List of the Kings of Georgia
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This is a list of the kings and queens of the various kingdoms and principalities of Georgia
until Russian annexation in 1801.
For the unified kingdom of Georgia
(10th to 15th centuries), ruled by the Bagrationi dynasty
, see List of Bagrationi rulers of Georgia.
was a Greek-Roman name of the ancient kingdom of Kartli
in what is now Eastern Georgia which began about 302 BC
and fell to the Byzantines
and Persians in 580. The lists of early Iberian kings are principally based on early medieval Georgian annals and is blended with legend and fact. Beginning with Artag (1st century BC), many of them are also attested by Roman/Byzantine, Armenian and Persian sources. There is also some lack of consistency about the dates of their reigns. The chronology below is given as per Javakhishvili, Toumanoff and other modern scholars.
s in the 7th century. The following is a list of those princes:
The eventual winners in Georgia were of the house of Bagrationi, who claimed descent from the earlier dynasty although their true origin is debatable. This family would rule Georgia and three break-away kingdoms until the Russians annexed all of Georgia in the early 19th century.
Princes and kings of Kartli
Mongolian Conquest 1292-1310
King of Kartli
The Kings of Georgia retained the largest portion of the divided kingdom which reverted to its old name of Kartli. Kingdom of Imereti
and Kakheti
emerged as the other Bagrationi kingdoms created out of the division.
Annexation to Kakheti 1630-1634
Annexation to Kakheti 1668-1691
Annexation to Kakheti 1695-1703
Interregnum 1711-1714
Annexation of Kakheti and Kartli to Russia by Tsar Paul I
before coronation, 1801.
in 1810 the various branches of the Bagrationi Dynasty of Georgian kings endured in Georgia under Russian occupation. However, many members 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 the Republic of Georgia regained independence in 1990 the former royals have been raising their profile and in 2008 the two rival strands of the dynasty were united in marriage (see picture).
For more information about the royal family today see: Bagrationi Dynasty
(The majority of this list came from, The Royal Ark.)
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
until Russian annexation in 1801.
For the unified kingdom of Georgia
Kingdom of Georgia
The Kingdom of Georgia was a medieval monarchy established in AD 978 by Bagrat III.It flourished during the 11th and 12th centuries, the so-called "golden age" of the history of Georgia. It fell to the Mongol invasions of the 13th century, but managed to re-assert sovereignty by 1327...
(10th to 15th centuries), ruled by the Bagrationi dynasty
Bagrationi Dynasty
The Bagrationi dynasty was the ruling family of Georgia. Their ascendency lasted from the early Middle Ages until the early 19th century. In modern usage, this royal line is frequently referred to as the Georgian Bagratids, a Hellenized form of their dynastic name.The origin of the Bagrationi...
, see List of Bagrationi rulers of Georgia.
Ancient Iberia
IberiaCaucasian Iberia
Iberia , also known as Iveria , was a name given by the ancient Greeks and Romans to the ancient Georgian kingdom of Kartli , corresponding roughly to the eastern and southern parts of the present day Georgia...
was a Greek-Roman name of the ancient kingdom of Kartli
Kartli
Kartli is a historical region in central-to-eastern Georgia traversed by the river Mtkvari , on which Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, is situated. Known to the Classical authors as Iberia, Kartli played a crucial role in ethnic and political consolidation of the Georgians in the Middle Ages...
in what is now Eastern Georgia which began about 302 BC
302 BC
Year 302 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Denter and Paullus...
and fell to the Byzantines
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire during the periods of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, centred on the capital of Constantinople. Known simply as the Roman Empire or Romania to its inhabitants and neighbours, the Empire was the direct continuation of the Ancient Roman State...
and Persians in 580. The lists of early Iberian kings are principally based on early medieval Georgian annals and is blended with legend and fact. Beginning with Artag (1st century BC), many of them are also attested by Roman/Byzantine, Armenian and Persian sources. There is also some lack of consistency about the dates of their reigns. The chronology below is given as per Javakhishvili, Toumanoff and other modern scholars.
Pharnavazids
- Pharnavaz IPharnavaz I of IberiaPharnavaz I was the first king of Kartli, an ancient Georgian kingdom known as Iberia to the Classical sources, who is credited by the medieval Georgian written tradition with founding the kingship of Kartli and the Parnavaziani dynasty...
