List of monarchs of Georgia

This is a list of kings and queens regnant of the kingdoms of Georgia before Russian annexation in 1801–1810.

For more comprehensive lists, and family trees, of Georgian monarchs and rulers see lists of monarchs of Georgia.

Monarchs of Iberia

Iberian kings

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!width="150"|Name

!width="5%" |Portrait

!width="100"|Reign

!Notes

|-style="background:#def;"

|Pharnavaz I ფარნავაზ I

|100px

|302 – 234 BC

|King of Iberia.

|-style="background:#def;"

|Sauromaces I საურმაგ I

|234 – 159 BC

|King of Iberia. Son of Pharnavaz.

|-style="background:#def;"

|Mirian I მირიან I

|159 – 109 BC

|King of Iberia. Son-in-law and adopted son of Sauromaces I.

|-style="background:#def;"

|Pharnajom ფარნაჯომი

|109 – 90 BC

|King of Iberia. Son of Mirian I.

|-style="background:#A8FBF5;"

|Artaxias I არშაკ I

|90 – 78 BC

|King of Iberia. Husband of Pharnajom's sister.

|-style="background:#A8FBF5;"

|Artoces არტაგი

|78 – 63 BC

|King of Iberia. Son of Artaxias I.

|-style="background:#A8FBF5;"

|Pharnavaz II ფარნავაზ II

|63 – 30 BC

|King of Iberia. Son of Artoces.

|-style="background:#def;"

|Mirian II მირიან II

|30 – 20 BC

|King of Iberia. Son of Pharnajom.

|-style="background:#def;"

|Artaxias II არშაკ II

|20 BC – 1 AD

|King of Iberia. Son of Mirian II.

|-style="background:#def;"

|Pharasmanes I the Great ფარსმან I დიდი

|100px

|1 – 58

|King of Iberia. Grandson of Pharnavaz II.

|-style="background:#def;"

|Mihrdat I მირდატ I

|58 – 106

|King of Iberia. Son of Pharasmanes I.

|-style="background:#def;"

|Amazasp I ამაზასპი

|106 – 116

|King of Iberia. Son of Mihrdat I.

|-style="background:#def;"

|Pharasmanes II the Valiant ფარსმან II ქველი

|100px

|116 – 132

|King of Iberia. Son of Amazasp I.

|-style="background:#def;"

|Ghadam ღადამი

|132 – 135

|King of Iberia. Son of Pharasmanes II.

|-style="background:#def;"

|Pharasmanes III ფარსმან III

|135 – 185

|King of Iberia. Son of Ghadam.

|-style="background:#def;"

|Amazasp II ამაზასპ II

|185 – 189

|King of Iberia. Son of Pharasmanes III.

|-style="background:#F5A8FB;"

|Rev I the Just რევ I მართალი

|189 – 216

|King of Iberia. Son of Amazasp II's sister.

|-style="background:#F5A8FB;"

|Vache ვაჩე

|216 – 234

|King of Iberia. Son of Rev I.

|-style="background:#F5A8FB;"

|Bacurius I ბაკურ I

|234 – 249

|King of Iberia. Son of Vache.

|-style="background:#F5A8FB;"

|Mihrdat II მირდატ II

|249 – 265

|King of Iberia. Son of Bacurius I.

|-style="background:#facd1f;"

|Amazasp III ამაზასპ III

|260 – 265

|Anti-king of Iberia.

|-style="background:#F5A8FB;"

|Aspacures I ასფაგურ I

|265 – 284

|King of Iberia. Son of Mihrdat II.

|-style="background:#DEFDDC;"

|Mirian III მირიან III

|100px

|284 – 361

| rowspan="2"|King of Iberia. Husband of Aspacures I's daughter. The 1st Georgian king who adopted Christianity and introduced it as a state religion during his reign. Co-ruled with his son Rev II (345–361).

|-style="background:#DEFDDC;"

|Rev II რევ II

|100px

|345 – 361

|-style="background:#DEFDDC;"

|Sauromaces II საურმაგ II

|361 – 363

|King of Iberia. Son of Rev II.

|-style="background:#DEFDDC;"

|Aspacures II ასფაგურ II

|100px

|363 – 365

|King of Iberia. Son of Mirian III.

|-style="background:#DEFDDC;"

|Mihrdat III მირდატ III

|365 – 380, diarch 370–378

|King of Iberia. Son of Aspacures II. Ruled with Sauromaces II between 370 and 378.

|-style="background:#DEFDDC;"

|Aspacures III ასფაგურ III

|380 – 394

|King of Iberia. Son of Mihrdat III.

|-style="background:#DEFDDC;"

|Trdat თრდატი

|394 – 406

|King of Iberia. Son of Rev II.

|-style="background:#DEFDDC;"

|Pharasmanes IV ფარსმან IV

|406 – 409

|King of Iberia. Son of Aspacures III.

|-style="background:#DEFDDC;"

|Mihrdat IV მირდატ IV

|100px

|409 – 411

|King of Iberia. Son of Aspacures III.

|-style="background:#DEFDDC;"

|Archil I არჩილი

|411 – 435

|King of Iberia. Son of Mihrdat IV.

|-style="background:#DEFDDC;"

|Mihrdat V მირდატ V

|435 – 447

|King of Iberia. Son of Archil.

|-style="background:#DEFDDC;"

|Vakhtang I Gorgasali ვახტანგ I გორგასალი

|100px

|447 – 522

|King of Iberia. Son of Mihrdat V.

|-style="background:#DEFDDC;"

|Dachi დაჩი

|522 – 534

|King of Iberia. Son of Vakhtang I.

|-style="background:#DEFDDC;"

|Bacurius II ბაკურ II

|534 – 547

|King of Iberia. Son of Dachi.

|-style="background:#DEFDDC;"

|Pharasmanes V ფარსმან V

|100px

|547 – 561

|King of Iberia. Son of Bacurius II.

|-style="background:#DEFDDC;"

|Pharasmanes VI ფარსმან VI

|561 – ?

|King of Iberia. Son of Pharasmanes V's brother.

|-style="background:#DEFDDC;"

|Bacurius III ბაკურ III

|? – 580

|The last king of Iberia. Son of Pharasmanes VI. Kingship was abolished by Hormizd IV of the Sasanian Empire.

Iberian presiding princes

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%; text-align:center"

!width="150"|Name

!width="5%" |Portrait

!width="100"|Reign

!Overlord

|- style="background:#FBF5A8;"

|Guaram I|| 100px||588 – 590

|rowspan="2" style="background:#98eaf7;"|

Maurice

Phocas

Heraclius

|-style="background:#FBF5A8;"

|Stephen I||100px||590 – 627

|- style="background:#DEFDDC;"

|Adarnase I||100px||627 – 642

|style="background:#98eaf7;"|

Heraclius

Umar

|-style="background:#DEFDDC;"

|Stephen II||100px ||642 – 650

|style="background:#98eaf7;" rowspan=6|

Umar

Uthman

Ali

Hasan

Mu'awiya I

Yazid I

Mu'awiya I

Marwan I

Abd al-Malik

al-Walid I

Sulayman

Umar

Yazid II

Hisham

al-Walid II

Yazid III

Ibrahim

Marwan II

al-Saffah

al-Mansur

|- style="background:#DEFDDC;"

|Adarnase II|| ||650 – 684

|-style="background:#FBF5A8;"

|Guaram II|| ||684 – 693

|- style="background:#FBF5A8;"

|Guaram III|| ||693 – 748

|- style="background:#FDD5D8;"

|Adarnase III|| ||748 – 760

|- style="background:#FDD5D8;"

|Nerse|| ||760 – 772

|- style="background:#fff;"

| colspan="4" align="center" style="background:#cccc;" |Vacancy: 772 – 775

|- style="background:#FDD5D8;"

|Nerse|| ||775 – 780

|style="background:#98eaf7;" rowspan=2|

al-Mansur

al-Mahdi

al-Hadi

|- style="background:#FBF5A8;"

|Stephen III|| ||780 – 786

|- style="background:#fff;"

