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.
Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti
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The Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti was created in 1762 by the unification of the two eastern Georgian kingdoms of Kartli and Kakheti. It was led by the Georgian royal Bagrationi dynasty.
Heraclius II of Georgia
…k'akhi; 7 November 1720 – 11 January 1798), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was the king (mepe) of the Kingdom of Kakheti from 1744 to 1762, and of the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti from 1762 until his death in 1798. From being granted the kingship of Kakheti by his overlord Nader Shah in 1744 as a reward for his loyalty, to becoming…
Entrance of the Russian troops in Tiflis, 26 November 1799, by Franz Roubaud, 1886
George XII of Georgia