Kingdom of Kakheti
| Kingdom of Kakheti | ||||||||||
| კახეთის სამეფო | ||||||||||
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 Kingdom of Kakheti in 1490
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Gremi (1465-1664) Telavi |
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| Languages | Georgian | |||||||||
| Religion |
Orthodox Christianity Judaism Shia Islam |
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| Government | Feudal Monarchy | |||||||||
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| • | 1465-1476 | George I (first) | ||||||||
| • | 1744-1762 | Erekle II (last) | ||||||||
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| • | Established | 1465 | ||||||||
| • | Georgia (Kartli) recognizes independence | 1490 | ||||||||
| • | Subject of Persia | 1555-1747 | ||||||||
| • | Union of Kartli and Kakheti | 1762 | ||||||||
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| Today part of |
Countries today
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The Second Kingdom of Kakheti (Georgian: კახეთის სამეფო, k'axetis samepo; also spelled Kaxet'i or Kakhetia) 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. It emerged in the process of a tripartite division of the Kingdom of Georgia in 1465 and existed, with several brief intermissions, until 1762 when Kakheti and the neighboring Georgian kingdom of Kartli were merged through a dynastic succession under the Kakhetian branch of the Bagrationi dynasty. Through most of its turbulent history, Kakheti was tributary to the Persians, whose efforts to keep the reluctant Georgian kingdom within its sphere of influence resulted in a series of military conflicts and deportations.
A previous Kingdom of Kakheti was created in the 8th century following the successful rebellion of the mountainous tribes of Tzanaria, which freed a large part of Georgia from Arab control.
The reemergence of the Kingdom of Kakheti was the first step towards the partition of Georgia which had been embroiled in fratricidal wars since the mid-15th century. This took place after the king George VIII, himself a usurper to the throne of Georgia, was captured by his defiant vassal Qvarqvare III, Duke of Samtskhe, in 1465, and dethroned in favor of Bagrat VI. He then set himself up as an independent ruler in his former princely appanage of Kakheti, the easternmost province of Georgia centered on the river valleys of Alazani and Iori, where he remained, a sort of anti-king, till his death in 1476. Overwhelmed by these difficulties, Constantine II, king of a reduced Georgia, was obliged to sanction the new order of things. He recognized in 1490 Alexander I, son of George VIII, as King of Kakheti in the east, and in 1491 Alexander II, son of Bagrat VI, as King of Imereti in the west, leaving himself in control of Kartli. In this way the tripartite division of the Kingdom of Georgia was consummated.
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