List of the kings of Georgia

King of Georgia
Former Monarchy
	The Coat of Arms of the Bagrationi Kingdom of Georgia
	George XII
First monarch	Bagrat III
Last monarch	George XII
Monarchy started	1008
Monarchy ended	1800
Current pretender	Nugzar Bagration-Gruzinsky; (Gruzinsky branch); David Bagration; (Mukhrani branch)

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"Queen of Georgia" redirects here. For the consorts of Georgia, see List of Georgian consorts.

This is a list of the kings and queens of the various kingdoms and principalities of Georgia until Russian annexation in 1801.

For the unified kingdom of Georgia (10th to 15th centuries), ruled by the Bagrationi dynasty, see List of Bagrationi rulers of Georgia.

[edit] Ancient Iberia

Iberia was a Greek-Roman name of the ancient kingdom of Kartli in what is now Eastern Georgia which began about 302 BC and fell to the Byzantines and Persians in 580. The lists of early Iberian kings are principally based on early medieval Georgian annals and is blended with legend and fact. Beginning with Artag (1st century BC), many of them are also attested by Roman/Byzantine, Armenian and Persian sources. There is also some lack of consistency about the dates of their reigns. The chronology below is given as per Javakhishvili, Toumanoff and other modern scholars.

[edit] Pharnavazids

[edit] Artaxiads

Arshak I (ca 93–81 BC)
Artag (ca 81–63 BC)
Pharnavaz II (aka Bartom) (ca 63–32 BC)

Georgian Statehood

[edit] Nimrodids, or Second Pharnavazid dynasty

Mirian II (32–23 BC)
Arshak II (20–2 BC)
Pharasmanes I of Iberia (2 BC-AD 30)
Mithridates I (30–50)
Pharsman I (50–58)
Qartam (58–72)
Kaos (72–87)
Azork (87–106)
Amazasp I (106–116)
Pharsman II the Brave ("Qveli") (116–142)
Radamist (142–145)
Pharsman III (145–185)
Amazasp II (185–189)

[edit] Arsacids

Rev I the Just ("Martali") (189–216)
Vache (216–234)
Bakur I (234–249)
Mithridates II Mihrdat (249–265)
(Amazasp III, anti-king (260–265))
Asphagur I (265–284)

[edit] Chosroids

Mirian III (284–361), who introduced Christianity into Georgia
- ( Rev II, co-regent (345–361) )
Saurmag II (361–363)
Varaz-Bakur I (Asphagur II) (363–365)
Mithridates III (365–380)
Varaz-Bakur II (Asphagur III) (380–394)
Tiridat (394–406)
Pharsman IV (406–409)
Mithridates IV (409–411)
Archil (411–435)
Mithridates V (435–447)
Vakhtang I (447–502)
Dachi (502–514)
Bakur II (Gurgen) (514–528)
Pharsman V (528–542)
Pharsman VI (542–547)
Bakur III (547–580)

[edit] Interregnum

Persian and Byzantine conquest destroyed rule and replaced the hereditary king with a hereditary prince who continued to fight until they finally regained power with the dawn of the Arabs in the 7th century. The following is a list of those princes:

[edit] Prince of Iberia

Guaram I (588-590)
Stephanoz I (590-627)
Adarnase I (627-637)
Stephanoz II (637- 650)
Adarnase II (650–684)
Guaram II (684-693)
Guaram III (693-748)
Adarnase III Nersiani (748-760)
Nerse (760-780)
Stephanoz III (780-786)

The eventual winners in Georgia were of the house of Bagrationi, who claimed descent from the earlier dynasty although their true origin is debatable. This family would rule Georgia and three break-away kingdoms until the Russians annexed all of Georgia in the early 19th century.

[edit] House of Bagrationi

[edit] Princes and kings of Kartli

Ashot (809–826), Prince of Kartli
Bagrat I Kuropalates (826–876), Prince of Kartli
David I Kuropalates (876–881), Prince of Kartli
Gurgen I of Tao (881–891), Prince of Kartli
Adarnase IV (888–923), King of the Georgians
David II (923–937), King of Kartli
Sumbat I (937–958), King of Kartli
Bagrat II (958–994), Adarnase V (961–966) and David III (966–975),Kings of Kartli
Gurgen II (994-1008), King of Kartli
Bagrat III (975-1008), King of the Abkhazis and Kartvelians, became king of Georgia in 1008