| colspan="5" align="center" style="background:#cccc;" | Vacancy: 786 – 813

Monarchs of all Georgia

Legend

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%; text-align:center"

| colspan=1 style="background: #eee;" |

| colspan=3 rowspan=2 style="background: #def;" | Duchy of Tao-Klarjeti (780–876)

| colspan=1 rowspan=2 style="background: #fff;" | Principality of Iberia (813–888)

| colspan=1 style="background: #fca;" | Duchy of Javakheti (830–882)

| colspan=2 style="background: #def;" |Duchy of Tao (830) Demoted to: Duchy of Upper Tao (930–1008)

| colspan=2 style="background: #fff;" |Restored to: Kingdom of the Iberians (888–1008)

| colspan=1 style="background: #fed;" | Duchy of Klarjeti (876–1028)

| colspan=1 style="background: #def;" |

| colspan=3 style="background: #fff;" |

| colspan=1 style="background: #eee;" |

| colspan=4 style="background: #fff;" | Unified: Kingdom of Georgia (1008–1259)

| colspan=2 style="background: #ceb;" | Kingdom of Western Georgia (1259–1330)

| colspan=2 style="background: #fde;" | Kingdom of Eastern Georgia (1259–1330)

| colspan=3 style="background: #fff;" |Kingdom of Georgia (1330–1490)

| colspan=1 rowspan=2 style="background: #dce;" | Kingdom of Kakheti (1463–1746)

| colspan=2 rowspan="2" style="background: #ceb;" | Kingdom of Imereti (1490–1810)

| colspan=1 style="background: #fde;" | Kingdom of Kartli (1490–1746)

| colspan=2 style="background: #dce;" | Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti (1746–1800)

| colspan=4 style="background: #ffa1a3;" |

Bagrationi monarchs

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!Ruler

!width="5%" |Portrait

!Born

!Reign

!Ruling part

!Consort

!Death

!Notes

|-style="background:#def;"

| Adarnase I

| 740?

| 780 – 807

| Duchy of Tao (from 786 in Javakheti only)

| Unknown one child

| 807

|-style="background:#def;"

| Ashot I the Great

| 100px

| 770

| 786 – 830

| Duchy of Tao (with the Principality of Iberia since 813)

| Unknown four children

| 830 Nigali valley

| First of the Bagratid family to be Prince of Iberia, in 813. From his base in Tayk/Tao, he fought to enlarge the Bagratid territories and sought the Byzantine protectorate against the Arab encroachment. A patron of Christian culture and a friend of the church, he has been canonized by the Georgian Orthodox Church.

|-style="background:#def;"

| Bagrat I

| 822

| 830 – 876

| Duchy of Lower Tao (with the Principality of Iberia)

| Unknown (of Armenia) three children

| 876

| rowspan="3"| Children of Ashot, divided their patrimony. Bagrat was also Presiding Prince of Iberia, under Byzantine influence. Bagrat found himself in a constant struggle with the Arabs, the Abkhazians and the Kakhetians over the possession of central Iberia. Guaram left his property to his family, disregarding his own son.

|-style="background:#def;"

| Adarnase II

| 825

| 830 – 867

| Duchy of Upper Tao

| Bevreli of Abkhazia three children

| 867

|-style="background:#fca;"

| Guaram

| 825

| 830 – 882

| Duchy of Javakheti

| Unknown (of Armenia) one child

| 882

|-style="background:#fca;"

|colspan=8| Javakheti divided between both parts of Tao

|-style="background:#def;"

| Gurgen I

| 850

| 867 – 891

| Duchy of Upper Tao (with the Principality of Iberia since 881)

| Unknown (of Armenia) two children

| 891

| rowspan="2"| Children of Adarnase II, divided their inheritance. Gurgen joined prince Adarnase and king Ashot I of Armenia against prince Nasra of Javakheti, who wanted to dispossess Adarnase of his patrimonial inheritance. Adarnase claimed a royal status since then, and Gurgen retained his patrimony. As for Sumbat, he ruled in Klarjeti with the title of mampali.

|-style="background:#fed;"

| Sumbat I

| 850

| 876 – 889

| Principality of Klarjeti

| Khosrovanush two children

| 889

|-style="background:#def;"

| David I

| 850

| 876 – 881

| Duchy of Lower Tao (with the Principality of Iberia)

| Unknown two children

| 881

|-style="background:#fff;"

| Adarnase IV

| 850

| 881 – 923

| Kingdom of Iberia (in only Lower Tao until 888)

| Unknown six children

| 923

| Adarnase, his cousin prince Gurgen of Iberia and king Ashot I of Armenia fought against prince Nasra of Tao-Klarjeti, who wanted to dispossess Adarnase of his patrimonial inheritance. The victory allowed the latter to claim a royal status for himself. Adarnase was, then, responsible for the restoration of the Iberian kingship, merging the principality of Iberia with his duchy of Lower Tao. The kingdom had been in abeyance since it had been abolished by Sasanian Empire in the 6th century.

|-style="background:#fed;"

| David I the Great

| 875

| 889 – 23 February 943

| rowspan="2"| Duchy of Klarjeti

| Unknown one child

| 23 February 943

| rowspan="2"| Children of Sumbat I, ruled jointly.

|-style="background:#fed;"

| Bagrat I

| 875

| 889 – 20 April 900

| Unknown five children

| 20 April 900

|-style="background:#def;"

| Adarnase III

| 875

| 891 – 896

| Duchy of Upper Tao

| Unknown three children

| 896

|-style="background:#def;"

|colspan=7|

| rowspan="2"| Died young. Left no descendants, and was succeeded by his uncle.

|-style="background:#def;"

|

| 890

| 896 – 908

| Duchy of Upper Tao

| Unmarried

| 908

|-style="background:#def;"

| Ashot I (II) the Immature

| 100px

| 875

| 908 – 918

| Duchy of Upper Tao

| Unmarried

| 918 Tbeti

| Previous regent, later assumed the throne.

|-style="background:#def;"

| Gurgen II the Great

| 890

| 918 – 14 February 941

| Duchy of Upper Tao

| Unknown (of Klarjeti) one child

| 14 February 941

| A patron of local monastic communities, Gurgen presided over the construction of a new cathedral at Khandzta. Gurgen was an energetic ruler and accumulated in his hands much power, ruling over Tao, parts of Klarjeti and Javakheti, and also Adjara and Nigali. The expansion of his territories was at the expense of his cousins and neighbours. However, left no male children and his lands went to his cousins.

|-style="background:#fff;"

| David II

| 890

| 923 – 937

| Kingdom of Iberia

| Unmarried

| 937

| In spite of his royal title and unlike his father, David did not bear the traditional high Byzantine title of curopalates, which was bestowed by the emperor upon David's younger brother Ashot II. As a result, David's influence and prestige were overshadowed by those of this younger brother.

|-style="background:#fff;"

| Sumbat I

| 890

| 937 – 958

| Kingdom of Iberia (with Lower Tao since 954)

| Unknown two children

| 958

| rowspan="3"| Brothers of David II; The Iberian kingdom split and Lower Tao re-emerged, to be reunited with Upper Tao in 941. However, Lower Tao re-merged in Iberia in 954.

|-style="background:#def;"

| Ashot II

| 890

| 937 – 25 February 954

| rowspan="2"| Duchy of Tao

| Unmarried

| 25 February 954

|-style="background:#def;"

| Bagrat I

| 890

| 937 – March 945

| Unknown (of Klarjeti) one child

| March 945

|-style="background:#fed;"

| Sumbat II

| 910?

| 23 February 943 – 988

| Duchy of Klarjeti

| Unknown one child

| 988

|-style="background:#def;"

| Adarnase IV

| 910?

| 25 February 954 – 961

| Duchy of Upper Tao

| Unknown two children

| 961

| Tao divided again; Adarnase received only the Upper part of Tao, while the Lower was again retained under the main Iberian line.

|-style="background:#fff;"

| Bagrat II the Simple

| 920?