(ca 302302 BCYear 302 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Denter and Paullus...
–237 BC237 BCYear 237 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caudinus and Flaccus...
) - Saurmag ISaurmag I of IberiaSaurmag was a monarch of Kartli listed as the second king in the traditional royal list of medieval Georgian chronicles. Professor Toumanoff suggest the years 234-159 BC as the period of his reign.The Life of Kings, written c...
(ca 237237 BCYear 237 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caudinus and Flaccus...
–162 BC162 BCYear 162 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Corculum/Lentulus and Figulus/Ahenobarbus...
) - Mirian IMirian I of IberiaMirian I was a monarch of Kartli listed as the third king in the traditional royal list of medieval Georgian chronicles...
(ca 162162 BCYear 162 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Corculum/Lentulus and Figulus/Ahenobarbus...
–112 BC112 BCYear 112 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Drusus and Caesoninus...
) - PharnajomFarnadjom of IberiaP'arnajom or P'arnajob was a king of Iberia from 109 to 90 BC, the fourth in the P'arnavaziani line. He is known exclusively from the royal list included in the medieval Georgian chronicles....
(ca 112112 BCYear 112 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Drusus and Caesoninus...
–93 BC93 BCYear 93 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Flaccus and Herennius...
)
Artaxiads
- Arshak I (ca 9393 BCYear 93 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Flaccus and Herennius...
–81 BC81 BCYear 81 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Decula and Dolabella...
) - ArtagArtagArtoces was a king of Iberia from 78 to 63 BC. He features in the Classical accounts of the Third Mithridatic War and is identified with the Artag or Arik of the medieval Georgian annals...
(ca 8181 BCYear 81 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Decula and Dolabella...
–63 BC63 BCYear 63 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cicero and Hibrida...
) - Pharnavaz II (aka Bartom) (ca 6363 BCYear 63 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cicero and Hibrida...
–32 BC32 BCYear 32 BC was either a common year starting on Monday or Tuesday or a leap year starting on Sunday, Monday or Tuesday of the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Proleptic Julian calendar...
)
Nimrodids, or Second Pharnavazid dynasty
- Mirian IIMirian II of IberiaMirian II or Mirvan was a king of Iberia from 30 to 20 BC. His reign marked the reinstatement of the Nimrodid Dynasty, a continuation of the P'arnabazids....
(3232 BCYear 32 BC was either a common year starting on Monday or Tuesday or a leap year starting on Sunday, Monday or Tuesday of the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Proleptic Julian calendar...
–23 BC23 BCYear 23 BC was either a common year starting on Saturday or Sunday or a leap year starting on Friday, Saturday or Sunday of the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Proleptic Julian calendar...
) - Arshak IIArshak II of IberiaArshak II or Arsuk , of the Nimrodid Dynasty, was a king of Iberia from c. 20 BC to AD 1....
(2023 BCYear 23 BC was either a common year starting on Saturday or Sunday or a leap year starting on Friday, Saturday or Sunday of the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Proleptic Julian calendar...
–2 BC2 BCYear 2 BC was a common year starting on Thursday or Friday of the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Proleptic Julian calendar...
) - Aderk (2 BC2 BCYear 2 BC was a common year starting on Thursday or Friday of the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Proleptic Julian calendar...
-AD 3030Year 30 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Vinicius and Longinus...
) - Mithridates IMithridates I of IberiaMithridates I was the 1st-century king of Iberia whose reign is evidenced by epigraphic material. Cyril Toumanoff suggests AD 58-106 as the years of his reign....
(3030Year 30 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Vinicius and Longinus...
–5050Year 50 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Vetus and Nerullinus...
) - Pharsman IPharsman I of IberiaPharasmanes I was a king of Iberia who plays a prominent role in Tacitus’ account of Rome’s eastern policy and campaigns under Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero...
(5050Year 50 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Vetus and Nerullinus...
–5858Year 58 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Messalla...
) - Qartam (5858Year 58 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Messalla...
–7272Year 72 was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Vespasianus...
) - Kaos (7272Year 72 was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Vespasianus...
–8787Year 87 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Saturninus...
) - Azork (8787Year 87 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Saturninus...
–106) - AmazaspAmazasp I of IberiaAmazasp I was a king of Iberia whose reign is placed by the early medieval Georgian historical compendia in the 2nd century...
