Kingdom of Kakheti

Kingdom of Kakheti კახეთის სამეფო
1465–1762
Flag 18th century coat of arms according to Vakhushti
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 / 41.91667; 45.48333
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
• Georgia (Kartli) recognizes independence	1490
• Vassal state of Persia[2]	1555-1578; 1612-1723; 1736-1747
• Vassal state of Ottoman Empire[3]	1578-1612; 1723-1736
• Union of Kartli and Kakheti	1762
Preceded by Succeeded by Kingdom of Georgia Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti Elisu Sultanate
Today part of	Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia Russia

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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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