Rusudan of Circassia | |
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Queen consort of Kartli | |
Tenure | 1703-1712 1716-1724 |
Died | 30 December 1740 Moscow |
Burial | |
Spouse | Vakhtang VI of Kartli |
Issue | Tamar of Kartli Princess Ana of Kartli Princess Tuta of Kartli Prince Bakar of Kartli Prince George of Kartli |
Religion | Georgian Orthodox Church |
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Rusudan (Georgian: რუსუდანი; died 30 December 1740) was a daughter of a Circassian noble and a wife of Vakhtang VI, Hoseyn-Goli Khan, who ruled the Georgian kingdom of Kartli as a regent from 1703 to 1712 and a king (or a vali from the Iranian perspective) from 1716 to 1724. She followed her husband in his exile to the Russian Empire, where she lived for the rest of her life.