(106–116) - Pharsman II the Brave ("Qveli") (116–142)
- Radamist (142–145)
- Pharsman III (145–185)
- Amazasp IIAmazasp II of IberiaAmazasp II |Latinized]] as Amazaspus) was a king of Iberia and the last in the P’arnavaziani line according to the medieval Georgian chronicles...
(185–189)
Arsacids
- Rev I the Just ("Martali")Rev I of IberiaRev I, "the Just" was a king of Iberia from 189 to 216 AD. His reign inaugurated the local Arsacid dynasty....
(189–216) - VacheVache of IberiaVach'e , of the Arsacid dynasty, was a king of Iberia from 216 to 234. He is known exclusively from the medieval Georgian chronicles which make him either 20th or 22nd in the royal list of Iberia and merely relates that Vache was the son of Rev I....
(216–234) - Bakur I (234–249)
- Mithridates II Mihrdat (249–265)
- (Amazasp IIIAmazasp III of IberiaAmazasp III |Latinized]] as Amazaspus) was a king of Iberia from 260 to 265 A.D.. He probably belonged to the Arsacid dynasty....
, anti-king (260–265)) - Asphagur I (265–284)
Chosroids
- Mirian IIIMirian III of IberiaMirian III was a king of Iberia , contemporaneous to the Roman emperor Constantine I .According to the early medieval Georgian annals and hagiography, Mirian was the first Christian king of Iberia, converted through the ministry of Nino, a Cappadocian female missionary...
(284–361), who introduced ChristianityChristianityChristianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...
into Georgia- ( Rev IIRev II of IberiaRev II was a prince of Iberia who functioned as a co-king to his father Mirian III, the first Christian Georgian ruler...
, co-regent (345–361) )
- ( Rev II
- Saurmag II (361–363)
- Varaz-Bakur I (Asphagur II) (363–365)
- Mithridates III (365–380)
- Varaz-Bakur II (Asphagur III)Aspacures III of IberiaAspacures III , of the Chosroid Dynasty, was the king of Iberia from c. 380 to 394. He was the son and successor of Mirdat III and was married to the daughter of Trdat, his relative and successor. He is credited by the Georgian chronicles with the construction of the church of Tsilkani...
(380–394) - Tiridat (394–406)
- Pharsman IV (406–409)
- Mithridates IV (409–411)
- ArchilArchil of IberiaArch'il , of the Chosroid Dynasty, was the king of Iberia from c. 411 to 435. He was the son and successor of King Mirdat IV....
(411–435) - Mithridates V (435–447)
- Vakhtang IVakhtang I GorgasaliVakhtang I "Gorgasali" , of the Chosroid dynasty, was a king of Iberia, natively known as Kartli in the second half of the 5th and first quarter of the 6th century. Gorgasali is a sobriquet meaning in Iranian "wolf’s head"...
(447–502) - DachiDachi of IberiaDach'i , of the Chosroid Dynasty, was the king of Iberia reigning, according to a medieval Georgian literary tradition, for 12 years, from c. 522 to 534...
(502–514) - Bakur II (Gurgen) (514–528)
- Pharsman V (528–542)
- Pharsman VI (542–547)
- Bakur III (547–580)
Interregnum
Persian and Byzantine conquest destroyed rule and replaced the hereditary king with a hereditary prince who continued to fight until they finally regained power with the dawn of the ArabArab
Arab people, also known as Arabs , are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing...
s in the 7th century. The following is a list of those princes:
Prince of Iberia
- Guaram IGuaram I of IberiaGuaram I was a Georgian prince, who attained to the hereditary rulership of Iberia and the Roman title of curopalates from 588 to c. 590. He is commonly identified with the Gorgenes of the Byzantine chronicler Theophanes....
(588-590) - Stephanoz IStephen I of IberiaStephen I , of the Guaramid Dynasty, was a presiding prince of Iberia from c. 590 to 627. He was killed during the battle with the invading Byzantine army....
(590-627) - Adarnase IAdarnase I of IberiaAdarnase I or Adrnerse , of the Chosroid dynasty, was a presiding prince of Iberia from 627 to 637/642....
(627-637) - Stephanoz IIStephen II of IberiaStephen II , of the Chosroid dynasty, was a presiding prince of Iberia from 637/642 to c. 650.The son and successor of Adarnase I, Stephen pursued his father’s pro-Byzantine politics and was probably bestowed by the Emperor with the title of patricius. In 645, however, he was forced to recognize...
