State · 1466 – 1762

Kingdom of Kartli

A state of 1466 – 1762 — 296 years in the Middle East and North Africa. It followed Kingdom of Georgia. It was replaced by Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti. The atlas records 22 things within it — wars and battles 6 · people 16. Its line of rulers holds 20 people.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood: 296 years; 1466 – 1762
Rulers: 20; the king
Most ground: 129,900 km²; in 1463
Within it: 22; recorded rows
Symbol: 1; on record, with years

Map: Kingdom of Kartli in 1463, its borders in gold among its neighbours — Kingdom of Kartli in 1463, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 129,900 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

Kingdom of Kartli in 1463, at its largest — The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Kingdom of Kartli in 1744, last mapped — The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Where it sits in time

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

Kingdom of Georgia · follows · 1008 – 1466

After it

Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti · replaced by · 1762 – 1801

Rulers

The line of king.

died in officeleft alive by a regular roada second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared throne

Ruler	Reign	Length	How it ended · source	To the ruler before
Constantine II of Georgia	1490 – 1505	15 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
George IX of Kartli	1526 – 1534	8 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Luarsab I	1534 – 1556	22 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	nephew or niece
Simon I of Kartli	1556 – 1569	13 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone	child
David XI	1569 – 1578	9 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone	sibling
Simon I of Kartli	1579 – 1599	20 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone	sibling
George X	1600 – 1605	5 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone	child
Luarsab II	1605 – 1615	10 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone	child
Bagrat VII of Kartli	1615 – 1619	4 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Simon II of Kartli	1619 – 1629	10 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone	child
Teimuraz I	1629 – 1633	4 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone
George XI	1676 – 1688	12 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone
Heraclius I of Kakheti	1688 – 1692	4 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone
George XI	1692 – 1695	3 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone
Heraclius I of Kakheti	1695 – 1703	8 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone
George XI	1703 – 1709	6 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Prince Levan of Kartli	1709 – 1709	under a year	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	sibling
Kaikhosro of Kartli	1709 – 1711	2 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Vakhtang VI	1711 – 1714	3 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone	sibling
Jesse of Kartli	1714 – 1716	2 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone	sibling
Vakhtang VI	1719 – 1723	4 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone	sibling
Constantine II of Kakheti	1723 – 1723	under a year	left office aliveread off the dates alone
Jesse of Kartli	1724 – 1727	3 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Abdullah Beg of Kartli	1736 – 1737	1 year	left office aliveread off the dates alone	child
Tamar of Kartli	1744 – 1746	2 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Teimuraz II	1744 – 1762	18 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	spouse

20 rulers, 20 with terms dated as terms, covering 1490 – 1762. Median reign 4.5 years. 1 of 25 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

129,900 km² in 1466, 31,400 km² in 1762; at its largest 129,900 km² in 1466. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flag or arms

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

coat of arms, undatedCoat of arms of the Kingdom of Kartli · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Professor Alexander Mikaberidze

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

1400 – 14992 rows

Constantine II of Georgia · ruler · 1447 – 1505
George IX of Kartli · ruler · 1486 – 1534

1500 – 15995 rows

Simon I of Kartli · ruler · 1537 – 1611
Luarsab II · ruler · 1592 – 1622
Luarsab I · ruler · 1502 – 1556
George X · ruler · 1560 – 1606
David XI · ruler · 1550 – 1579

1600 – 16998 rows

Vakhtang VI · ruler · 1675 – 1737
Prince Vakhushti of Kartli · scientist · 1696 – 1757
George XI · ruler · 1651 – 1709
Jesse of Kartli · ruler · 1680 – 1727
Kaikhosro of Kartli · ruler · 1674 – 1711
Simon II of Kartli · ruler · 1610 – 1631
Prince Levan of Kartli · ruler · 1653 – 1709
Tamar of Kartli · ruler · 1696 – 1746

1700 – 17997 rows · 6 wars and battles

Russo-Persian War · war · 1722 – 1723
Ottoman–Persian War · war · 1730 – 1735
Caucasus campaign of 1734–1735 · battle · 1734 – 1735
Abdullah Beg of Kartli · ruler · 1713 – 1762
Capture of Tbilisi · battle · 1723
Battle of Zedavela · battle · 1724
Battle of Ateni · battle · 1724

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

How long it stood296 years
stood longer than 73% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
The most ground it held129,900 km²
held more ground at its peak than 51% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
Wars recorded per century0.7
had more wars on record per century than 91% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
How long a reign lasted, at the median5 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 18% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
Rulers on record20
has more rulers on record than 91% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 2 causes the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

in the articlelinked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

On the timeline, 1436 – 1792, with everything that stood beside it.
On the map in 1463, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.

Wikidata Q195972 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.