List of sovereigns of Kakheti
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Kakheti
is the easternmost region of Georgia
. It was an independent feudal monarchy since the fall of the early Georgian kingdom of Iberia
c. 580 until being finally integrated into the unified Kingdom of Georgia in 1105. Kakheti seceded, in 1490, to form an independent kingdom
ruled by a branch of the Bagrationi Dynasty
and was united with the neighboring Kingdom of Kartli
through the personal union in 1762.
The Chosroids
Kakheti
Kakheti is a historical province in Eastern Georgia inhabited by Kakhetians who speak a local dialect of Georgian. It is bordered by the small mountainous province of Tusheti and the Greater Caucasus mountain range to the north, Russian Federation to the Northeast, Azerbaijan to the Southeast, and...
is the easternmost region 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...
. It was an independent feudal monarchy since the fall of the early Georgian kingdom of Iberia
Caucasian Iberia
Iberia , also known as Iveria , was a name given by the ancient Greeks and Romans to the ancient Georgian kingdom of Kartli , corresponding roughly to the eastern and southern parts of the present day Georgia...
c. 580 until being finally integrated into the unified Kingdom of Georgia in 1105. Kakheti seceded, in 1490, to form an independent kingdom
Kingdom of Kakheti
The Kingdom of Kakheti was a late medieval/early modern monarchy in eastern Georgia, centered at the province of Kakheti, with its capital first at Gremi and then at Telavi...
ruled by a branch of the Bagrationi Dynasty
Bagrationi Dynasty
The Bagrationi dynasty was the ruling family of Georgia. Their ascendency lasted from the early Middle Ages until the early 19th century. In modern usage, this royal line is frequently referred to as the Georgian Bagratids, a Hellenized form of their dynastic name.The origin of the Bagrationi...
and was united with the neighboring Kingdom of Kartli
Kartli
Kartli is a historical region in central-to-eastern Georgia traversed by the river Mtkvari , on which Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, is situated. Known to the Classical authors as Iberia, Kartli played a crucial role in ethnic and political consolidation of the Georgians in the Middle Ages...
through the personal union in 1762.
The ChosroidsChosroid DynastyThe Chosroids were a dynasty of the kings and later of the presiding princes of the early Georgian state of Iberia, natively known as Kartli, from the fourth to the ninth centuries. Of Iranian origin and a branch of the Mihranid House, the family accepted Christianity as their official religion c...
- c. 580-637 – Adarnase IAdarnase I of IberiaAdarnase I or Adrnerse , of the Chosroid dynasty, was a presiding prince of Iberia from 627 to 637/642....
, also prince of Iberia since 627. - 637-650 – Stephanus I, also prince of Iberia
- 650-684 – Adarnase IIAdarnase II of IberiaAdarnase II , of the Chosroid dynasty, was a presiding prince of Iberia from c. 650 to 684/5. He is presumably the Iberian patrician mentioned in the 660s letter of Anastasius Apocrisarius pertaining to the martyrdom of Maximus the Confessor, and the prince Nerses whose revolt against Arabs is...
, prince of Iberia - 685-736 – Stephanus II
- 736-741 – Mihr
- 736-786 – Archil “the Martyr”Archil of KakhetiArchil was a Christian prince of the eastern Georgian region of Kakheti who flourished in the eighth century and was executed by the Arabs for having refused to convert to Islam...
- 786-790 – Ioanne
- 786-807 – Juansher
Chorepiscopi
- 786-827 – GrigolGrigol of KakhetiGrigol was a prince of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 786 to 827. He seized control of Kakheti, Kukheti, and Gardabani following the demise of the Kakhetian branch of the Chosroid Dynasty of Iberia during the Arab wars of conquest of the Caucasus...
- 827-839 – Vache KvabulidzeVache of KakhetiVache was a prince and chorepiscopus of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 827 to 839. He came of the Kvabulidze clan and was installed by the Gardabanian community after the death of his predecessor Grigol. He was succeeded by Samuel.- References :...
- 839-861 – SamuelSamuel of KakhetiSamuel , of the Donauri family, was a prince and chorepiscopus of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 839 to 861. After the death of his predecessor Vache, Samuel was elected as prince by the Gardabanian nobility who dominated the politics of Kakheti at the time...
, DonauriDonauriDonauri was a Georgian noble family to which belonged two ruling princes of the eastern province of Kakheti in the ninth century, and which gave origin to the latter-day noble family of Vachnadze, and, possibly, to that of Babadishvili .... - 861-881 – GabrielGabriel of KakhetiGabriel , of the Donauri family, was a prince and chorepiscopus of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 861 to 881. He succeeded on the death of his uncle Samuel. His reign was marked by the vigorous religious building spearheaded by the Kakhetian-born priest Illarion the Georgian...
, Donauri - 881-893 – Padla I ArevmaneliPadla I of KakhetiP'adla I , of the Arevmaneli clan, was a prince and chorepiscopus of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 881 to 893. He attained to his office after suppressing the Donauri family, which had ruled Kakheti from 839 to 881...
The Kvirikids
- 893-918 – Kvirike IKvirike I of KakhetiKvirike I was a prince and chorepiscopus of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 893 to 918.He succeeded upon the death of Padla I of Kakheti, his possible father. In 914, he faced an Arab invasion led by Yusuf Ibn Abi'l-Saj who took hold of the fortresses of Ujarma and Bochorma, but the former was...