(637- 650) - Adarnase IIAdarnase II of IberiaAdarnase II , of the Chosroid dynasty, was a presiding prince of Iberia from c. 650 to 684/5. He is presumably the Iberian patrician mentioned in the 660s letter of Anastasius Apocrisarius pertaining to the martyrdom of Maximus the Confessor, and the prince Nerses whose revolt against Arabs is...
(650–684) - Guaram IIGuaram II of IberiaGuaram II , of the Guaramid dynasty, was a presiding prince of Iberia from 684/5 to c. 693.He was a hereditary duke of Klarjeti and Javakheti, and acquired the office of presiding prince of Iberia when his predecessor, Adarnase II of the Chosroid dynasty died in the struggle with the Khazars in...
(684-693) - Guaram IIIGuaram III of IberiaGuaram III , of the Guaramid dynasty, was a presiding prince of Iberia from before 693 to c. 748.Guaram III was bestowed with the Byzantine title of curopalates, and thus, must have succeeded his father or grandfather Guaram II shortly before 693, i.e., before the resurgent Caliphate ousted the...
(693-748) - Adarnase III NersianiAdarnase III of IberiaAdarnase III , of the Nersianid Dynasty, was a presiding prince of Iberia from c. 748 to 760. Originally a hereditary duke of Inner Iberia, he seems to have succeeded the Guaramid ruler Guaram III whose son was married to Adarnase's daughter...
(748-760) - NerseNerse of IberiaNerse , of the Nersianid family, was a ruling prince of Iberia from c. 760 to 772 and again from 775 to 779/80.Nerse succeeded his father, Adarnase III, Curopalates of Iberia, and defied the Arab hegemony in Georgia. In 772, he was summoned by Caliph al-Mansur to Baghdad and cast in prison...
(760-780) - Stephanoz IIIStephen III of IberiaStephen III , of the Guaramid dynasty, was a presiding prince of Iberia from 779/780 to 786.Stephen was installed by the Caliph in the place of his maternal uncle Nerse who had revolted against the Arab rule...
(780-786)
The eventual winners in Georgia were of the house of Bagrationi, who claimed descent from the earlier dynasty although their true origin is debatable. This family would rule Georgia and three break-away kingdoms until the Russians annexed all of Georgia in the early 19th century.
Princes and kings of KartliKartliKartli is a historical region in central-to-eastern Georgia traversed by the river Mtkvari , on which Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, is situated. Known to the Classical authors as Iberia, Kartli played a crucial role in ethnic and political consolidation of the Georgians in the Middle Ages...
- AshotAshot I KuropalatesAshot I the Great was a presiding prince of Iberia , first of the Bagratid family to have attained to this office c. 813. From his base in Tao-Klarjeti, he fought to enlarge the Bagratid territories and sought the Byzantine protectorate against the Arab encroachment until being murdered c. 830...
(809–826), Prince of Kartli - Bagrat I KuropalatesBagrat I KuropalatesBagrat I , of the Bagratid dynasty, was a presiding prince of Iberia from 830 until his death.Bagrat inherited from his father Ashot I the office of presiding prince of Iberia and the Byzantine title of curopalates...
(826–876), Prince of Kartli - David I KuropalatesDavid I KuropalatesDavid I was a Georgian Bagratid Prince and curopalates of Iberia/Kartli from 876 to 881.The eldest son and successor of Bagrat I, he was baptised by the influential Georgian monk Grigol Khandzteli. David shared the Bagratid hereditary lands in Tao-Klarjeti with his uncles and cousins, his fiefdom...
(876–881), Prince of Kartli - Gurgen I of Tao (881–891), Prince of Kartli
- Adarnase IVAdarnase IV of IberiaAdarnase IV was a member of the Georgian Bagratid dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti and prince of Iberia/Kartli, responsible for the restoration of kingship, which had been in abeyance since it had been abolished by Iran in the sixth century, in 888....
(888–923), King of the Georgians - Bagrat IIBagrat II of KartliBagrat II was a Georgian prince of the Bagratid dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti and the titular king of Iberia-Kartli from 958 until his death. He was also known as Bagrat Regueni , "Regueni" being a moniker rendered in English as "the Simple".Bagrat was the elder son of Sumbat I, whom he succeeded as...
