Vakhtang was in opposition to his elder brother, King Bagrat III of Imereti and eventually had to flee to the Kingdom of Kartli, followed by many Imeretian noblemen. In 1512, Bagrat with his army crossed into Kartli, attacked Vakhtang at his base in Mokhisi and defeated him. Through the mediation of King David X of Kartli, the brothers reconciled and Vakhtang returned to Imereti.[1]
In the late 1540s, Vakhtang was placed at the head of an Imeretian detachment of 500 men sent by Bagrat in response to the cry for help from Rostom Gurieli, Prince of Guria, who was pressured by the Ottoman advance into his possessions around Batumi. Since Gurieli also appealed for help to Levan I Dadiani, Prince of Mingrelia, Vakhtang received a clandestine instruction from his brother not to allow any accord between Gurieli and Dadiani, who were defiant vassals of the king of Imereti. In the meantime, Gurieli succeeded in rolling back the Ottoman forces beyond the Chorokhi before the reinforcements arrived, but he failed to cross the swollen river, thus losing Gonio and Adjara to the enemy. His hopes that the Mingrelians and Imeretians would eventually come to aid were dashed. Through Vakhtang's intrigues, Dadiani, camping at the mouth of the Rioni at Poti, went back to Mingrelia; Vakhtang too, seeing an untenable situation of Gurieli, returned to Imereti.[1][2]
Vakhtang was married Princess Khvaramze (died 1528), daughter of George II of Kakheti. He had two sons:[3]
^ abBagrationi, Vakhushti (1976). Nakashidze, N.T. (ed.). История Царства Грузинского [History of the Kingdom of Georgia] (PDF) (in Russian). Tbilisi: Metsniereba. pp. 132–134.
^Dumin, S.V., ed. (1996). Дворянские роды Российской империи. Том 3. Князья [Noble families of the Russian Empire. Volume 3: Princes] (in Russian). Moscow: Linkominvest. pp. 86–87.
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prince, vakhtang, imereti, vakhtang, georgian, ვახტანგი, after, 1495, 1548, georgian, prince, bagrationi, dynasty, kingdom, imereti, younger, king, alexander, imereti, wife, tamar, vakhtang, opposition, elder, brother, king, bagrat, imereti, eventually, flee, . Vakhtang Georgian ვახტანგი after 1495 1548 was a Georgian prince of the Bagrationi dynasty of the Kingdom of Imereti a younger son of King Alexander II of Imereti by his wife Tamar Vakhtang was in opposition to his elder brother King Bagrat III of Imereti and eventually had to flee to the Kingdom of Kartli followed by many Imeretian noblemen In 1512 Bagrat with his army crossed into Kartli attacked Vakhtang at his base in Mokhisi and defeated him Through the mediation of King David X of Kartli the brothers reconciled and Vakhtang returned to Imereti 1 In the late 1540s Vakhtang was placed at the head of an Imeretian detachment of 500 men sent by Bagrat in response to the cry for help from Rostom Gurieli Prince of Guria who was pressured by the Ottoman advance into his possessions around Batumi Since Gurieli also appealed for help to Levan I Dadiani Prince of Mingrelia Vakhtang received a clandestine instruction from his brother not to allow any accord between Gurieli and Dadiani who were defiant vassals of the king of Imereti In the meantime Gurieli succeeded in rolling back the Ottoman forces beyond the Chorokhi before the reinforcements arrived but he failed to cross the swollen river thus losing Gonio and Adjara to the enemy His hopes that the Mingrelians and Imeretians would eventually come to aid were dashed Through Vakhtang s intrigues Dadiani camping at the mouth of the Rioni at Poti went back to Mingrelia Vakhtang too seeing an untenable situation of Gurieli returned to Imereti 1 2 Vakhtang was married Princess Khvaramze died 1528 daughter of George II of Kakheti He had two sons 3 Prince Teimuraz Prince KhosroReferences edit a b Bagrationi Vakhushti 1976 Nakashidze N T ed Istoriya Carstva Gruzinskogo History of the Kingdom of Georgia PDF in Russian Tbilisi Metsniereba pp 132 134 Rayfield Donald 2012 Edge of Empires A History of Georgia Reaktion Books p 170 ISBN 978 1780230306 Dumin S V ed 1996 Dvoryanskie rody Rossijskoj imperii Tom 3 Knyazya Noble families of the Russian Empire Volume 3 Princes in Russian Moscow Linkominvest pp 86 87 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Prince Vakhtang of Imereti amp oldid 1124055048, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
