Kingdom of Kakheti
Kingdom of Kakheti კახეთის სამეფო | |||||||||||
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| 1465–1762 | |||||||||||
18th century coat of arms according to Vakhushti
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Kingdom of Kakheti in 1490 | |||||||||||
| Status | Kingdom | ||||||||||
| Capital | Gremi (1465–1664) Telavi 41°55′0″N 45°29′0″E / 41.91667°N 45.48333°E | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Georgian (numismatics) Persian (numismatics) | ||||||||||
| Religion | Orthodox Christianity Judaism Shia Islam | ||||||||||
| Government | Feudal monarchy | ||||||||||
| King | |||||||||||
• 1465–1476 | George I (first) | ||||||||||
• 1744–1762 | Heraclius II (last) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1465 | ||||||||||
| 1490 | |||||||||||
• Vassal state of Persia | 1555–1578; 1612–1723; 1736–1747 | ||||||||||
• Vassal state of Ottoman Empire | 1578–1612; 1723–1736 | ||||||||||
• Union of Kartli and Kakheti | 1762 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia Russia | ||||||||||
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| History of Georgia |
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The Kingdom of Kakheti (Georgian: კახეთის სამეფო, romanized: k'akhetis samepo; also spelled Kaxet'i or Kakhetia) was a late medieval and early modern monarchy in eastern Georgia, centered at the province of Kakheti, with its capital first at Gremi and then at Telavi. It emerged in the process of a tripartite division of the Kingdom of Georgia in 1465 and existed, with several brief intermissions, until 1762 when Kakheti and the neighboring Georgian kingdom of Kartli were merged through a dynastic succession under the Kakhetian branch of the Bagrationi dynasty. Through much of this period, the kingdom was a vassal of the successive dynasties of Iran, and to a much shorter period Ottoman Empire, but enjoyed intermittent periods of greater independence, especially after 1747.