- 918-929 – Padla IIPadla II of KakhetiP'adla II was a prince and chorepiscopus of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 918 to 929.He succeeded upon the death of his father, Kvirike I. His rule was marked by the Arab raids into Kakheti and Padla’s involvement in the struggles and dynastic feuds in various Caucasian polities...
- 929-976 – Kvirike IIKvirike II of KakhetiKvirike II was a prince and chorepiscopus of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 929 to 976.He succeeded upon the death of his father, Padla II.-Long Reign:...
- 976-1010 – DavidDavid of KakhetiDavid was a prince and chorepiscopus of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 976 to 1010; son and successor of Kvirike II. A major menace to his rule came from the Georgian Bagratid king Bagrat III who had unified the core Georgian polities under his crown and sought to incorporate Kakheti into his...
- 1010-1029 – Kvirike IIIKvirike III of KakhetiKvirike III the Great was a ruler of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 1010 to 1029.He succeeded upon the death of his father David as a prince and chorepiscopus of Kakheti, but King Bagrat III of Georgia captured him and conquered Kakheti...
- 1029-1039 – Annexation by the Kingdom of Georgia
The Bagratids (Bagratuni)
- 1039-1058 – GagikGagik of KakhetiGagik was a king of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 1039 to 1058.He was a son of the Armenian Bagratid king David I of Lorri and his Georgian wife, sister of King Kvirike III of Kakheti who adopted Gagik as his son and heir...
- 1058-1084 – Aghsartan IAghsartan I of KakhetiAghsartan I was a king of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 1054 until his death in 1084.He succeeded on the death of his father Gagik of Kakheti. His reign coincided with the Seljuk invasions in the Georgian lands and persistent attempts by the Georgian Bagratid kings to bring all Georgian...
- 1084-1102 – Kvirike IVKvirike IV of KakhetiKvirike IV was a king of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 1084 to 1102.He succeeded upon the death of his father Aghsartan I. He ruled as a tributary to the Seljuq dynasty and opposed the energetic Georgian king David IV who pursued a vigorous domestic and foreign policy aimed at asserting...
- 1102-1105 – Aghsartan IIAghsartan II of KakhetiAghsartan II , was the last king of medieval Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 1102 to 1105.He succeeded upon the death of his father Kvirike IV. The medieval Georgian chroniclers characterize him as a frivolous man whose ignorant rule drew many great nobles into opposition...
The Bagratids (Bagrationi)
- 1465-1476 – George IGeorge VIII of GeorgiaGeorge VIII was a king of Georgia, though already fragmentised and dragged into a fierce civil war, from 1446 to 1465...
- 1476–1511 – Alexander IAlexander I of KakhetiAlexander I , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 1476 to 1511. Alexander's pliancy and flexible diplomacy earned him security from the neighboring powers, only to be murdered by his own son George II "the Bad".- Biography :Alexander was appointed by his father...
- 1511–1513 – George II "the Bad"George II of KakhetiGeorge II also known as George "the Bad" or "the Evil" , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 1511 to 1513....
- 1513–1520 – Annexation by the Kingdom of Kartli
- 1520–1574 – Leon
- 1574–1602 – Alexander IIAlexander II of KakhetiAlexander II , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 1574 to 1605. In spite of a precarious international situation, he managed to retain relative economic stability in his kingdom and tried to establish contacts with the Tsardom of Russia...
(Under the Ottoman suzerainty after 1578) - 1602 – David IDavid I of KakhetiDavid I , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from October 1601 until his death in October 1602....
- 1602–1605 – Alexander II (restored)
- 1605 – Constantine IConstantine I of KakhetiConstantine I or Constantine Khan , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from March to October 1605....
- 1605–1614 – Teimuraz ITeimuraz I of KakhetiTeimuraz I , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a Georgian monarch who ruled, with intermissions, as King of Kakheti from 1605 to 1648 and also of Kartli from 1625 to 1633...
- 1614–1615 – Annexation by Persia
- 1615–1648 – Teimuraz I (restored)
- 1616–1623 – Annexation by Persia
- 1623–1633 – Teimuraz I (restored)
- 1633–1636 – Annexation by Persia
- 1636–1648 – Teimuraz I (restored)
- 1648–1656 – Annexation by Kartli
- 1656–1664 – Annexation by Persia
- 1664–1675 – 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...
(Shāh Nazar Khān) - 1675–1676 – Erekle IErekle I of KakhetiHeraclius I or Nazar Alī Khān , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a Georgian monarch who ruled the kingdoms of Kakheti and Kartli under the protection of the Safavid dynasty of Iran....
(Nazar Alī Khān) - 1676–1703 – Annexation by Persia
- 1703–1722 – David IIDavid II of KakhetiDavid II also known as Imām Qulī Khān , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 1709 to 1722...
(Imām Qulī Khān) - 1722–1732 – Constantine IIConstantine II of KakhetiConstantine II also known as Mahmād Qulī Khān , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 1722 to 1732....
(Mahmūd Qulī Khān) (As vassal of Ottoman Empire) - 1732–1744 – Teimuraz IITeimuraz IITeimuraz II , of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a king of Kakheti, eastern Georgia, from 1732 to 1744, then of Kartli from 1744 until his death.- Life :...
(As vassal of Ottoman Empire until 1736, later one of Persia) - 1744–1762 – Erekle IIErekle IIErekle II was a Georgian monarch of the Bagrationi Dynasty, reigning as the king of Kakheti from 1744 to 1762, and of Kartli and Kakheti from 1762 until 1798. In the contemporary Persian sources he is referred to as Erekli Khan, while Russians knew him as Irakli...