| 958 – 994

| Kingdom of Iberia

| Unmarried

| 994

| Frequently appeared as a collaborator of his relative David III of Tao, the most influential person among the Bagratids of that time, aiding him against the Rawadids of Azerbaijan.

|-style="background:#def;"

| Bagrat II

| 100px

| 930?

| 961 – 966

| Duchy of Upper Tao

| Unmarried

| 966

|-style="background:#def;"

| David III the Great

| 100px

| 930?

| 966 – 1001

| Duchy of Upper Tao

| Unknown two children

| 1001

|-style="background:#fed;"

| David II

| 930?

| 988 – 993

| rowspan="2"| Duchy of Klarjeti

| Unmarried

| 993

| rowspan="2"| Sons of Sumbat II, ruled jointly for forty days, before Bagrat's death.

|-style="background:#fed;"

| Bagrat II

| 930?

| 988

| Unknown two children

| 988

|-style="background:#fed;"

| Sumbat III

| 950?

| 993 – 1011

| Duchy of Klarjeti

| Unknown two children

| 1011

|-style="background:#fff;"

| Gurgen II

| 100px

| 940?

| 994 – 1008

| Kingdom of Iberia

| Gurandukht of Abkhazia one child

| 1008

|-style="background:#fff;"

|colspan=8| In 1008, Bagrat, who had been King of Abkhazia since 978, inherited from his father Gurgen the crown of Iberia. The two kingdoms united into what came to be known as the Kingdom of Georgia.

|-style="background:#fff;"

| rowspan="2"| Bagrat III the Unifier

| rowspan="2"| 100px

| rowspan="2"| 960 Kutaisi

| style="background:#def;"| 1001 – 1008

| style="background:#def;"| Duchy of Upper Tao

| rowspan="2"| Martha two children

| rowspan="2"| 7 May 1014 Tao

| rowspan="2"| Nephew of Theodosius III of Abkhazia. United for the first time all the territory of Georgia.

|-style="background:#fff;"

| 1008 – 7 May 1014

| Kingdom of Georgia

|-style="background:#def;"

|colspan=8| In 1008, Upper Tao was annexed to the Byzantine Empire, and was then recovered by Georgia in 1073, in the aftermath of the Battle of Manzikert

|-style="background:#fed;"

| Bagrat III

| 970?

| 1011 – 1028

| Duchy of Klarjeti

| Unmarried

| 1028

| In 1028 he was imprisoned by Bagrat IV of Georgia, and died during captivity. His lands were absorbed by Georgia.

|-style="background:#fed;"

|colspan=8| In 1028, Klarjeti was annexed to Georgia

|-style="background:#fff;"

| George I

| 100px

| 996 Kutaisi

| 7 May 1014 – 16 August 1027

| Kingdom of Georgia

| Mariam of Vaspurakan 1018 four children<hr />Alda of Alania one child

| 16 August 1027 Mqinwarni or Itaroni

|-style="background:#fff;"

|colspan=7|

|rowspan=2| His mother, while regent, negotiated a peace treaty with the Byzantine Empire, and returned with the high Byzantine title of curopalates for Bagrat in 1032. Bagrat had the opposition of:

Prince Demetrius of Anacopia (1027–42), Magistros, Bagrat's half-brother, and son of Alda of Alania, had the support of his mother, the Byzantine Empire and the Liparitid clan.
Prince George of Georgia (1050–53), Bagrat's heir, opposed to his father for a brief period.

|-style="background:#fff;"

| Bagrat IV

| 100px

| 1018

| 16 August 1027 – 24 November 1072

| Kingdom of Georgia

| Helena Argyre 1032 Kutaisi no children<hr />Borena of Alania Between 1033 and 1040 three children

| 24 November 1072 Marabda

|-style="background:#fff;"

| George II

| 100px

| 1054 Kutaisi

| 24 November 1072 – 1089<hr />

| Kingdom of Georgia

| 1070 one child

| 1112

| Previously opposed to his father. Unable to deal effectively with the constant Seljuk Turkish attacks and overwhelmed by internal problems in his kingdom, George was forced to abdicate in favor of his energetic son David, to whom he remained a nominal co-ruler until his death in 1112.

|-style="background:#fff;"

| David IV the Builder

| 100px

| 1073 Kutaisi

| 1089 – 24 January 1125

| Kingdom of Georgia

| Rusudan of Armenia 1090 four children?<hr /> 1107 four children?

| 24 January 1125 Tbilisi

| Popularly considered to be the greatest and most successful Georgian ruler in history and an original architect of the Georgian Golden Age, he succeeded in driving the Seljuk Turks out of the country in 1121. His reforms enabled him to reunite the country and bring most of the lands of the Caucasus under Georgia's control.

|-style="background:#fff;"

| Demetrius I

| 100px

| 1093

| 24 January 1125 – 1154<hr />1155–1156

| Kingdom of Georgia

| Unknown Before 1130 four children

| 1156 Mtskheta

| Also a poet. In 1154, he was forced by his own son David to abdicate and become a monk. With David's death months later, he was restored to the throne, but did not survive much longer. Demetrius had the opposition of:

Prince David (1130), Demetrius' heir, opposed to his father for a brief period. Even with the rebellion crushed, he ended up expelling his father from the throne.

|-style="background:#fff;"

| David V

| 1113

| 1154 – 1155

| Kingdom of Georgia

| Unknown Before 1130 at least one child

| 1155

| Previous opponent against his father. Forced him to abdicate, but died a few months later.

|-style="background:#fff;"

| George III

| 100px

| 1115

| 1155 – 27 March 1184

| Kingdom of Georgia

| Burdukhan of Alania 1155 two children

| 27 March 1184

| His reign was part of what would be called the Georgian Golden Age – a historical period in the High Middle Ages, during which the Kingdom of Georgia reached the peak of its military power and development. However, George had the opposition of:

Prince Demetrius of Georgia (1177–78), son of David V, had the support of the Orbeli noble family.

|-style="background:#fff;"

| Tamar I the Great

| 100px

| 1160

| 27 March 1184 – 18 January 1213

| Kingdom of Georgia

| Yury Bogolyubsky 1185 no children<hr/>David Soslan 1189 two children

| 18 January 1213 Agarani

| Co-ruler with her father since 1178. Ruled in a period of political and military successes and cultural achievements, presiding the peak of the Georgian Golden Age.

|-style="background:#fff;"

| George IV the Resplendent

| 100px

| 1191

| 18 January 1213 – 18 January 1223

| Kingdom of Georgia

| Unmarried

| 18 January 1223 Bagavan

| Co-ruler with his mother since 1207, continued her policy, but, at the end of his reign was defeated by a Mongol expedition.

|-style="background:#fff;"

| Rusudan

| 100px

| 1194

| 18 January 1223 – 1245

| Kingdom of Georgia

| Ghias ad-din 1223 two children

| 1245 Tbilisi

| Period marked by Mongol invasions of Georgia. The queen was forced to accept the sovereignty of the Mongol Khan in 1242, to pay an annual tribute and to support the Mongols with a Georgian army.

|-style="background:#ceb;"

| David VI & I the Clever

| 100px

| 1225

| 1245 – 1293

| Kingdom of Western Georgia (in all Georgia until 1259)

| Tamar Amanelisdze before 1254 three children<hr />Theodora Doukaina Palaiologina of Byzantium 1254 one child

| 1293 Tbilisi

| rowspan="2" style="background:#fff;"| Co-ruler with his mother since 1230, David VI disappeared from Georgia in 1246, and was found with the Mongols by the newly elected ruler, his cousin David VII, in 1248. Both were forced to share power, and, albeit rising against Mongol domination (1259), David VI failed and had to flee to Kutaisi in Western Georgia. Establishing there a new kingdom, he successfully maintained trade and contacts with the West. He also built friendly relations with the Golden Horde and Bahri dynasty of Egypt, repulsed the Ilkhanate attacks, and interfered in Trebizond's politics. As for David VII, the Mongol dominance and the taxes he was subject to eventually led to a political and economic crisis in the kingdom.