(937–994), King of Kartli - Gurgen II (994-1008), King of Kartli
- Bagrat IIIBagrat III of GeorgiaBagrat III , of the Georgian Bagrationi dynasty, was King of the Abkhazians from 978 on and King of Georgia from 1008 on. He united these two titles by dynastic inheritance and, through conquest and diplomacy, added some more lands to his realm, effectively becoming the first king of what is...
(975-1008), King of the Abkhazis and Kartvelians,
King of All Georgia
- Bagrat IIIBagrat III of GeorgiaBagrat III , of the Georgian Bagrationi dynasty, was King of the Abkhazians from 978 on and King of Georgia from 1008 on. He united these two titles by dynastic inheritance and, through conquest and diplomacy, added some more lands to his realm, effectively becoming the first king of what is...
(1008–1014) - George IGeorge I of GeorgiaGiorgi I , of the House of Bagrationi, was the king of Georgia from 1014 until his death in 1027. He spent most of his seven-year-long reign waging a bloody and fruitless territorial war with the Byzantine Empire.-Early reign:...
(1014–1027) - Bagrat IVBagrat IV of GeorgiaBagrat IV , of the Bagrationi dynasty, was the King of Georgia from 1027 to 1072. During his long and eventful reign, Bagrat sought to repress the great nobility and to secure Georgia's sovereignty from the Byzantine and Seljuqid empires...
(1027–1072) - George IIGeorge II of GeorgiaGeorge II , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Georgia from 1072 to 1089. He was a son and successor of Bagrat IV and his wife Borena of Alania...
(1072–1089) - David IV the Builder (1089–1125)
- Demetrius I (1125–1155)
- David VDavid V of GeorgiaDavid V , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Georgia c. 1154/5.He was an elder son of King Demetre I. Fearing that Demetre would make his younger son Giorgi an heir to the throne, David attempted a revolt in 1130...
(1155) for six months - Demetrius I (1155–1156) restored
- George IIIGeorge III of GeorgiaGiorgi III , of the Bagrationi dynasty, was king of Georgia from 1156 to 1184. His reign, and that of Tamar, are seen as the 'golden age' of Georgian history, the era of empire, diplomatic success, military triumphs, great learning, cultural, spiritual, and artistic flowering.-Life:He succeeded on...
(1156–1184) - TamarTamar of GeorgiaTamar , of the Bagrationi dynasty, was Queen Regnant of Georgia from 1184 to 1213. Tamar presided over the "Golden age" of the medieval Georgian monarchy...
(1184–1213) - George IV LashaGeorge IV of GeorgiaGeorge IV Lasha of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Georgia from 1213 to 1223....
(1213–1223) - RusudanRusudan of GeorgiaQueen Rusudan , from the Bagrationi dynasty, ruled Georgia in 1223–1245.- Life :Daughter of Queen Tamar of Georgia by David Soslan, she succeeded her brother George IV of Georgia on January 18, 1223. George’s untimely death marked the beginning of the end of the Georgian “golden age”...
(1223–1245) - David VI NarinDavid VI NarinDavid VI Narin , from the Bagrationi dynasty, was king of Georgia in 1245–1293. From 1259 to 1293, he ruled the kingdom of Imereti under the name David I as a vassal state of Georgia.-Life:...
(1245–1259), co-regent with successor - David VII UluDavid VII UluDavid VII Ulu , from the Bagrationi dynasty, was king of Georgia in 1247–1270. He reigned over the eastern part of the country from 1259 to 1270.-Life:David was an illegitimate son of King Giorgi IV Lasha by a non-noble woman...
(1259–1270) - Demetrius II (1270–1289)
- Vakhtang IIVakhtang II of GeorgiaVakhtang II , of the dynasty of Bagrationi, was king of Georgia from 1289 to 1292. He reigned during the Mongol dominance of Georgia....
(1289–1292)
Mongolian Conquest 1292-1310
- David VIIIDavid VIII of GeorgiaDavid VIII , from the Bagrationi dynasty, was king of Georgia in 1293–1311.Eldest son of Demetre II the Self-sacrificing, he was appointed by the Ilkhan ruler Gaikhatu as king of Georgia as reward for his military service during the Rümelian uprising in 1293...
