Heraclius II of Georgia
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Heraclius II, also known as The Little Kakhetian, of the Bagrationi dynasty, was the king of the Kingdom of Kakheti from 1744 to 1762, and of the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti from 1762 until his death in
The Palace of King Heraclius II in Telavi
Royal charter of King Hereclius II.
Heraclius II, copy by Grigory Gagarin.
The tomb of Heraclius II in Svetitskhoveli cathedral.
George XII
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George XII, contemporaneously known as George XIII, of the Bagrationi dynasty, was the second and last king of the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 1798 until his death in 1800.
Heraclius II of Georgia
…move did not prevent Georgia from being devastated by the Persian invasion in 1795. Heraclius died in 1798, leaving the throne to his moribund heir, George XII. Heraclius was born on 7 November 1720 in Telavi, capital of the Kingdom of Kakheti, son of Teimuraz II and his wife, Tamar of Kartli, daughter of…
Portrait by Joseph Goetting, c. 1800
Mariam Tstitsishvili, second wife of King George XII
Drawing of King George XII in a book given to servants exempting them from taxes, 1799. Picture taken from exhibit at the Museum of Gremi, Georgia
Crown of George XII, made of gold and decorated with 145 diamonds, 58 rubies, 24 emeralds and 16 amethysts. It took the form of a circlet surmounted by ornaments and eight arches. A globe surmounted by a cross rested on the top of the crown.