State · 1442 – 1803

Principality of Mingrelia

A state of 1442 – 1803 — 361 years in Europe. The atlas records 1 thing within it — wars and battles 1. Its line of rulers holds 3 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: 361 years; 1442 – 1803
Rulers: 3; the Prince of Mingrelia
Most ground: 13,200 km²; in 1468
Within it: 1; recorded row
Symbols: 2; on record, with years

Map: Principality of Mingrelia in 1468, its borders in gold among its neighbours — Principality of Mingrelia in 1468, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 13,200 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.

Principality of Mingrelia in 1468, 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.

Principality of Mingrelia in 1727, 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.

Rulers

Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.

ending not on record

Ruler	Reign	Length	How it ended · source
Liparit I Dadiani	1414 – 1470	56 years	ending not on record
Vameq III Dadiani	1658 – 1661	3 years	ending not on record
Levan III Dadiani	1661 – 1680	19 years	ending not on record

3 rulers, 3 with terms dated as terms, covering 1414 – 1680. Median reign 19 years. 0 of 2 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.

13,200 km² in 1492, 5,100 km² in 1803; at its largest 13,200 km² in 1492. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flags and arms, in order

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

flag, undatedFlag of the Principality of Mingrelia · CC BY 4.0 · Samhanin
coat of arms, undatedCoat of arms of the Principality of Mingrelia · CC BY 4.0 · Samhanin

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.

1600 – 16991 row · 1 wars and battles

Battle of Bandza · battle · 1658

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 stood361 years
stood longer than 78% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
The most ground it held13,200 km²
held more ground at its peak than 17% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
How long a reign lasted, at the median19 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 59% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
Rulers on record3
has more rulers on record than 48% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

Open in the atlas

On the timeline, 1406 – 1839, with everything that stood beside it.
On the map in 1468, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.

Wikidata Q2907860 (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.