George I Gurieli
George I Gurieli (Georgian: გიორგი I გურიელი; died 1512), of the House of Gurieli, was eristavi ("duke") and then mtavari ("prince") of Guria from 1483 until his death in 1512.
Biography
George I Gurieli was a son of Kakhaber II Gurieli by his wife Anna and his successor as the ruler of Guria, a semi-independent polity which emerged in the process of dissolution of the Kingdom of Georgia, finalized in 1491. As a result, the ruler of Guria became a prince-regnant (mtavari), formally a vassal of the King of Imereti. George Gurieli remained more or less loyal to his royal suzerains, Alexander II and Bagrat III,[1] and held the rank of Grand Master of the Household (msakhurtukhutsesi) at the court of Imereti. Around 1511, he lost to Mzetchabuk Jaqeli, Prince of Samtskhe, the Black Sea provinces of Adjara and Chaneti, which his father had gained from Mzetchabuk's predecessor.[2] Mzetchabuk's charter, granting the rights over the Zarzma Monastery to the see of Atskuri, mentions territorial acquisition from the Gurieli.[3]
George Gurieli died in 1512. He was succeeded, with the blessing of King Bagrat III, by his son Mamia I.[1]
Sources
- ^ a b Bagrationi 1976, p. 132.
- ^ Bagrationi 1976, p. 112.
- ^ Khakhutaishvili 2009, pp. 29–30.
References
- Bagrationi, Vakhushti (1976). Nakashidze, N.T. (ed.). История Царства Грузинского [History of the Kingdom of Georgia] (PDF) (in Russian). Tbilisi: Metsniereba.
- Khakhutaishvili, Davit (2009). "ნარკვევები გურიის სამთავროს ისტორიიდან (XV-XVIII სს.)" [Studies in the history of the Principality of Guria (15th–18th centuries)]. სამტომეული, ტ. 2 [Works in three volumes, Vol. 2] (in Georgian). Batumi: Shota Rustaveli State University. ISBN 978-9941-409-60-8.