(1293–1311) - George VGeorge V of GeorgiaGeorge V, the "Brilliant" was King of Georgia from 1299 to 1302 and again from 1314 until his death. A flexible and far-sighted politician, he recovered Georgia from a century-long Mongol domination, restoring the country’s previous strength and Christian culture.-Reign:George was born to King...
(1297–1298) - Vakhtang IIIVakhtang III of GeorgiaVakhtang III , of the dynasty of Bagrationi, was the king of Georgia from 1302 to 1308. he ruled during the Mongol dominance of Georgia....
(1298–1308) - George VI the Minor (1310–1314)
- George V (1314–1346) restored
- David IXDavid IX of GeorgiaDavid IX of Georgia , from the Bagrationi dynasty, was king of Georgia from 1346 until his death.-Family:David was the only known son of George V of Georgia. The identity of his mother is not known. The "Georgian Chronicle" of the 18th century reports George V marrying a daughter of "the Greek...
(1346–1360) - Bagrat VBagrat V of GeorgiaBagrat V, “the Great” was the son of the Georgian king Davit IX with whom he was co-ruler from 1355, and became king after the death of his father in 1360....
(1360–1395) - George VIIGeorge VII of GeorgiaGeorge VII was king of Georgia from 1393 to 1407 .George was the son of the king Bagrat V and his first wife Helena of Trebizond...
(1395–1405) - Constantine IConstantine I of GeorgiaConstantine I was King of Georgia from 1407 to 1411 .He was the elder son of King Bagrat V of Georgia by his second wife, Anna of Trebizond. His maternal grandparents were Alexios III of Trebizond and Theodora Kantakouzene....
(1405–1411) - AleksandreAlexander I of GeorgiaAlexander I, “the Great” , of the Bagrationi house, was king of Georgia from 1412 to 1442. Despite his efforts to restore the country from the ruins left by the Turco-Mongol warlord Timur Leng’s invasions, Georgia never recovered and faced the inevitable fragmentation that was followed by a long...
(1412–1443) - Vakhtang IVVakhtang IV of GeorgiaVakhtang IV , of the Bagrationi dynasty, was King of Georgia from 1442 until his death.Vakhtang was the eldest son of Alexander I of Georgia by his first wife Dulandukht. He was raised to the co-kingship by his father in 1433...
(1443–1446) - George VIIIGeorge VIII of GeorgiaGeorge VIII was a king of Georgia, though already fragmentised and dragged into a fierce civil war, from 1446 to 1465...
(1446–1466), kingdom divided
King of KartliKartliKartli is a historical region in central-to-eastern Georgia traversed by the river Mtkvari , on which Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, is situated. Known to the Classical authors as Iberia, Kartli played a crucial role in ethnic and political consolidation of the Georgians in the Middle Ages...
The Kings of Georgia retained the largest portion of the divided kingdom which reverted to its old name of Kartli. Kingdom of ImeretiKingdom of Imereti
The Kingdom of Imereti was established in 1455 by a member of the house of Bagration when the Kingdom of Georgia was dissolved into rival kingdoms. Before that time, Imereti was considered a separate kingdom within the Kingdom of Georgia, to which a cadet branch of the Bagration royal family held...
and Kakheti
Kakheti
Kakheti is a historical province in Eastern Georgia inhabited by Kakhetians who speak a local dialect of Georgian. It is bordered by the small mountainous province of Tusheti and the Greater Caucasus mountain range to the north, Russian Federation to the Northeast, Azerbaijan to the Southeast, and...
emerged as the other Bagrationi kingdoms created out of the division.
- Bagrat VIBagrat VI of GeorgiaBagrat VI , a representative of the Imeretian branch of the Bagrationi royal house, was a king of Imereti from 1463, and a king of Georgia from 1465 until his death.-Life:...
(1466–1478), reclaimed all of Georgia 1465 - Aleksandre IIAlexander II of ImeretiAlexander II was a king of Georgia in 1478 and of Imereti from 1483 to 1510.In 1478, his father Bagrat VI died and Alexander became king of Georgia, initially ruling its two major regions, Imereti in the west and Kartli in the east. Alexander was expelled from the kingdom by a rival prince...
(1478) - Constantine IIConstantine II of GeorgiaConstantine II , of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a king of Georgia since 1478. 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....