|-style="background:#fde;"

| David VII the Elder

| 100px

| 1215

| 1248 – 1270

| Kingdom of Eastern Georgia (in all Georgia until 1259)

| Jigda-Khatun before 1252 no children<hr />Altun of Alania 1249<hr />Gvantsa Kakhaberidze 1250 one child<hr />Esukan 1263 no children

| 1270 Tbilisi

|-style="background:#fff;"

|colspan=8| Between 1259 and 1330, due to the consequences of the Mongol invasions, Georgia was ruled by two distinct kings. David VI and David VII, who had ruled together as vassals of the Mongols, ruled distinct parts of the country from 1259. However, there were several moments in which the Eastern kingdom had dominance over all Georgia.

|-style="background:#fde;"

| Demetrius II the Devoted

| 100px

| 1259

| 1270 – 12 March 1289

| Kingdom of Eastern Georgia

| 1277 five children<hr />Solghar of Mongolia Before 1280 three children<hr />Natela Jaqeli 1280 one child

| 12 March 1289 Movakani

| Criticized for his possible polygamy. Executed by the Great Khan.

|-style="background:#fde;"

| Vakhtang II

| 1250

| 12 March 1289 – 1292

| Kingdom of Eastern Georgia

| Oljath Khan 1289 no children

| 1292

| Ascended in Eastern Georgia, with the consent of the Mongols.

|-style="background:#ceb;"

| Constantine I

| 100px

| 1260

| 1293 – 1327

| Kingdom of Western Georgia

| Unknown Before 1327 no children

| 1327

| Unlike his eastern counterparts, Constantine remained independent from the Ilkhanid hegemony. However, his troubled reign was marked by the opposition of his brother, Michael.

|-style="background:#fde;"

| David VIII

| 100px

| 1273

| 1292 – 1302<hr />1308 – 1311

| Kingdom of Eastern Georgia

| Oljath 1291 no children<hr />Unknown, from Surameli family 1302 one child

| 1311

| Refused to submit to the orders of the Mongols, and between 1299 and 1308 he was declared a deposed king, as his own brothers were supported by the Mongol Khan. Albeit forced to abdicate of the throne by his brother Vakhtang, after the latter's death he was restored as king. In 1299, the Ilkhanid khan Ghazan installed his brother as a rival ruler:

George V, King of Georgia (1299–1302), his authority did not extend beyond the Mongol-protected capital Tbilisi, so George was referred to during this period as "The Shadow King of Tbilisi". Historians number him "V" because of this period.

|-style="background:#fde;"

| Vakhtang III

| 100px

| 1276

| 1302 – 1308

| Kingdom of Eastern Georgia

| Ripsime 1297 two children

| 1308

|-style="background:#fde;"

|colspan=7|

| rowspan="2"| Has as regent his uncle, prince George, who had opposed his father. Died as minor, and this uncle took power.

|-style="background:#fde;"

| George VI the Minor

| 1302

| 1311 – 1313

| Kingdom of Eastern Georgia

| Unmarried

| 1313

|-style="background:#fff;"

| George V the Brilliant

| 100px

| 1286

| 1313 – 1346

| Kingdom of Georgia (in Eastern Georgia until 1330)

| Unknown before 1346 one son

| 1346

| "Re-ascended" as a fully recognized king, reuniting Georgia in 1330. A flexible and far-sighted politician, he recovered Georgia from a century-long Mongol domination, restoring the country's previous strength and Christian culture.

|-style="background:#ceb;"

| Michael

| 100px

| 1260

| 1327 – 1329

| Kingdom of Western Georgia

| Unknown 1270 one child

| 1329

| Opposed his brother, Constantine I. Sought to resubjugate to the crown the great nobles and provincial dynasts who had asserted greater autonomy for themselves in the reign of Constantine I.

|-style="background:#ceb"

|colspan=7|

| rowspan="2"| Still a minor, was deposed by George V.

|-style="background:#ceb"

| Bagrat I the Minor

| 1320

| 1329 – 1330

| Kingdom of Western Georgia

| Unknown 1358 three children

| 1372

|-style="background:#ceb;"

|colspan=8| Western Georgia reunited with the Eastern part

|-style="background:#fff;"

| David IX

| 1300?

| 1346 – 1360

| Kingdom of Georgia

| Sindukhtar Jaqeli 1330? two children

| 1360

| The prosperity of the kingdom did not last, as the Black Death swept through the area in 1348. In 1360, Georgia lost Armenia.

|-style="background:#fff;"

| Bagrat V the Great

| 100px

| 1330?

| 1360 – 1393

| Kingdom of Georgia (in Eastern Georgia during a brief division period in 1387–1392)

| Helena Megala Komnene of Trebizond 1360 two children<hr />Anna Megala Komnene of Trebizond June 1366 one child

| 1393

| A fair and popular ruler, was imprisoned by the Golden Horde. Agreed to convert from Christianity and become Muslim.

|-style="background:#ceb;"

| Alexander I

| 1360

| 1387 – 1389

| Kingdom of Imereti

| Anna Before 1389 two children

| 1389

| Rebelled against the main power in Georgia; Western part separated again.

|-style="background:#ceb;"

| George I

| 1360

| 1389–1392

| Kingdom of Imereti

| Unmarried

| 1392

| After his death in 1392, Western Georgia is reincorporated in the Eastern part.

|-style="background:#ceb;"

|colspan=8| Western Georgia reunited with the Eastern part

|-style="background:#fde;"

| George VII

| 100px

| 1360

| 1393–1407

| Kingdom of Eastern Georgia (in all Georgia until 1396)

| Unmarried

| 1407

| rowspan="2"| In 1396, Constantine took advantage of George VII's continuous war with Timur—in which a great number of Imeretians died—and the death of Vameq Dadiani and returned to Imereti.

|-style="background:#ceb;"

| Constantine II

| 1360

| 1396 – 1401

| Kingdom of Western Georgia

| Unmarried

| 1401

|-style="background:#fde;"

| Constantine I

| 100px

| 1366

| 1407 – 1412

| Kingdom of Eastern Georgia

| 1389 three children

| 1412

|-style="background:#ceb;"

| Demetrius I

| Before 1389

| 1401 – 1412

| Kingdom of Western Georgia

| Unknown Before 1445 no children

| 1445

| From 1412 accepts suzerainty from Georgia and rules as duke of Imereti.

|-style="background:#ceb;"

|colspan=8| Western Georgia reunited with the Eastern part

|-style="background:#fff;"

| Alexander I the Great

| 100px

| 1390

| 1412 – 1442

| Kingdom of Georgia

| Dulandukht Orbeliani 1411 three children<hr />Tamar of Western Georgia 1414 three children

| 27 August 1445 or 7 March 1446

| Regained Imereti in 1412. Despite his efforts to restore the country from the ruins left by the Turco-Mongol warlord Timur's invasions, Georgia never recovered and faced the inevitable fragmentation that was followed by a long period of stagnation. He was the last ruler of a united Georgia which was relatively free from foreign domination. Abdicated.

|-style="background:#fff;"

| Demetrius III

| 100px

| 1413

| rowspan="2"| 1442 – December 1446

| rowspan="2"| Kingdom of Georgia

| 1450 one child

| 1453

| rowspan="2"| Co-rulers since 1433. Demetrius abdicated after his brother's death.

|-style="background:#fff;"

| Vakhtang IV

| 100px

| 1413

| 1442 no children

| December 1446

|-style="background:#dce;"

| rowspan="2"| George VIII

| rowspan="2"| 100px

| rowspan="2"| 1417

| style="background:#fff;"| December 1446 – 1466

| style="background:#fff;"| Kingdom of Georgia (in Eastern Georgia only since 1463)

| rowspan="2"| 1445 five children?<hr />Nestan-Darejan 1456 five children?

| rowspan="2"| 1476

| rowspan="2"| In 1463 lost Imereti once more. From 1465, renounced Georgia and ruled only in Kakheti.

