Vakhtang VI

Vakhtang VI
Vakhtang VI from kontakion, printed by Mihai Iștvanovici in 1709 in Tiflis
King of Kartli (more...)
Reign	1716 - July 1724
Coronation	1716
Predecessor	Heraclius I
Successor	Jesse
Born	(1675-09-15)15 September 1675
Died	26 March 1737(1737-03-26) (aged 61) Governorate of Astrakhan, Russian Empire
Burial	Church of Assumption of the Astrakhan Kremlin
Consort	Rusudan of Circassia
Issue	legitimate Tamar of Kartli Princess Ana of Kartli Princess Tuta of Kartli Prince Bakar of Kartli Prince George of Kartli illegitimate Rostom di Kartli Vakhushti of Kartli Paata of Kartli Elene of Kartli Mariam of Kartli
Dynasty	Bagrationi
Father	Levan of Kartli
Mother	Tuta Gurieli
Religion	Georgian Orthodox Church, Roman Catholic, Islam
Khelrtva

Vakhtang VI (Georgian: ვახტანგ VI), also known as Vakhtang the Scholar, Vakhtang the Lawgiver and Ḥosaynqolī Khan (Persian: حسین‌قلی خان, romanized: Hoseyn-Qoli Xān; 15 September 1675 – 26 March 1737), was a Georgian monarch (mepe) of the royal Bagrationi dynasty. He ruled the East Georgian Kingdom of Kartli as a vassal of Safavid Persia from 1716 to 1724. One of the most important and extraordinary statesman of early 18th-century Georgia, he is known as a notable legislator, scholar, critic, translator and poet. His reign was eventually terminated by the Ottoman invasion following the disintegration of Safavid Persia, which forced Vakhtang into exile in the Russian Empire. Vakhtang was unable to get the tsar's support for his kingdom and instead had to permanently stay with his northern neighbors for his own safety. On his way to a diplomatic mission sanctioned by Empress Anna, he fell ill and died in southern Russia in 1737, never reaching Georgia.