giorgi was born in 998 or, according to a later version of the georgian chronicles, 1002, to king bagrat iii. upon his father's death on 7 may 1014, he inherited the kingdoms of abkhazia, kartli and kakheti united into a single state of georgia. as his predecessor, giorgi continued to be titled as king of the abkhazians ("ap'xaz") and georgians ("k'art'velians"). contemporary sources, however, frequently omitted one of the two components of this title when abbreviating it.