(1478–1505), retained Kartli but lost Georgia 1490 - David XDavid X of KartliDavid X was a king of the Georgian kingdom of Kartli from 1505 to 1525.He was the eldest son of Constantine II, whom he succeeded as king of Kartli in 1505 . Despite the fact that Constantine had recognised the independence of the breakaway Georgian kingdoms of Imereti and Kakheti, the rivalry...
(1505–1524) - George IXGeorge IX of KartliGeorge IX was a king of the Georgian kingdom of Kartli from 1525 to 1527 .The second son of the Georgian king Constantine II, he succeeded on the abdication of his elder brother, David X, in 1525. The relations of the king with other members of the royal family were strained...
(1524–1534) - Luarsab ILuarsab I of KartliLuarsab I , of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a king of the Georgian kingdom of Kartli from 1527 to 1556 or from 1534 to 1558...
(1534–1558) - Svimeon ISimon I of KartliSimon I also known as Svimon , of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a Georgian king of Kartli from 1556 to 1569 and again from 1578 to 1599...
(1558–1569) - David XIDavid XI of KartliAlthough some contemporary Georgian sources refer to him as David XI , king of Kartli , Daud Khan , a convert to Islam, was actually a puppet ruler of Kartli for the Persian shah Tahmasp I from 1562 to 1578.David was a brother of the Kartlian king Simon I, who led a long-lasting liberation...
(1569–1578) - Svimeon I (1578–1600) restored
- George XGeorge X of KartliGeorge X , of the Bagrationi royal dynasty, was a king of the eastern Georgian kingdom of Kartli from 1599 until his death.Titles: H.M...
(1600–1605) - Luarsab IILuarsab II of KartliThe Holy Martyr Luarsab II , of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a king of Kartli from 1606 to 1615. He is known for his martyr’s death at the hands of the Persian shah Abbas I...
(1605–1615) - Bagrat VIIBagrat VII of KartliBagrat Khan also known as Bagrat VII , was king of Kartli, eastern Georgia, effectively serving as a khan for the Persian shah Abbas I from 1615 to 1619....
(1615–1619) - Svimeon IISimon II of KartliSimon II , also known as Svimon or Semayun Khan , was a Persian-appointed king of Kartli, eastern Georgia, from 1619 to 1630/1631.A son of Bagrat Khan, Simon was a Georgian convert to Islam...
(1619–1630)
Annexation to Kakheti 1630-1634
- RustamRostom of KartliRostom or Rustam Khan was a ruler of Kartli, eastern Georgia, from 1633 until his death. Appointed by a Persian shah as a Wāli of Kartli, he styled himself king of kings and sovereign.- Life :...
(1634–1658) - Vakhtang VVakhtang V of KartliVakhtang V was the king of Kartli from 1658 until his death, who ruled as a vassal wali for the Persian shah. He is also known under the name of Shah Nawaz, which he assumed on being obliged outwardly to conform to Islam.-Life:...
(1658–1676) - George XIGeorge XI of KartliGeorge XI was a Georgian monarch who ruled Eastern Georgia from 1676 to 1688 and again from 1703 to 1709. He is best known for his struggle against the Safavid Persia which dominated his weakened kingdom. Being an Eastern Orthodox Christian, he converted to Islam prior to his appointment as...
(1676–1688)
Annexation to Kakheti 1668-1691
- George XI (1691–1695)
Annexation to Kakheti 1695-1703
- George XI (1703–1709)
- KaikhusroKaikhosro of KartliKaikhosro , of the House of Bagrationi, was a king of Kartli, eastern Georgia, from 1709 to 1711...
(1709–1711)
Interregnum 1711-1714
- JesseJesse of KartliJesse , also known by his Muslim names Ali-Quli Khan and Mustafa Pasha, , of the Mukhranian Bagrationi dynasty, was a king of Kartli , acting actually as a Safavid Persian and later Ottoman viceroy from 1714 to 1716 and from 1724 until his death, respectively.He was a son of Prince Levan by his...
(1714–1716) - Vakhtang VIVakhtang VI of KartliVakhtang VI , also known as Vakhtang the Scholar and Vakhtang the Lawgiver, was a Wāli of Kartli, eastern Georgia, as a nominal vassal to the Persian shah from 1716 to 1724. Traditionally, he has been still styled as king of Kartli...
