| “ | You inherited your throne from your father; I had to fight for mine! You know nothing of sacrifices, Tamar, and that is why you will lose. | ” |
| —Taunting his former wife in Yury's Revenge | ||
Yury is a hero infantry unit in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - The Mountain Royals found in the campaign scenarios and the Scenario Editor. As a hero, Yury cannot be converted and can regenerate health. He shares his model with the dismounted model of Ivaylo.
Campaign appearances[]
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He appears as an enemy in the Tamar campaign.
History[]
Yury Bogolyubsky (1160-1196?) known as Giorgi Rusi (Georgian: გიორგი რუსი, George the Rus') in the Kingdom of Georgia, was a Rus' prince of Novgorod (1172–1175). He was the ex-husband of Queen Tamar of Georgia from 1185 until being divorced and exiled in 1188. After that, Yury allied himself with a powerful party of Georgian nobles, who didn't believe in Tamar's leadership, and returned to lead a revolt against Tamar in 1191. The rebels proclaimed Yury king of Western Georgia, but were eventually crushed by Tamar's armies and capitulated and Yury pardoned by Tamar; but anyway, Yury rebelled against Tamar again in 1193 and again in the Shamkor battle in 1195; being again defeated and imprisoned in the Lurji monastery in Tbilisi, Yury disappeared from history after that. When he died in 1196, none of his former allies were present at his funeral.
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