Kakhaber II Gurieli ( ka, კახაბერ II გურიელი; died 1483), of the

House of Gurieli The House of Gurieli () was a Georgian princely ('' mtavari'') family and a ruling dynasty (dukes) of the southwestern Georgian province of Guria, which was autonomous and later, for a few centuries, independent. A few ducal rulers of the dynas ...

, was '' eristavi'' ("duke") of

Guria Guria ( ka, გურია) is a region (''mkhare'') in Georgia, in the western part of the country, bordered by the eastern end of the Black Sea. The region has a population of 113,000 (2016), with Ozurgeti as the regional capital. Geography ...

from c. 1469 until his death in 1483. Kakhaber Gurieli was a son and successor of

Mamia Gurieli Mamia Gurieli ( ka, მამია გურიელი, ) was a member of the House of Dadiani and '' eristavi'' ("duke") of Guria in western Georgia in the latter half of the 15th century. He was the first ruler of Guria styled as Gurieli, after ...

and, like his predecessor, was involved in the final stages of a civil war that brought about the dissolution of the

Kingdom of Georgia The Kingdom of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს სამეფო, tr), also known as the Georgian Empire, was a medieval Eurasian monarchy that was founded in circa 1008 AD. It reached its Golden Age of political and economic ...

. This conflict, climaxing in the 1460s, pitted King

George VIII of Georgia George VIII ( Georgian: გიორგი VIII, ''Giorgi VIII''; 1417–1476) was the last king of the united Georgia, though his kingdom was already splintered and embroiled in a civil war, from 1446 to 1465. Defeated by his rivals, he was l ...

against the local rulers such as Bagrat II of Imereti and Qvarqvare II Jaqeli, Prince of Samtskhe. Kakhaber rendered his support to both of these. In reward, Qvarqvare ceded his rights in the provinces of

Adjara Adjara ( ka, აჭარა ''Ach’ara'' ) or Achara, officially known as the Autonomous Republic of Adjara ( ka, აჭარის ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა ''Ach’aris Avt’onomiuri Resp’ublik’a'' ...

and Chaneti to Gurieli, who conquered these lands by force of arms, decimating or expelling those nobles who remained loyal to the king of Georgia. Kakhaber's relations with Bagrat of Imereti, the newly crowned king in western Georgia, became soured over Gurieli's efforts to foster his autonomy and his support to the rebellion of his cousin

Vameq II Dadiani Vameq II Dadiani (also Vamiq; ka, ვამეყ ��ამიყII დადიანი; died 1482) was a member of the House of Dadiani and '' eristavi'' ("duke") of Odishi (Mingrelia) in western Georgia from 1474 until his death. Vameq was th ...

, Prince of Mingrelia. After Bagrat's death in 1478, Kakhaber and Vameq refused to acknowledge the late king's successor Alexander II and aided the rival monarch, Constantine II of Kartli, in taking hold of Imereti in 1479. Kakhaber died in 1483. He was succeeded by

Giorgi I Gurieli Giorgi I Gurieli ( ka, გიორგი I გურიელი; died 1512), of the House of Gurieli, was ''eristavi'' ("duke") and then ''mtavari'' ("prince") of Guria from 1483 until his death in 1512. Giorgi I Gurieli was a son of Kakhaber II ...

, his only known son by the marriage with Ana, who is known from an icon inscription from the

Shemokmedi Monastery The Shemokmedi monastery ( ka, შემოქმედის მონასტერი) is a Georgian Orthodox monastery located at the village of Shemokmedi in Georgia's southwestern region of Guria. Founded in the 15th century, the Shemokmed ...

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