|-style="background:#dce;"

| 1466 – 1476

| Kingdom of Kakheti

|-style="background:#fff;"

| Bagrat VI

| 100px

| 1435

| 1463 – 1478

| Kingdom of Georgia (in Western Georgia only until 1466)

| Helena three children

| 1478

| Paternal grandson of Constantine I of Georgia. In 1463 rose as King of Imereti, and in 1466 ascended in Kartli (the part George VIII renounced), reuniting it with Imereti.

|-style="background:#dce;"

| Alexander I

| 1445

| 1476 – 27 April 1511

| Kingdom of Kakheti

| Anna Cholokashvili two children<hr />Tinatin

| 27 April 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". He recognized the suzerainty of Ismail I of Persia at the beginning of the 16th century.

|-style="background:#fff;"

| rowspan="2"| Alexander II

| rowspan="2"| 100px

| rowspan="2"| 1460?

| 1478

| Kingdom of Georgia

| rowspan="2"| Tamar seven children

| rowspan="2"| 1 April 1510 Kutaisi

| rowspan="2"| After being deposed by his uncle Constantine II, Alexander recovered Imereti after Constantine's defeat at the hands of Qvarqvare II Jaqeli, a powerful atabeg of Samtskhe, in 1483, but lost Kutaisi to Constantine again a year later. In 1490, Alexander took advantage of the Ak Koyunlu Turkoman invasion of Kartli, and seized control of Imereti.

|-style="background:#ceb;"

| 1484 – 1 April 1510

| Kingdom of Western Georgia <hr />Kingdom of Imereti

|-style="background:#fde;"

| Constantine II

| 100px

| 1447

| 1478 – 1505

| Kingdom of Kartli (in Georgia until 1490)

| Tamar 1473 eleven children

| 1505

| Paternal grandson of Alexander I of Georgia. Early in the 1490s, he had to recognise the independence of his rival rulers of Imereti and Kakheti, and to confine his power to Kartli.

|colspan=8| In 1490, after several decades of dynastic infighting, a national council agreed on the division of the Kingdom of Georgia into three kingdoms. The Kings of Georgia retained the largest portion of the divided kingdom which reverted to its old name of Kartli. Imereti and Kakheti emerged as the other two Bagrationi kingdoms created out of the division.

|-style="background:#fde;"

| David X

| 100px

| 1482

| 1505 – 1526

| Kingdom of Kartli

| Nestan-Darejan Baratashvili no children<hr /> eight children

| 1526 Tbilisi

| Despite the fact that Constantine had recognised the independence of the breakaway Georgian kingdoms of Imereti and Kakheti, the rivalry among these polities was to continue under David. He had to defend his kingdom against the attacks by Alexander II of Imereti and George II of Kakheti.

|-style="background:#ceb;"

| Bagrat III

| 100px

| 23 September 1495

| 1 April 1510 – September 1565

| Kingdom of Imereti

| Helen six children

| September 1565

| Faced repeated assaults from the Ottoman Turks as well as conflicts with his ostensible vassal princes of Mingrelia, Guria, and Abkhazia who were frequently joining the enemy.

|-style="background:#dce;"

| George II

| ?

| 27 April 1511 – 1513

| Kingdom of Kakheti

| Helen Irubakidze-Cholokashvili three children

| 1513 Tbilisi

| After a failed incursion in Kartli, ended in prison, where he was soon killed.

|-style="background:#dce;"

|colspan=8| Kakheti briefly annexed to Kartli

|-style="background:#dce;"

| Levan

| 100px

| 1504 Tbilisi

| 1518 – 1574

| Kingdom of Kakheti

| Tinatin Gurieli two children<hr />Unknown fourteen children

| 1574 Tbilisi

| Restored the kingdom of Kakheti and presided over the most prosperous and peaceful period in its history.

|-style="background:#fde;"

| George IX

| 100px

| 1485

| 1525 – 1527

| Kingdom of Kartli

| Unmarried

| 1539

| Abdicated to his nephew.

|-style="background:#fde;"

| Luarsab I

| 100px

| 1502

| 1527 – 1556

| Kingdom of Kartli

| Tamar of Imereti eight children

| 1556 Garisi

| Persistent in his resistance against Safavid Persian aggression, he was killed in the Battle of Garisi.

|-style="background:#fde;"

| Simon I the Great

| 100px

| 1537

| 1556 – 1569<hr />1578 – 1599

| Kingdom of Kartli

| Nestan-Darejan of Kakheti 1559 Six children

| 1611 Constantinople

| His first reign was marked by war against the Persian domination of Georgia. In 1569 he was captured by the Persians, and spent nine years in captivity. In 1578 he was released and reinstalled in Kartli. During this period (i.e. his second reign), he fought as a Persian subject against the Ottoman domination of Georgia. In 1599 Simon I was captured by the Ottomans and died in captivity.

|-style="background:#ceb;"

| George II

| 100px

| 1515

| 1565 – 1585

| Kingdom of Imereti

| Unknown one child<hr />Rusudan Sharvashidze two children<hr /> three children

| 1585

| With his ascend to the throne, George found himself involved in the civil war among his vassals.

|-style="background:#fde;"

| David XI

| 1540

| 1569 – 1578

| Kingdom of Kartli

| Helen four children

| 1579 Constantinople

| A convert to Islam, he was appointed as Khan of Kartli by the Persian Shah Tahmasp I from 1562 (effectively from 1569) to 1578.

|-style="background:#dce;"

| Alexander II

| 100px

| 1527 Tbilisi

| 1574 – October 1601<hr />21 October 1602 – 12 March 1605

| Kingdom of Kakheti

| Tinatin Amilakhvari eight children

| 12 March 1605 Dzegami

| 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. In October 1601, Alexander's son, David, revolted from the royal authority and seized the crown, forcing his father to retire to a monastery. David would die a year later, on October 2, 1602, and Alexander was able to resume the throne. Alexander fell victim to the Persian-sponsored coup led by his other son, Constantine.

|-style="background:#ceb;"

| Levan

| 100px

| 1573

| September 1585 – 1588

| Kingdom of Imereti

| Marekhi Dadiani no children

| 1590

| With his ascension to the throne, Leon faced a revolt by his own uncle, Constantine, who defied the royal authority and took control of Upper Imereti. Leon made an alliance with the Mingrelian prince Mamia IV Dadiani, and forced Constantine to surrender in 1587. He then would also face the hostilities of Simon I of Kartli and his own brother-in-law, who deposed him.

|-style="background:#ceb;"

| Rostom

| 100px

| 1571

| 1588 – 1589<hr />1590 – 1605

| Kingdom of Imereti

| rowspan="2"| Unmarried

| 1605

| rowspan="2"| With support of Mamia IV Dadiani, Rostom was raised to the throne, but his authority was defied by Giorgi II Gurieli, who employed an Ottoman force to dethrone the king in favor of Bagrat IV (paternal grandson of Bagrat III). After Rostom fled to Mingrelia, Simon I of Kartli deposed Bagrat IV and brought most of Imereti under his control. Manuchar I Dadiani rejected Simon's ultimatum, moved into Imereti, defeated the invaders and reinstated Rostom as king. However, the authority started to be held by an aristocratic élite, notably by the prince of Mingrelia.

|-style="background:#ceb;"

| Bagrat IV

| 1565

| 1589 – 1590

| Kingdom of Imereti

| 1590

|-style="background:#fde;"

| George X

| 100px

| 1560 Tbilisi

| 1599 – 7 September 1606

| Kingdom of Kartli

| 15 September 1578 five children

| 7 September 1606 Constantinople

| Fought alongside his father against the Ottoman occupation forces since 1598. Held power after Simon was taken captive by the Ottomans at the Battle of Nakhiduri in 1599. George attempted several times, though vainly, to ransom his father (who would die as a prisoner in 1612) from captivity and even offered his son as hostage to the Sublime Porte. Supported the Persians against the Ottomans. He was the first king of Kartli who attempted to establish diplomatic ties with the northern co-religionist power of Muscovy. However, unstable political situation in both countries terminated these contacts.

