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Kartlos or K'art'los was the legendary establisher and eponymous father of Georgia
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
, and the mythic ancestor of Georgians
Georgians

The Georgians are a nation and ethnic group originating in the Caucasus, the oldest group of the South Caucasian peoples people mainly centered in Georgia , but also living in Turkey, Russia, the United States, Iran, and other countries....
, namely its nucleus Kartli
Kartli

Kartli is the largest and most populated province of Eastern Georgia . It includes the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, and two other major cities, Gori and Rustavi....
 (Caucasian Iberia
Caucasian Iberia

Iberia , also known as Iveria , was a name given by the ancient Ancient Greece and Roman Empire to the ancient Georgia kingdom of Kartli corresponding roughly to the eastern and southern parts of the present day Georgia....
). His story is narrated in the compilation of the medieval Georgian chronicles, Kartlis Cxovreba, taken down from oral tradition by Leonti Mroveli
Leonti Mroveli

Leonti Mroveli was the 11th-century Georgia historian and priest. Mroveli is not his last name, but comes from the title of bishop at Ruisi , a post he held as of 1066....
 in the 11th century.

The legend has it that he was a son of Targamos
Togarmah

Togarmah third son of Gomer, and grandson of Japheth, brother of Ashkenaz and Riphat .In the northernmost house of Togarmah will follow Gog....
 and, thus, brother of Haos
Haik

Hayk is the legendary patriarch and founder of the Armenians. His story is told in the History of Armenia ....
, Movakos, Lekos, Heros
Hereti

Hereti was a historic province in Caucasian Albania and later Georgia . It roughly corresponds to the southeastern corner of the Kakheti region, Eastern Georgia....
, Kavkasos, and Egros
Egrisi

Egrisi is a medieval Georgian language name for the region and kingdom in the western part of modern-day Georgia , known to the Byzantine Empire authors as Lazica and to Persian Empire as Lazistan after the Laz people tribe, which at some time dominated the local ruling ?lite....
 from whom other Caucasian
Caucasus

The Caucasus or Caucas is a geopolitical region located between Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. It is home to Europe's highest mountain ....
 peoples took their origin.






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Kartlos or K'art'los was the legendary establisher and eponymous father of Georgia
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
, and the mythic ancestor of Georgians
Georgians

The Georgians are a nation and ethnic group originating in the Caucasus, the oldest group of the South Caucasian peoples people mainly centered in Georgia , but also living in Turkey, Russia, the United States, Iran, and other countries....
, namely its nucleus Kartli
Kartli

Kartli is the largest and most populated province of Eastern Georgia . It includes the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, and two other major cities, Gori and Rustavi....
 (Caucasian Iberia
Caucasian Iberia

Iberia , also known as Iveria , was a name given by the ancient Ancient Greece and Roman Empire to the ancient Georgia kingdom of Kartli corresponding roughly to the eastern and southern parts of the present day Georgia....
). His story is narrated in the compilation of the medieval Georgian chronicles, Kartlis Cxovreba, taken down from oral tradition by Leonti Mroveli
Leonti Mroveli

Leonti Mroveli was the 11th-century Georgia historian and priest. Mroveli is not his last name, but comes from the title of bishop at Ruisi , a post he held as of 1066....
 in the 11th century.

The legend has it that he was a son of Targamos
Togarmah

Togarmah third son of Gomer, and grandson of Japheth, brother of Ashkenaz and Riphat .In the northernmost house of Togarmah will follow Gog....
 and, thus, brother of Haos
Haik

Hayk is the legendary patriarch and founder of the Armenians. His story is told in the History of Armenia ....
, Movakos, Lekos, Heros
Hereti

Hereti was a historic province in Caucasian Albania and later Georgia . It roughly corresponds to the southeastern corner of the Kakheti region, Eastern Georgia....
, Kavkasos, and Egros
Egrisi

Egrisi is a medieval Georgian language name for the region and kingdom in the western part of modern-day Georgia , known to the Byzantine Empire authors as Lazica and to Persian Empire as Lazistan after the Laz people tribe, which at some time dominated the local ruling ?lite....
 from whom other Caucasian
Caucasus

The Caucasus or Caucas is a geopolitical region located between Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. It is home to Europe's highest mountain ....
 peoples took their origin. Kartlos united his people to become their chieftain and founded the city of Kartli.

According to some modern scholars, Kartlos seems initially to have been a contrivance of early Georgian folklore, though he later came to be regarded in the medieval epoch as a real historical figure and the genuine founder of the Georgian nation.

Descendants


He had several sons:
  • Mcxetos
  • Gardabos
  • Kakhos
  • Kukhos
  • Gachios
  • Uphlos
  • Odzrkhos
  • Javakhos


– who became eponymous founders and the first rulers of Mtskheta
Mtskheta

Mtskheta , one of the oldest cities of the country of Georgia , is located approximately 20 kilometers northeast of Tbilisi at the confluence of the Aragvi and Mtkvari rivers....
, Gardabani
Gardabani (historic district)

Gardabani was a region in medieval Georgia , in the extreme southeast of the country, centered at the fortress of Khunani. This land roughly corresponds to a district lying south of Tbilisi, west of the Mtkvari River....
, Kakheti
Kakheti

Kakheti is a province in Eastern Georgia . It is bordered by the small mountainous province of Tusheti and mountain-range of Greater Caucasus to the north, Azerbaijan to the east and the south, and the Georgian province of Kartli to the west....
, Kukheti
Kukheti

Kukheti was a historical region in eastern Georgia , between Kakheti and Hereti....
, Gachiani
Gachiani

Gachiani was a historical city and district in Caucasian Iberia/Kvemo Kartli in southeast Georgia . Its exact location and boundaries remain unclear....
, Uplistsikhe
Uplistsikhe

Uplistsikhe is an ancient rock-hewn town in eastern Georgia Georgia , some 10 kilometers east of the town of Gori, Georgia, Shida Kartli.Built on a high rocky left bank of the Mtkvari River, it contains various structures dating from the Early Iron Age to the Late Middle Ages, and is notable for the unique combination of various styles of...
, Odzrkhe
Odzrkhe

Odzrkhe or Odzrakhe was a historic fortified town and the surrounding area in what is now Samtskhe-Javakheti region, southern Georgia . According to medieval Georgian historic tradition, it was founded by the mythic hero Odzrakhos of the Kartlosid line....
, and Javakheti
Javakheti

Javakheti is a historical region of Georgia in the southeastern part of the country's Samtskhe-Javakheti province. Armenians form the ethnic majority in the region....
, respectively.

The 3rd-century BC Iberian
Caucasian Iberia

Iberia , also known as Iveria , was a name given by the ancient Ancient Greece and Roman Empire to the ancient Georgia kingdom of Kartli corresponding roughly to the eastern and southern parts of the present day Georgia....
 king Pharnavaz
Pharnavaz I of Iberia

Pharnavaz I was the first List of the Kings of Georgia of Kartli, an ancient Georgia kingdom known as Caucasian Iberia to the Classical antiquity sources, who is credited by the medieval Georgian written tradition with founding the kingship of Kartli and the Pharnabazid dynasty....
 is said to have claimed his descent from Kartlos, being called Kartlosiani (Kartlosid) after him.