George VIII of Georgia
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George VIII of the Bagrationi dynasty, was de facto last king (mepe) of the formerly united Kingdom of Georgia from 1446 to 1465. He would later rule in the Kingdom of Kakheti as George I from 1465 until his death in 1476, founding a local branch of the Bagrationi dynasty.
Relief of Constantine I, Alexander I, Vakhtang IV and George VIII.
Patriarch Nikolaoz, king George VIII and his son Alexander. A miniature by Rossi based on the 17th century fresco from Svetitskhoveli Cathedral (1830s)
Principality of Abkhazia
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The Principality of Abkhazia, emerged as a separate feudal entity in the 15th-16th centuries, amid the civil wars in the Kingdom of Georgia that concluded with the dissolution of the unified Georgian monarchy. The principality retained a degree of autonomy under Ottoman and then Russian rule, but was eventually absorbed into the Russian Empire in 1864.
The Principality of Abkhazia (Abassia) in the 1850s
The book Sukhum-Kale Istanbul