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)[1] Persian (numismatics)[a][1] | ||||||||||
Religion | Orthodox Christianity Judaism Shia Islam | ||||||||||
Government | Feudal Monarchy | ||||||||||
King | |||||||||||
• 1465–1476 | George I (first) | ||||||||||
• 1744–1762 | Heraclius II (last) | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1465 | ||||||||||
1490 | |||||||||||
1555–1578; 1612–1723; 1736–1747 | |||||||||||
• Vassal state of Ottoman Empire[3] | 1578–1612; 1723–1736 | ||||||||||
• Union of Kartli and Kakheti | 1762 | ||||||||||
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Today part of | Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia Russia |
Part of a series on the |
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/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,[b][3] but enjoyed intermittent periods of greater independence, especially after 1747.
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