(1716–1723) - JesseJesse of KartliJesse , also known by his Muslim names Ali-Quli Khan and Mustafa Pasha, , of the Mukhranian Bagrationi dynasty, was a king of Kartli , acting actually as a Safavid Persian and later Ottoman viceroy from 1714 to 1716 and from 1724 until his death, respectively.He was a son of Prince Levan by his...
(1723–1727)
King of Kartli and Kakheti
Upon Jesse's death and with help from the Persians, the two neighboring kingdoms of Kartli and Kakheti were united once more. Imereti remained independent until its annexation by Russia in 1810.- Constantine IIConstantine II of KakhetiConstantine II also known as Mahmād Qulī Khān , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 1722 to 1732....
(1727–1732) - Teimuraz IITeimuraz IITeimuraz II , of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a king of Kakheti, eastern Georgia, from 1732 to 1744, then of Kartli from 1744 until his death.- Life :...
(1732–1762) - Erekle IIErekle IIErekle II was a Georgian monarch of the Bagrationi Dynasty, reigning as the king of Kakheti from 1744 to 1762, and of Kartli and Kakheti from 1762 until 1798. In the contemporary Persian sources he is referred to as Erekli Khan, while Russians knew him as Irakli...
(1762–1798) - George XIIGeorge XII of GeorgiaGeorge XII , sometimes known as George XIII , of the House of Bagrationi, was the last king of Georgia from 1798 until his death in 1800...
(1798–1800) - DavidDavid BagrationiDavid Bagrationi also known as David the Regent was a Georgian prince , writer and scholar, was a regent of the Kingdom of Kartl-Kakheti, eastern Georgia, from December 28, 1800 to January 18, 1801.The eldest son of the last Kartl-Kakhetian, King George XII by his first wife Ketevan...
(1800), heir apparent
Annexation of Kakheti and Kartli to Russia by Tsar Paul I
Paul I of Russia
Paul I was the Emperor of Russia between 1796 and 1801. He also was the 72nd Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta .-Childhood:...
before coronation, 1801.
Georgian monarchy after 1801
After the Russian annexation of Kartli-Kakheti in 1801 and neighbouring ImeretiImereti
Imereti is a province in Georgia situated along the middle and upper reaches of the Rioni river. It consists of the following Georgian administrative-territorial units:#Kutaisi #Baghdati region#Vani region#Zestafoni region...
in 1810 the various branches of the Bagrationi Dynasty of Georgian kings endured in Georgia under Russian occupation. However, many members were forced to flee the country and live in exile after the Red Army
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...
took control of the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia
Democratic Republic of Georgia
The Democratic Republic of Georgia , 1918–1921, was the first modern establishment of a Republic of Georgia.The DRG was created after the collapse of the Russian Empire that began with the Russian Revolution of 1917...
in 1921 and installed the Georgian Communist Party
Georgian Communist party
Georgia was incorporated into the Soviet Union as the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic after 25 February 1921 when the Red Army entered its capital Tbilisi and installed a communist government led by Georgian Bolshevik Filipp Makharadze. After the 1924 August Uprising in Georgia the country was...
. Since the Republic of Georgia regained independence in 1990 the former royals have been raising their profile and in 2008 the two rival strands of the dynasty were united in marriage (see picture).
For more information about the royal family today see: Bagrationi Dynasty
(The majority of this list came from, The Royal Ark.)
See also
- Divan of the Abkhazian KingsDivan of the Abkhazian KingsThe Divan of the Abkhazian Kings is a short medieval document composed in Georgian in the late 10th or early 11th century. It has come down to us in a 15th-century version. The text was first studied and published by the Georgian scholar Ekvtime Takaishvili...
- Kingdom of ImeretiKingdom of ImeretiThe Kingdom of Imereti was established in 1455 by a member of the house of Bagration when the Kingdom of Georgia was dissolved into rival kingdoms. Before that time, Imereti was considered a separate kingdom within the Kingdom of Georgia, to which a cadet branch of the Bagration royal family held...
- List of sovereigns of Kakheti
- Emirs of TbilisiEmirate of TbilisiThe Emirs of Tbilisi ruled over the parts of today’s eastern Georgia from their base in the city of Tbilisi, from 736 to 1080 . Established by the Arabs during their invasions of Georgian lands, the emirate was an important outpost of the Muslim rule in the Caucasus until recaptured by the...
- List of the Queens of Georgia