|-style="background:#dce;"

| David I

| 100px

| ? Gremi

| October 1601 – 21 October 1602

| Kingdom of Kakheti

| Ketevan of Mukhrani, the Martyr 1581 four children

| 21 October 1602 Gremi

| In mid-1601, he capitalized on the illness of his father and gained an effective control of the government. However, died a year later. His father then recovered the throne.

|-style="background:#dce;"

| Constantine I

| 1567

| 12 March – 22 October 1605

| Kingdom of Kakheti

| Unknown

| 22 October 1605 Tbilisi

| His subjects refused to recognize a patricide (he murdered Alexander II) and revolted. The rebellion was led by Constantine's sister-in-law, the widow Ketevan, who requested aid from George X of Kartli. Constantine bribed some of the rebel nobles, but in the end had to flee. The rebels sent emissaries to Abbas I of Persia and pledged loyalty, provided that Abbas confirmed their candidate, Ketevan's son Teimuraz, as a Christian king of Kakheti.

|-style="background:#ceb;"

| George III

| 100px

| 1570

| 1605 – 1639

| Kingdom of Imereti

| Tamar no children

| 1639

| His authority was seriously undermined by the energetic prince of Mingrelia, Levan II Dadiani, whose increasing influence George tried to restrict without success.

|-style="background:#dce;"

|colspan=7|

| rowspan="2"| An admirer of Persian poetry, Teimuraz translated into Georgian several Persian love stories and transformed the personal experiences of his reign into a series of original poems influenced by the contemporary Persian tradition. From 1614 on, he waged a five-decade long struggle against the Safavid Persian domination of Georgia in the course of which he was thrice deposed and lost several members of his family. Teimuraz died as the shah's prisoner at Astarabad.

|-style="background:#dce;"

| Teimuraz I

| 100px

| 1589

| 22 October 1605 – 1648

| Kingdom of Kakheti

| Anna Gurieli 1605 two children<hr />Khorashan of Kartli 1612 three children

| 1661 Gorgan

|-style="background:#dce;"

|colspan=8| Kakheti annexed to Persia (1648–1664)

|-style="background:#fde;"

|colspan=7|

| rowspan="2"| He is known for his martyr's death at the hands of Abbas I of Persia. The Georgian Orthodox Church regards him as saint and marks his memory on the day of his death, July 1.

|-style="background:#fde;"

| Luarsab II the Holy Martyr

| 100px

| 1592 Tbilisi

| 7 September 1606 – 1 July 1615

| Kingdom of Kartli

| Makrine Saakadze no children

| 1 July 1615 Shiraz

|-style="background:#fde;"

|colspan=7|

| rowspan="2"| Installed by Abbas I as a puppet king. His power was confined to Lower Kartli and largely relied on Persian forces. Considered as a renegade, he was despised by most of the kingdom's population and, in spite of the Persian presence, he was unable to control even seemingly loyal nobility.

|-style="background:#fde;"

| Bagrat VII

| 100px

| 1569

| 1616 – 1619

| Kingdom of Kartli

| Anna of Kakheti two children

| 1619

|-style="background:#fde;"

| colspan=7|

| rowspan="2"| Largely unpopular with his Christian subjects, Simon's "khanate" never stretched beyond Tbilisi and the Lower Kartli province, where the districts of Somkhiti and Sabaratiano were occupied by Persian forces.

|-style="background:#fde;"

| Simon II

|

| 1619 – 1630

| Kingdom of Kartli

| Jahan Banu Begum one child

| 1630

|-style="background:#fde;"

|colspan=8| Kartli briefly annexed to Kakheti

|-style="background:#fde;"

|colspan=7|

| rowspan="2"| Took control of Kartli and garrisoned all major fortresses with Persian forces, bringing them under his tight control. His willingness to cooperate with his suzerain won for Kartli a larger degree of autonomy. A period of relative peace and prosperity ensued, with the cities and towns being revived, many deserted areas repopulated and commerce flourished. Although Muslim, Rostom patronised Christian culture, albeit Islam and Persian habits predominating at his court. He ruthlessly crushed an opposition of local nobles.

|-style="background:#fde;"

| Rostom

| 100px

| 1565 Isfahan

| 1633 – 17 November 1658

| Kingdom of Kartli

| Ketevan Abashishvili 1633 no children<hr />Mariam Dadiani 1634 no children

| 17 November 1658 Tbilisi

|-style="background:#ceb;"

| Alexander III

| 100px

| 1600s Kutaisi

| 1639 – 1 March 1660

| Kingdom of Imereti

| Tamar Gurieli 1618 one children<hr />Nestan-Darejan of Kakheti 14 May 1631 near Gori no children

| 1 March 1660 Kutaisi

| Most of his reign was spent in the struggle against the powerful prince of Mingrelia, Levan II Dadiani, who refused to acknowledge the king of Imereti as his overlord, and aspired to displace him from his throne.

|-style="background:#fde;"

|colspan=7|

| rowspan="2"| Originally great-great-grandson of Constantine II of Georgia, he came from the Mukhrani line, being adopted by his predecessor Rostom to succeed him. Followed the policy of his predecessor, managing to maintain a peaceful relationship with his Persian suzerains and to revive the economy of Kartli. Made efforts to bring other Georgian polities under his control.

|-style="background:#fde;"

| Vakhtang V

| 100px

| 1618

| 17 November 1658 – September 1675

| Kingdom of Kartli

| Rodam Kaplanishvili-Orbeliani ten children<hr />Mariam Dadiani 1658 no children

| September 1675 near Ganja <hr />Intervened in Imereti's bitter power struggles.

|-style="background:#ceb;"

| Nestan-Darejan of Kakheti

| 100px

| 1615 Gremi

| 1 March 1660 – 1668

| rowspan="2"| Kingdom of Imereti

| Zurab I, Duke of Aragvi 1623 no children<hr />Alexander III 14 May 1631 near Gori no children<hr />Vakhtang Tchutchunashvili 1660 no children

| 1668 Kutaisi

| rowspan="2"| After Alexander III's death, Darejan, as his widow, became the core of power in Imereti. Signed royal documents before her stepson (king Bagrat V) himself, and eventually blinded him shortly after his accession. Her third marriage to legitimized him in power, opposing Bagrat V:

Vakhtang Tchutchunashvili , puppet king of Nestan-Darejan, ruled briefly in 1660 and 1668.
Demetrius Gurieli , ruled briefly in 1663–1664; the Imeretians deposed and blinded him, and restored Bagrat V. The period was marked by extreme instability and feudal anarchy in the kingdom: some other nobles tried to wrest for power.

|-style="background:#ceb;"

| Bagrat V

| 100px

| 1620

| 1 March 1660 – 1661<hr />1664 – 1678<hr />1679 – 1681

| Ketevan of Kakheti no children<hr />Tatia of Mukhrani no children<hr />Tamar of Mukhrani 1663 four children

| 1681

|-style="background:#dce;"

| Ketevan

| 1648

| 1664 – 1675

| Kingdom of Kakheti

| Archil II 1668 four children

| 16 April 1719 Moscow

| rowspan="3"| With Kakheti's independence restored, Archil was designated its king afterr marrying the later king's granddaughter, Ketevan. Ketevan's brother, Heraclius, came in 1675 to claim and inherit the throne. Dispossessed, Archil tried to expand his influence in Imereti through a series of unsuccessful or short-lived coups d'état on that kingdom. Eventually, Archil retired to Russia where he spearheaded the cultural life of a local Georgian community. He was also a lyric poet.

|-style="background:#dce;"

| rowspan="2"| Archil II

| rowspan="2"| 100px

| rowspan="2"| 1647

| 1664 – 1675

| Kingdom of Kakheti

| rowspan="2"| Unknown no children<hr />Ketevan 1668 four children

| rowspan="2"| 16 April 1713 Moscow

|-style="background:#ceb;"

| 1661 – 1663<hr />1678 – 1679<hr />1690 – 1691<hr />1695 – 1696<hr />1698 – 1699

| Kingdom of Imereti

|-style="background:#fde;"

|colspan=7|

| rowspan="2"| He is best known for his struggle against the Persians which dominated his weakened kingdom and later as a Persian commander-in-chief in what is now Afghanistan. Being an Eastern Orthodox Christian, he converted to Shia Islam prior to his appointment as governor of Kandahar.

