Davit VIII redirects here. There was also a Caucasian Albanian Catholicos Davit VIII, who ruled between c. 1331 – c. 1401.David VIII (Georgian: დავით VIII; 1273–1311), from the Bagrationi dynasty, was King of Georgia in 1293–1311.Eldest son of Demetre II the Self-sacrificing by his Trapezuntine wife, he was appointed by the Ilkhan ruler Gaikhatu as king of Georgia as reward for his military service during the Rümelian uprising in 1293.