutsna mentions his homonymous ancestor as having been a constable of Georgia under Queen Regnant Rusudan (r. 1223–1245). But between the constableship of Zakaria II Mkhargrdzeli (who died in 1212) and that of his nephew Avag-Sargis III Mkhargrdzeli (who filled that office from 1233/4 to 1250), the incumbents of it are not known.[2]