|-style="background:#fde;"

| George XI

| 100px

| 1651

| 1675 – 1688<hr />1703 – 21 April 1709

| Kingdom of Kartli

| Tamar Davitishvili 1676 two children<hr />Khoreshan Mikeladze 1687 Kojori one child

| 21 April 1709 Kandahar

|-style="background:#dce;"

|colspan=7|

| rowspan="3"| Grandson of Teimuraz I of Kakheti. Raised in Russia, where he was known as Nikolai Davidovich. In 1662, he returned to take the vacant throne of Kakheti, but was defeated by his brother-in-law Archil with Persian support. He managed to take Kakheti when Archil, conflicted with the Persian Empire, left the kingdom. With the annexation of his kingdom to Persia, Heraclius filled the Kartli throne, left vacant by George XI's deposition.

|-style="background:#dce;"

| rowspan="2"| Heraclius I

| rowspan="2"| 100px

| rowspan="2"| 1643 Tbilisi

| 1675 – 1676<hr />1703 – 1709

| Kingdom of Kakheti

| rowspan="2"| Anna Cholokashvili 1677 Ispahan five children

| rowspan="2"| 1709 Isfahan

|-style="background:#fde;"

| 1688 – 1703

| Kingdom of Kartli

|-style="background:#dce;"

|colspan=8| Between 1676 and 1703, Kakheti was annexed to Persia

|-style="background:#ceb;"

| Tamar of Mukhrani

| 1640

| rowspan="2"| 1681 – 1683

| rowspan="2"| Kingdom of Imereti

| Levan III Dadiani 1661 three children<hr />Bagrat V 1663 four children<hr />George IV Gurieli 1681 no children

| 1681

| rowspan="2"| Like her mother-in-law, Tamar also became the core of sovereignty in Imereti, as it is shown by her third husband succeeding her second one. This third husband, George Gurieli, was Prince of Guria in 1658–1668. He was energetically involved in civil wars in western Georgian polities, which he sought to bring under his sway. He was killed in battle while trying to recover the lost throne of Imereti.

|-style="background:#ceb;"

| George IV Gurieli

| ?

| Tamar Chijavadze 1667 five children<hr />Darejan of Imereti 1677 no children<hr />Tamar of Mukhrani 1681 no children

| 1684

|-style="background:#ceb;"

| Alexander IV

| 1660? Kutaisi

| 1683 – 1691<hr />1691 – 1695

| Kingdom of Imereti

| Tamar Abashidze 1691 four children

| 1695

| George XI of Kartli and the Imeretian nobles secured the Ottoman recognition for Alexander, who was enthroned in Imereti after deposing the Gurieli prince in 1683. Alexander transferred his loyalty to Suleiman I of Persia in 1689, but was expelled by the Ottomans into Kartli in August 1690. In 1691, through the mediation of Erekle I of Kartli and the Persian government, Alexander was restored in Imereti after a year of anarchy and misrule.

|-style="background:#ceb;"

|colspan=7|

| rowspan="3"| As usual for widows in Imereti, she was the link between two kings, marrying them in succession. George V ruled virtually, under his powerful benefactor.

|-style="background:#ceb;"

| Tamar Abashidze

| 1681

| rowspan="2"| 1696 – 1698

| rowspan="2"| Kingdom of Imereti

| Alexander IV 1691 four children<hr />George V Gochia 1696 no children

| 1716

|-style="background:#ceb;"

| George V Gochia

| 1680?

| Tamar Abashidze 1696 no children

| 1698

|-style="background:#ceb;"

|colspan=7|

| rowspan="3"| Sister of Tamar Abashidze, she also married the next king of Imereti, an illegitimate son of her sister's husband, Simon, who was brought up in the court of Erekle I of Kartli. The couple was expelled by Giorgi-Malakia Abashidze and his daughter Tamar.

|-style="background:#ceb;"

| Anika Abashidze

| 1685

| rowspan="2"| 1699 – 1701

| rowspan="2"| Kingdom of Imereti

| rowspan="2"| 1698 no children

| 1731

|-style="background:#ceb;"

| Simon

| ?

| 1701

|-style="background:#ceb;"

|colspan=7|

| rowspan="3"| Third daughter of the powerful regent Giorgi Abashidze, married Mamia Gurieli, who succeeded Elena's brother-in-law. After his first reign as king for a year, Mamia abdicated, being unable to tolerate the influence of his father-in-law Giorgi-Malakia Abashidze. Subsequent periods of his royal career was the result of a feud with George VII of Imereti. Mamia died while still sitting on the throne of Imereti, which then reverted to his rival.

|-style="background:#ceb;"

| Elena Abashidze

| 1685

| 1701 – 1702

| rowspan="2"| Kingdom of Imereti

| Mamia Gurieli 1698 seven children

| 1731

|-style="background:#cccc;"

| Mamia Gurieli the Great'

| 100px

| ?

| style="background:#ceb;"| 1701 – 1702<hr />1711 – 1712<hr />1713 – 5 January 1714

| Elena Abashidze 1698 seven children<hr /> 1711 no children

| 5 January 1714

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| George VI-Malakia Abashidze

| ?

| style="background:#ceb;"| 1702 – 1707

| style="background:#ceb;"| Kingdom of Imereti

| Unknown seven children

| 15 October 1722 Tbilisi

| After controlling many kings behind the curtain, Giorgi-Malakia made his way to the throne, but ended up deposed by a revolt of the nobles.

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| George VII

| ?

| 1707 – 1711<hr />1712 – 1713<hr />5 January 1714 – 1716<hr />1719 – 22 February 1720

| Kingdom of Imereti

| Rodam of Kartli 1703 five children<hr />Tamar Abashidze 1712 no children<hr /> March 1714 no children<hr />Tamar Gurieli 1716 three children

| 22 February 1720 Kutaisi

| With the approval of the Ottoman government, a rightful king of Imereti by the loyal party of nobles in 1702, though it was not until 1707 that he was able to wrest the crown from the usurper Giorgi-Malakia Abashidze (George VI). Entered in a feud with Mamia Gurieli for the throne.

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| rowspan="2"| Paternal grandson of Vakhtang V. He reigned in absentia since he served during the whole of this period as a Persian commander-in-chief in what is now Afghanistan.

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| Kaikhosro

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| 1 January 1674 Tbilisi

| 21 April 1709 – 27 September 1711

| Kingdom of Kartli

| Ketevan four children

| 27 September 1711 Kandahar

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| rowspan="2"| Although a Muslim and a loyal vassal of the Persians, he failed to ensure his kingdom's security and most of his reign was marked by Lekianoba – incessant inroads by the Dagestani mountainous clansmen.

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| David II

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| 1678 Isfahan

| 1709 – 2 November 1722

| Kingdom of Kakheti

| Yatri Jahan-Begum three children

| 2 November 1722

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|colspan=8| Interregnum: 1711–1714

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| rowspan="3"| Paternal grandsons of Vakhtang V. Jesse proved to be incompetent and addicted to alcohol. Unable to maintain order in his possessions, he was replaced, in June 1716, with his brother, Vakhtang, who had finally agreed to renounce Christianity. One of the most important and extraordinary statesman of early 18th-century Georgia, Vakhtang was known as a notable legislator, scholar, critic, translator and poet. His reign was eventually terminated by the Ottoman invasion following the disintegration of Safavid Persia, which forced Vakhtang into exile in the Russian Empire. After Ottoman invasion in Georgia that led to Vakhtang's escape, Jesse could return to the throne. After his death, the kingdom was abolished and united with Kakheti.

