The Kingdom of Imereti ( ka, იმერეთის სამეფო, tr) was a Georgian monarchy established in 1455 by a member of the house of
Bagrationi when 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 ...
was
dissolved into rival kingdoms. Before that time, Imereti was considered a separate kingdom within the Kingdom of Georgia, of which a
cadet branch
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of the Bagrationi royal family held the crown.
The realm was conquered by
George V the Brilliant and once again united with the east Kingdom of Georgia.
[D.M.Lang - Georgia in the Reign of Giorgi the Brilliant (1314-1346), Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 17, pp. 74-91] From 1455 onward, however, Imereti became a constant battleground between Georgian and
Ottoman forces for several centuries, resulting in the kingdom's progressive decline due to this ongoing instability. Under pressure from
Pavel Tsitsianov, in 1804
Solomon II of Imereti accepted
Russian Imperial
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suzerainty, only to be deposed entirely in 1810. During the time that Imereti was a vassal state, the
Mingrelia
Mingrelia ( ka, სამეგრელო, tr; xmf, სამარგალო, samargalo; ab, Агырны, Agirni) is a historic province in the western part of Georgia (country), Georgia, formerly known as Odishi. It is primarily inhabited ...
,
Abkhazia
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and
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 ...
princedoms declared their independence from Imereti and established their own governments.
Kings of Imereti
First House of Imereti
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David I David I may refer to:
* David I, Caucasian Albanian Catholicos c. 399
* David I of Armenia, Catholicos of Armenia (728–741)
* David I Kuropalates of Georgia (died 881)
* David I Anhoghin, king of Lori (ruled 989–1048)
* David I of Scotland ...
(1258–1293)
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Constantine I
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(1293–1326)
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Michael
Michael may refer to:
People
* Michael (given name), a given name
* Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael
Given name "Michael"
* Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...
(1326–1329)
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Bagrat I (1329–1330)
*''Vacant'' (1330–1387)
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Alexandre I (1387–1389)
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George I (1389–1392)
*''Vacant'' (1392–1396)
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Constantine II (1396–1401)
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Demetrius I (1401–1455), only recognized as Duke by
Alexander I of Georgia
Second House of Imereti
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Demetrius II (1446–1452)
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Bagrat II (1463–1478)
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Alexander II (1478–1510)
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Bagrat III (1510–1565)
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George II (1565–1585)
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Leon
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Places
Europe
* León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León
* Province of León, Spain
* Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again f ...
(1585–1588)
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Rostom (1588–1589, 1590–1605)
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Bagrat IV (1589–1590)
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George III
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(1605–1639)
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Alexander III (1639–1660)
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Bagrat V (1660–1661, 1663–1668, 1669–1678, 1679–1681)
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Vakhtang Tchutchunashvili'' (1661–1663)
[Non-Bagrationi monarch.]
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Archil Archil may refer to:
People
Archil, a historical Georgian male given name (including people with that name)
Georgian Royalty
*5th-century Archil of Iberia
*8th century prince and martyr Archil of Kakheti
*16th-century Archil, Prince of Mukhra ...
(1661–63, 1678–79, 1690–91, 1695–96, 1698)
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Demetre
Demetre is an Old Greek male name.
Examples
*Demetre Chiparus
Demetre is an Old Greek male name.
Examples
* Demetre Chiparus
* Demetre II of Georgia
* Demetre I of Georgia
* Demetre Kantemir
* Demetre of Guria
* Demetres Koutsavlakis
...
'' (1663–1664)
*''
George IV
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'' (1681–1683)
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Alexander IV (1683–1690, 1691–1695)
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Simon (1699–1701)
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George V
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Born during the reign of his grandmother ...
'' (1696–1698)
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Mamia'' (1701–02, 1711, 1713)
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George VI
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'' (1702–1707)
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George VII (1707–11, 1712–13, 1713–16, 1719–1720)
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George VIII'' (1716)
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Alexander V
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Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
(1720–1741, 1741–1746, 1749–1752)
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George IX (1741)
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Mamuka (1746–1749)
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Solomon I (1752–1766, 1768–1784)
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Teimuraz (1766–1768)
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David II (1784–1789, 1790–1791)
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Solomon II (1789–1790, 1792–1810)
Heads of House of Imereti after 1815
Since Solomon II of Imereti had no sons, he proclaimed Prince Constantine, son of king David II of Imereti, and his male-line senior descendants as heirs to the throne of the Kingdom of Imereti.
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Hereditary Prince Constantine (I) (1815–1844), son of king David II
*Constantine (II) (1844–1885), son of Prince Constantine (I)
*Mikheil (1885–1888), son of Prince Constantine (II)
*George (I) (1888–1932), son of Prince Mikheil
*George (II) (1932–1972), son of Prince George (I), had no issue
*Constantine (III) (1972-1978), young brother of George (II)
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Princess Thamar (would have been Head of House from 1978), daughter of
Prince Mikheil Imeretinsky (1900-1975), younger brother of Constantine (III)
After the death of Hereditary Prince Constantine (III) (1898–1978), because the male-offspring of this branch came to end, the headship of the House of Bagrationi-Imereti transmitted to Prince Irakli Bagrationi (1925–2013), son of Prince Grigol, the male-line descendant of Prince Bagrat, younger brother of King Solomon I of Imereti (1752–1784).
*Irakli Bagrationi (1925–2013)
*David Bagrationi (born 1948) (2013–2017), transmitted his headship to his son
*Irakli Bagrationi (born 1982) (from 2017)
References
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Imereti, Kingdom of
States and territories established in 1455
1810 disestablishments
Imereti
Imereti ( Georgian: იმერეთი) is a region of Georgia situated in the central-western part of the republic along the middle and upper reaches of the Rioni River. Imereti is the most populous region in Georgia. It consists of 11 munic ...
Former monarchies of Asia
Former Russian protectorates
States and territories disestablished in 1810
Vassal states of the Ottoman Empire