Kingdom of Imereti
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The Kingdom of Imereti was established in 1455 by a member of the house of Bagration
when the Kingdom of Georgia
was dissolved into rival kingdoms. Before that time, Imereti was considered a separate kingdom within the Kingdom of Georgia, to which a cadet branch of the Bagration royal family held the crown beginning in 1260 by Davit VI, King of Georgia
. This was due to the Mongolian
conquest of the 13th century which decentralized and fragmented Georgia, forcing the relocation of governmental centers to the provinces. From 1455 onward, however, the kingdom became a constant battleground between Georgian, Russia
n, Persian, and Turkish
forces until it was annexed into Russia completely in 1810. Throughout the course of that time, Mengrelia, Abkhazia
and Guria
princedoms declared their independence from Imereti and became their own governments.
Bagration
Bagration may refer to* Bagrationi dynasty* Prince Pyotr Bagration , a Russian general in the Napoleonic Wars* The Bagrationi, a royal family of Georgia, from whom the Prince was descended...
when the Kingdom of Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
was dissolved into rival kingdoms. Before that time, Imereti was considered a separate kingdom within the Kingdom of Georgia, to which a cadet branch of the Bagration royal family held the crown beginning in 1260 by Davit VI, King of Georgia
David VI Narin
David VI Narin , from the Bagrationi dynasty, was king of Georgia in 1245–1293. From 1259 to 1293, he ruled the kingdom of Imereti under the name David I as a vassal state of Georgia.-Life:...
. This was due to the Mongolian
Mongols
Mongols ) are a Central-East Asian ethnic group that lives mainly in the countries of Mongolia, China, and Russia. In China, ethnic Mongols can be found mainly in the central north region of China such as Inner Mongolia...
conquest of the 13th century which decentralized and fragmented Georgia, forcing the relocation of governmental centers to the provinces. From 1455 onward, however, the kingdom became a constant battleground between Georgian, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n, Persian, and Turkish
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
forces until it was annexed into Russia completely in 1810. Throughout the course of that time, Mengrelia, Abkhazia
Abkhazia
Abkhazia is a disputed political entity on the eastern coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus.Abkhazia considers itself an independent state, called the Republic of Abkhazia or Apsny...
and Guria
Guria
Guria is a region in Georgia, in the western part of the country, bordered by the eastern end of the Black Sea. The region has a population of 143,357 and Ozurgeti is a regional capital.-Geography:...
princedoms declared their independence from Imereti and became their own governments.
Kings of Imereti
First House of Imereti
- David I (1258–1293)
- Constantine IConstantine I of ImeretiConstantine I of Imereti , from the House of Bagrationi, was king of the western Georgian kingdom of Imereti from 1293 to 1327....
(1293–1326) - Michael (1326–1329)
- Bagrat I (1329–1330)
- Alexandre IAlexander I of ImeretiAlexander I of Imereti had been Duke of Imereti in Georgia . He took advantage of military defeats suffered by King Bagrat V of Georgia to proclaim Imereti to be an independent kingdom in 1397....
- George IGeorge I of ImeretiGeorge I of Imereti ruled the Kingdom of Imereti in western Georgia .He was younger brother and successor to Alexander I of Imereti....
- Constantin II
- Demetre I
- Demetre II
Second House of Imereti
- Bagrat IIBagrat VI of GeorgiaBagrat VI , a representative of the Imeretian branch of the Bagrationi royal house, was a king of Imereti from 1463, and a king of Georgia from 1465 until his death.-Life:...
(1463–1478) - Alexander IIAlexander II of ImeretiAlexander II was a king of Georgia in 1478 and of Imereti from 1483 to 1510.In 1478, his father Bagrat VI died and Alexander became king of Georgia, initially ruling its two major regions, Imereti in the west and Kartli in the east. Alexander was expelled from the kingdom by a rival prince...
(1478–1510) - Bagrat IIIBagrat III of ImeretiBagrat III , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Imereti from April 1, 1510, to 1565. He succeeded upon the death of his father, Alexander II, and faced repeated assaults from the Ottoman Turks as well as the conflicts with his ostensible vassal princes of Mingrelia, Guria, and Abkhazia who...
(1510–1565) - George IIGeorge II of ImeretiGeorge II , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Imereti from 1565 to 1585. He succeeded on the death of his father, Bagrat III. With his ascend to the throne, George found himself involved in the civil war among the princes of western Georgia. He sided with his nominal vassal, Prince George...
(1565–1585) - LeonLeon of ImeretiLeon , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Imereti from 1585 to 1588. He succeeded on the death of his father, George II, in 1585 when he was twelve years old. With his ascend to the throne, Leon faced a revolt by his own uncle, Constantine, who defied the royal authority and took control of...
(1585–1588) - RostomRostom of ImeretiRostom , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Imereti in the periods of 1588–1589 and 1590–1605. A son of Constantine, sometime claimant to the crown of Imereti, he was raised to the throne through the support of Mamia IV Dadiani, prince of Mingrelia, who had deposed King Leon of Imereti in 1588...
(1588–1589, 1590–1605) - Bagrat IVBagrat IV of ImeretiBagrat IV , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Imereti from 1589 to 1590. Bagrat was a son of Prince Rostom, a grandson of King Alexander II of Imereti...
