Rusudan (daughter of Demetrius I of Georgia)

[2] In 1143, she married Seljuk Sultan Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud, and was given Ganja as a dowry.

[5] Her two nieces, the daughters of her brother George, Tamar and Rusudan, were educated at her court in Samshvilde.

[6] In 1185, Yury Bogolyubsky joined a political conspiracy aimed at restraining the authority of Tamar.

During this period, Rusudan, collaborated with the Catholicos (the leader of the Georgian Church) to orchestrate the marriage between Yury and Tamar.

Despite Tamar being initially crowned as mepe (ruler) by her father, their union resulted in Yury also holding the title of mepe, altering Tamar's designation to 'king of kings and queen of queens.