Samuel (Samoel; ka, სამოელი) (died 861), of the Donauri family, was a

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and Chorepiscopus of

Kakheti Kakheti (; ) is a region of Georgia. Telavi is its administrative center. The region comprises eight administrative districts: Telavi, Gurjaani, Qvareli, Sagarejo, Dedoplistsqaro, Signagi, Lagodekhi and Akhmeta. Kakhetians speak the ...

in eastern

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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. He was allied with the

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emir of Tiflis in the revolt against the

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and hence Kakheti became targeted by the Arab punitive expeditions led by Khalid b. Yazid (840–42) and Bugha the Turk (853–54). Samuel was succeeded by his nephew,

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Bibliography

* Toumanoff, Cyrille (1976, Rome). Manuel de Généalogie et de Chronologie pour le Caucase chrétien (Arménie, Géorgie, Albanie). * Вахушти Багратиони
История царства грузинского. Возникновение и жизнь Кахети и Эрети. Ч.1.

References

861 deaths Princes of Kakheti Year of birth unknown {{Georgia-royal-stub