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| Jesse

| 60px

| 1680 Tbilisi

| 1714 – 1716<hr />July 1724 – 1727

| Kingdom of Kartli

| Mariam Qaplanishvili-Orbeliani 1712<hr />Elene-Begum of Kakheti 1715 eleven children

| 1727 Tbilisi

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| Vakhtang VI the Scholar

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| 15 September 1674 Tbilisi

| 1716 – July 1724

| Kingdom of Kartli

| Rusudan of Circassia 1696 five children

| 26 March 1737 Astrakhan

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|colspan=8| In 1727, the kingdom of Kartli was annexed to the Ottoman Empire, then to Persia (1735), and finally merged in Kakheti in 1744

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| George VIII Gurieli

| ?

| style="background:#ceb;"| 27 February – June 1720

| style="background:#ceb;"| Kingdom of Imereti

| Elena-Mariam Abashidze two children<hr />Khvaramze Dadiani no children

| 1726

| Also Prince of Guria 1714–1726. Seized the crown of Imereti, but was forced to abandon the enterprise later that year.

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| Alexander V

| 1703 Kutaisi

| June 1720 – 1741<hr />1742 – March 1752

| Kingdom of Imereti

| Mariam Dadiani 1721 three children<hr />Tamar Abashidze 1732 five children

| March 1752 Kutaisi

| Brought up at the court of his relative Vakhtang VI of Kartli and enjoyed his support in the power struggle in Imereti. After visiting Istanbul, in August 1719 he returned with a detachment of Ottoman auxiliaries, deposed George VIII Gurieli in June 1720, and was crowned king of Imereti. Had, however, opposition from his brother:

Mamuka , rival king in 1746–1749, with the support of Otia Dadiani, Prince of Mingrelia, Zurab Abashidze and Grigol, Duke of Racha.

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| rowspan="2"| He frequently feuded with his western neighbor and kinsman, Vakhtang VI of Kartli, who was declared deposed by the Persian government in 1723.

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| Constantine II

| 100px

| ? Isfahan

| 2 November 1722 – 28 December 1732

| Kingdom of Kakheti

| Perejan-Begum one child

| 28 December 1732 Telavi

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| George IX

| 1718 Kutaisi

| 1741

| Kingdom of Imereti

| Mzekhatun Lipartiani five children

| 1778 Kutaisi

| After his brother Alexander V was ousted in the Ottoman-sponsored coup of 1741, he was enthroned in Imereti, but was deposed in the same year.

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| rowspan="4"| Married since 1712. In 1735, the couple fomented unrest against the Persian rule, but Teimuraz was captured in 1736. Part of Georgian nobles staged a powerful rebellion against the Persian regime, and the shah released Teimuraz to suppress the opposition. In 1744, Teimuraz was confirmed by the shah as king of Kartli, his wife recognized as "Queen of Queens", and their son Erekle was given a Kakhetian crown, laying the ground for the eventual reunification of the Georgian kingdoms. They were recognised as Christian kings for the first time since 1632, and crowned as so. With their power growing increasingly stronger, Teimuraz soon repudiated their allegiance to the Persian suzerain.

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| Tamar II

| 1696

| 1744 – 12 April 1746

| Kingdom of Kartli

| Teimuraz II 2 February 1712 four children

| 12 April 1746 Kutaisi

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| rowspan="2"| Teimuraz II

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| rowspan="2"| 1695 Tbilisi

| 28 December 1732 – 1744

| Kingdom of Kakheti

| rowspan="2"| Tamar Eristavi no children<hr />Tamar II 2 February 1712 four children<hr />Ana-Khanum Baratashvili 19 August 1746 two children

| rowspan="2"| 8 January 1762 Saint Petersburg

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| 1744 – 8 January 1762

| Kingdom of Kartli

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|colspan=8| The process of unification of Kartli and Kakheti was initiated in 1744, when Teimuraz II of Kakheti was confirmed as King of Kartli by the Persians, and left Kakheti to his son Heraclius II. It was fulfilled in 1762, when Teimuraz II died, and Heraclius merged the two crowns. The Russian southward expansion would however cut short this evolution; Kartli-Kakheti became a Russian protectorate in 1783 by the Treaty of Georgievsk, and was annexed in 1801 following the death of George XII. Imereti kept its independence a few years longer, until 1810.

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| Heraclius II

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| 7 November 1720 Telavi

| 1744 – 11 January 1798

| Kingdom of Kakheti <hr />Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti

| Ketevan Pkheidze 1740 two children<hr />Anna Abashidze 1745 three children<hr />Darejan Dadiani 1750 twenty-three children

| 11 January 1798 Telavi

| Definitely merged Kartli with Kakheti after his father's death. His reign is regarded as the swan song of the Georgian monarchy. Aided by his personal abilities and the unrest in the Persian Empire, Heraclius established himself as a de facto autonomous ruler, unified eastern Georgia politically for the first time in three centuries, and attempted to modernize the government, economics, and military. Overwhelmed by the internal and external menaces to Georgia's precarious independence, he placed his kingdom under the formal Russian protection in 1783, but the move didn't prevent the invasion of Georgia from being devastated by the Persian invasion in 1795.

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| Solomon I the Great

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| 1735 Kutaisi

| March 1752 – 23 April 1784

| Kingdom of Imereti

| Tinatin Shervashidze one child<hr />Mariam Dadiani three children<hr />Gulkan Tsulukidze no children

| 23 April 1784 Kutaisi

| Had opposition from his cousin:

Teimuraz , son of Mamuka, ruled against Solomon between 1766 and 1768, with support from the Ottoman Empire.

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| David II

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| 1756 Kutaisi

| 4 May 1784 – 1791

| Kingdom of Imereti

| Ana Orbeliani 1780 four children

| 11 January 1795 Akhaltsikhe

| After the death of his cousin, King Solomon I, he became a regent but prevented the rival princes David (the future king Solomon II) and George from being crowned. With the support of Katsia II Dadiani, prince of Mingrelia, he seized the throne and proclaimed himself king on May 4, 1784. Had opposition, in 1789, from a cousin, Prince Solomon, who would eventually succeeded him after ousting him in 1791.

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| George XII

| 100px

| 10 November 1746 Telavi

| 11 January 1798 – 28 December 1800

| Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti

| Ketevan Andronikashvili 1766 twelve children<hr />Mariam Tsitsishvili 13 July 1783 eleven children

| 28 December 1800 Tbilisi

| His brief reign in the closing years of the 18th century was marked by significant political instability, which implied the near certainty of a civil strife and a Persian invasion. Weakened by poor health and overwhelmed by problems in his realm, George renewed a request of protection from Tsar Paul I of Russia. After his death, Imperial Russia took advantage of the moment and moved to annex the Georgian kingdoms, while sending the remnants of the Georgian royal family into forced exile in Russia.

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|colspan=8| In 1801, the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti was annexed by Russia

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| Solomon II

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| 1772 Kutaisi

| 1791 – 1810

| Kingdom of Imereti

| Mariam Dadiani 1791 no children

| 7 February 1815 Trabzon

| Grandson of Alexander V. Initially prevented of the succession by his regent, he managed to overthrow him twice. Ruled under threat of Russian annexation, made even more present after the Kakheti-Kartli conquest in 1800. This became an official act with his deposition by the Imperial Russian government in 1810.

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|colspan=8| In 1810, the Kingdom of Imereti was annexed by Russia

Bagrationi today

Many members of the Bagrationi dynasty were forced to flee the country and live in exile after the Red Army took control of the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia in 1921 and installed the Georgian Communist Party. Since Georgia regained independence in 1990 the dynasty have raised their profile, and in 2008 the two rival branches were united by marriage of the House of Mukhrani pretender David Bagration of Mukhrani and Ana Bagration-Gruzinsky, the eldest daughter of the Gruzinsky pretender Nugzar Bagration-Gruzinsky. The marriage ended in divorce in 2013, but produced a son named Giorgi. On 1 March 2025 Prince Nugzar died, the Gruzinski line went extinct in the male line and Ana became the rival pretender to her ex-husband with Giorgi as their shared heir apparent (his only child and her only son).

List of monarchs of Georgia

Monarchs of Iberia

Iberian kings

Iberian presiding princes

Monarchs of all Georgia

Legend

Bagrationi monarchs

Bagrationi today

Timeline

See also

Notes

References