[edit] King of All Georgia

Portrait	Name	Began	Ended	Notes
	Bagrat III (გიბაგრატ III)	1008	7 May 1014	Also King of the Abkhazians from 978 on (as Bagrat II), uniting the Georgian kingdoms in 1008 through inheritance
	George I (გიორგი I)	7 May 1014	16 August 1027	Son of Bagrat III
	Bagrat IV (გიბაგრატ IV)	16 August 1027	24 November 1072	Son of George I; Queen Mariam served as regent till 1037; successfully defeated an two uprising amongst the Georgian nobility that was aimed at putting his brother Demetrius and later Bagrat's own son on the throne instead;
	George II (გიორგი II)	24 November 1072	1112	Son of Bagrat IV; crowned 1150 in opposition to his father by Georgian noble Liparit till 1153; forced to abdicate in favor of his energetic son, David IV, to whom he remained a nominal co-ruler until his death in 1112
	St. David IV the Builder (დავით აღმაშენებელი)	1089	24 January 1125	Son of George II; popularly considered to be the greatest and most successful Georgian ruler in history,
	St. Demetre I (დემეტრე I)	24 November 1072	1155	Son of David IV; he defeated an uprising meant to put his brother Vakhtang on the throne, later desposed by eldest son and forced to abdicate and become a monk.
	David V (დავით V)	1154	1155	Eldest son of Demetre I; fearing a change in the succession he desposed his father in palace coup; later killed by disgruntled nobles
	St. Demetre I (დემეტრე I)	1155	1156	Restored.
	George III (გიორგი III)	1156	27 March 1184	Younger son of Demetre II; quelled a rebellion aimed at putting his nephew Demna on the throne, crown his daughter as heir
	Saint Tamar (თამარი)	27 March 1184	18 January 1213	Daughter of George III; first woman to rule Georgia; her reign was the zenith of Georgia
	George IV Lasha (გიორგი IV ლაშა, ლაშა გიორგი)	18 January 1213	18 January 1223	Son of Tamar; died from wound received while fighting the Mongols
	Rusudan (რუსუდანი)	18 January 1223	1245	Daughter of Tamar; second woman to rule Georgia; she was too weak to preserve whatever was gained by her predecessors, forced to become a vassal of the Mongols
	David VI Narin the Younger (დავით VI)	1245	1259	Son of Rusudan; forced by the Mongols to share power with his illegitimate cousin; in 1259, he rose, unsuccessfully, against the Mongol yoke and, then, fled to Kutaisi, from whence he reigned over western Georgia (Imereti) as a separate ruler,
	David VII Ulu the Elder (დავით VII)	1247	1270	Son of George IV Lasha; recognized by the Mongols as junior-co king of Georgia; assumed sole power in 1259 after cousin's failed uprising, ruling only eastern Georgia
	St. Demetrius II the Self-sacrificer (დემეტრე II თავდადებული)	1270	12 March 1289	Son of David VII Ulu; executed by the Mongols on suspicion of rebellion, ruling the eastern portion
	Vakhtang II (ვახტანგ II)	1289	1292	Son of David VI Narin; installed by the Mongols to replace his cousin, ruling the eastern portion, he was loyal to the Mongols
Mongolian Conquest 1292-1310
	David VIII (დავით VIII)	1293	1311	Son of Demetrius II; recognized by the Mongols as king of Georgia after his cousin's death, ruling the eastern portion; initially loyal to Mongol until he rebelled in order to escape summon to the Ilkhanid capital of Tabriz
	George V the Magnificent (გიორგი V ბრწყინვალე)	1297	1298	Son of Demetrius II and half-brother of David VIII. 1st rule
	Vakhtang III ( ვახტანგ III )	1298	1308	Son of Demetrius II and brother of David VIII
	George VI the Minor ( გიორგი VI მცირე )	1308	1314	Son of David VIII. Died young.
	George V the Magnificent (გიორგი V ბრწყინვალე)	1314	1346	2nd rule.
	David IX (დავით IX)	1346	1360	Only known son of George V.
	Bagrat V the Great ( ბაგრატ V დიდი )	1360	1395	Son of David IX. Co-ruler with his father since 1355.
	George VII (გიორგი VII)	1395	1405	Son of Bagrat V. Died childless.
	Constantine I ( კონსტანტინე I )	1405	1411	Son of Bagrat V. Half-brother of George VII.
	Alexander I the Great ( ალექსანდრე I დიდი )	1411	1443	Son of Constantine I.
	Vakhtang IV ( ვახტანგ IV)	1443	1446	Son of Alexander I.
	George VIII ( გიორგი VIII )	1446	1466	Son of Alexander I and half-brother of Vakhtang IV. After his death, the Kingdom is redivided.

[edit] King of Kartli

The Kings of Georgia retained the largest portion of the divided kingdom which reverted to its old name of Kartli. Kingdom of Imereti and Kakheti emerged as the other Bagrationi kingdoms created out of the division.

Bagrat VI (1466–1478), reclaimed all of Georgia 1465
Aleksandre II (1478)
Constantine II (1478–1505), retained Kartli but lost Georgia 1490
David X (1505–1524)
George IX (1524–1534)
Luarsab I (1534–1558)
Svimeon I (1558–1569)
David XI (1569–1578)
Svimeon I (1578–1600) restored
George X (1600–1605)
Luarsab II (1605–1615)
Bagrat VII (1615–1619)
Svimeon II (1619–1630)

Annexation to Kakheti 1630-1634

Rustam (1634–1658)
Vakhtang V (1658–1676)
George XI (1676–1688)

Annexation to Kakheti 1668-1691

George XI (1691–1695)

Annexation to Kakheti 1695-1703

George XI (1703–1709)
Kaikhusro (1709–1711)

Interregnum 1711-1714

Jesse (1714–1716)
Vakhtang VI (1716–1723)
Jesse (1723–1727)

[edit] King of Kartli and Kakheti

Upon Jesse's death and with help from the Persians, the two neighboring kingdoms of Kartli and Kakheti were united once more. Imereti remained independent until its annexation by Russia in 1810.

Constantine II (1727–1732)
Teimuraz II (1732–1762)
Erekle II (1762–1798)
George XII (1798–1800)
David (1800), heir apparent

Annexation of Kakheti and Kartli to Russia by Tsar Paul I before coronation, 1801.

[edit] Georgian monarchy after 1801

After the Russian annexation of Kartli-Kakheti in 1801 and neighbouring Imereti in 1810 the various branches of the Bagrationi Dynasty of Georgian kings endured in Georgia under Russian occupation. However, many members were forced to flee the country and live in exile after the Red Army took control of the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia in 1921 and installed the Georgian Communist Party. Since the Republic of Georgia regained independence in 1990 the former royals have been raising their profile and in 2008 the two rival strands of the dynasty were united in marriage (see picture).

For more information about the royal family today see: Bagrationi Dynasty

(The majority of this list came from,^[1] The Royal Ark.)