Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti ⴉⴀⴞⴄⴇ-ⴠⴄⴐⴄⴇⴈⴑ ⴑⴀⴋⴄⴔⴍ | |||||||||||||
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1014–1104 | |||||||||||||
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Status | Kingdom | ||||||||||||
Capital | Telavi | ||||||||||||
Common languages | Georgian | ||||||||||||
Religion | Orthodox Christianity Sunni Islam (temporary) | ||||||||||||
Government |
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Prince-Bishop | |||||||||||||
• 787-827 | Grigol (first) | ||||||||||||
• 976-1010 | David (last) | ||||||||||||
King | |||||||||||||
• 1010-1037 | Kvirike III (first) | ||||||||||||
• 1102-1104 | Aghsartan II (last) | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
• Monarchy is established | 1014 | ||||||||||||
• incorporation of Hereti | 1020s | ||||||||||||
• vassal of Seljuk Empire | 1080s | ||||||||||||
• annexed to Kingdom of Georgia | 1104 | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | Azerbaijan Georgia Russia |
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History of Georgia |
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The Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti (Georgian: ⴉⴀⴞⴄⴇ-ⴠⴄⴐⴄⴇⴈⴑ ⴑⴀⴋⴄⴔⴍ, K'akhet-heretis samepo) was an early Medieval Georgian monarchy in eastern Georgia, centered at the province of Kakheti, with its capital first at Telavi. It emerged in c. 1014 AD, under the leadership of energetic ruler of principality of Kakheti, Kvirike III the Great that finally defeated the ruler of Hereti and crowned himself as a king of the unified realms of Kakheti and Hereti. From this time on, until 1104, the kingdom was an independent and separated state from the united Kingdom of Georgia. The kingdom included territories from riv. Ksani (western border) to Alijanchay river (eastern border) and from Didoeti (northern border) to southwards along the river of Mtkvari (southern border).[citation needed]