(1589–1590) - George IIIGeorge III of ImeretiGeorge III , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Imereti from 1605 to 1639. George succeeded on the death of his brother, Rostom of Imereti, but his authority was seriously challenged by the energetic prince of Mingrelia, Levan II Dadiani, whose increasing influence over the western Georgian...
(1605–1639) - Alexander IIIAlexander III of ImeretiAlexander III , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Imereti from 1639 to 1660.Alexander succeeded upon the death of his father, George III of Imereti, in 1639. Most of his reign was spent in the struggle against the powerful prince of Mingrelia, Levan II Dadiani, who refused to acknowledge...
(1639–1660) - Bagrat VBagrat V of ImeretiBagrat V , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Imereti, whose troubled reign in the years of 1660—1661, 1663—1668, 1669—1678, and 1679—1681, was marked by extreme instability and feudal anarchy in the kingdom....
(1660–1661, 1663–1668, 1669–1678, 1679–1681) - Vakhtang TchutchunashviliVakhtang TchutchunashviliVakhtang Tchutchunashvili was a Georgian adventurer who usurped the crown of Imereti, western Georgia, in the years of 1660-1661 and 1668....
(1661–1663) - ArchilArchil of ImeretiArchil , was a Georgian prince of the Bagrationi Dynasty and poet. He ruled as king of Imereti in western Georgia and of Kakheti in eastern Georgia...
(1661–63, 1678–79, 1690–91, 1695–96, 1698) - DemetreDemetre of GuriaDemetrius of Imereti, also known as Demetrius of Guria or Demetrius Guriele ruled the Kingdom of Imereti briefly from 1663 to 1664. He had earlier become Duke of Guria.-External links:*...
(1663–1664) - George IVGiorgi III GurieliGiorgi III Gurieli , of the Georgian House of Gurieli, was a prince of Guria from 1664 to 1684 and a de facto king of Imereti from 1681 to 1683. He succeeded his father, Kaikhosro I, as prince of Guria and secured his throne through paying tribute to the Ottoman Empire. He was energetically...
(1681–1683) - Alexander IVAlexander IV of ImeretiAlexander IV , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Imereti from 1683 to 1690 and again from 1691 to 1695.A natural son of Bagrat V of Imereti, he was a political hostage at the eastern Georgian court of George XI of Kartli at the death of his father in 1681...
(1683–1690, 1691–1695) - SimonSimon of ImeretiSimon , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was King of Imereti from 1699 to 1701. An illegitimate son of Alexander IV of Imereti, he was brought up at the court of Erekle I of Kartli, while Imereti was embroiled in the civil war among several claimants to the throne. In 1699, the Ottoman government...
(1699–1701) - George VGeorge V of ImeretiGeorge V "Gochia" was King of Imereti from 1696 to 1698. He is frequently referred to as George IV when Giorgi III Gurieli, who had reigned as George IV of Imereti from 1681 to 1683, is omitted from the list of the kings of Imereti....
(1696–1698) - MamiaMamia III GurieliMamia III "the Great", of the Gurieli, also known as the Black Gurieli was Prince of Guria from 1689 to 1714 and King of Imereti in 1701-02, 1711 and 1713....
(1701–02, 1711, 1713) - George VIGiorgi-Malakia AbashidzeGiorgi-Malakia Abashidze was a Georgian nobleman and King of Imereti as George VI from 1702 to 1707. He was a member of the prominent Abashidze family....
(1702–1707) - George VIIGeorge VII of ImeretiGeorge VII , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was King of Imereti in the periods of 1707-11, 1712-13, 1713-16, and 1719–1720....
(1707–11, 1712–13, 1713–16, 1719–1720) - George VIIIGiorgi IV GurieliGiorgi IV Gurieli , of the House of Gurieli, was a prince of Guria from 1711 to 1726, and a king of Imereti in western Georgia in 1716 and 1720. He was installed as prince of Guria by his father, Mamia III Gurieli, then the king of Imereti, in 1711. He was briefly dispossessed by his brother,...
(1716, 1720) - Alexander VAlexander V of ImeretiAlexander V of Imereti , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was King of Imereti from 1720 to 1741 and again from 1742 until his death in March 1752....
(1720–1741, 1742–1752) - George IXGeorge IX of ImeretiGeorge IX , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was King of Imereti in 1741. The third son of George VII of Imereti by his wife Tamar , he was enthroned after his brother Alexander V was ousted in the Ottoman-sponsored coup. Later that year, he was rescinded and Alexander regained the crown...
(1741) - Solomon ISolomon I of ImeretiSolomon I , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was King of Imereti from 1752 to 1766 and again from 1768 until his death in 1784....
(1752–1766, 1768–1784) - TeimurazTeimuraz of ImeretiTeimuraz , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was King of Imereti from 1766 to 1768. A son of Prince Mamuka, sometime claimant to the crown of Imereti, he was enthroned by the Ottoman government after the deposition of his cousin, King Solomon I. He ruled under the Turkish protection until Solomon...
(1766–1768) - David IIDavid II of ImeretiDavid II , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was King of Imereti from 1784 to 1789 and from 1790 to 1791.He was the son of George IX of Imereti, who had briefly ruled in 1741. After the death of his cousin, King Solomon I, he became a regent but prevented the rival princes David and George from being...
(1784–1789, 1790–1791) - Solomon IISolomon II of ImeretiSolomon II , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was the last King of Imereti from 1789 to 1790 and from 1792 until his deposition by the Imperial Russian government in 1810....
(1789–1790, 1792–1810)