George II of Kakheti

George II of Kakheti

George II ( _ka. გიორგი II, "Giorgi II") also known as George "the Bad" or "the Evil" ("Av-Giorgi", ავგიორგი) (1464 – 1513), of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 1511 to 1513.

He was the eldest son of King Alexander I of Kakheti by his wife Queen Ana. He is reported by the Georgian chronicles to have been extremely grasping and ambitious and to have had frequent conflicts with his peace-loving father, insisting that Alexander made war upon the rival Bagrationi branch presiding over Kakheti’s western neighbor, the Kingdom of Kartli. Also, he was suspicious of his younger brother, Demetre, whom Alexander had entrusted an important diplomatic mission to Shah of Iran, Ismail I.

On April 27, 1511, George murdered Alexander, had Demetre blinded, and seized the crown. Immediately after his ascension to the throne, George II organized an expedition against Kartli, and attempted to depose King David X. David’s brother, Prince Bagrat, who led the successful defense of the kingdom was rewarded with the castle of Mukhrani, thus founding a long-lasting branch of Bagration-Mukhraneli. In 1513, George II made another incursion into Kartli, but was again defeated and ambushed by Bagrat’s men on his route back to Kakheti. George was put in the Mtveri castle where he soon died. Kakheti was briefly annexed to Kartli. [Mikaberidze, Alexander (2007). [http://www.georgianbiography.com/bios/g/giorgi2_kakheti.htm Giorgi II (Kakheti).] Dictionary of Georgian National Biography. Accessed October 5, 2007.] [ru icon Вахушти Багратиони (Vakhushti Bagrationi) (1745). [http://www.vostlit.by.ru/Texts/rus6/Wachushti/text5.htm История царства грузинского. Возникновение и жизнь Кахети и Эрети. Ч.1] . Accessed October 5, 2007.]

George was survived by his wife, Helene née Irubakidze-Cholokashvili (died 1532), and two children:
*Leon of Kakheti (1505-1574)
*Princess Khvaramze (died 1528), who married Vakhtang, brother of King Bagrat III of Imereti

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