Kaikhosro I Gurieli ( ka, ქაიხოსრო I გურიელი; died 1660), of the House of Gurieli, was

Prince of Guria The Principality of Guria ( ka, გურიის სამთავრო, tr) was a historical state in Georgia. Centered on modern-day Guria, a southwestern region in Georgia, it was located between the Black Sea and Lesser Caucasus, and was r ...

from 1626 to 1658. He was installed by Levan II Dadiani,

Prince of Mingrelia Principalities Princes and dukes of Guria * Kakhaber I Gurieli c. 1385–1410 *Mamia Gurieli c. 1450–1469 *Kakhaber II Gurieli 1469–1483 * Giorgi I Gurieli 1483–1512 *Mamia I Gurieli 1512–1534 *Rostom Gurieli 1534–1564 *Giorgi II Guriel ...

, in place of his deposed predecessor

Simon I Gurieli Simon I Gurieli (also Svimon; ka, სიმონ ��ვიმონI გურიელი, 1606 – ), of the House of Gurieli, was Prince of Guria from 1625 to 1626. He acceded to power in Guria, a small principality in southwest Georgia, after ...

. In his turn, Kaikhosro was overthrown and expelled by King

Alexander III of Imereti Alexander III ( ka, ალექსანდრე III) (1609 – 1 March 1660), was a Georgian monarch of the Bagrationi Dynasty, who reigned as king of Imereti from 1639 to 1660. Reign Alexander succeeded upon the death of his father, George ...

. His comeback to Guria, in an Ottoman-supported endeavor, concluded with his assassination by a Gurian nobleman.

Career

Kaikhosro Gurieli was the son of Vakhtang I Gurieli. He was installed, in 1626, by Levan II Dadiani, Prince of Mingrelia, who had defeated, dethroned, and blinded his brother-in-law Simon I Gurieli. In 1658, Kaikhosro supported his uterine half-brother

Liparit III Dadiani Liparit III Dadiani ( ka, ლიპარიტ III დადიანი; died c. 1658) was Prince of Mingrelia, of the House of Dadiani, from 1657 until being deposed in 1658. Liparit III Dadiani's brief tenure took place against the background o ...

against Alexander III, King of Imereti. At the battle of Bandza in June 1658, Alexander won a decisive victory and established loyal regimes in Guria and Mingrelia. Kaikhosro was forced in exile to

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. He then secured support of the Ottoman pasha of Akhaltsikhe Rustam, a Muslim Georgian, and capitalized on the anarchy in Imereti following King Alexander's death to attack his rival prince

Demetre Gurieli Demetre Gurieli ( ka, დემეტრე გურიელი, died ), of the House of Gurieli, was Prince of Guria from 1658 to 1668 and King of Imereti from 1663 to 1664. His rule in Guria as well as in Imereti were result of coups and part o ...

in 1660.

Vameq III Dadiani Vameq III Dadiani (also Vamiq; ka, ვამეყ ��ამიყIII დადიანი; died 1661) was Prince of Mingrelia, of the House of Dadiani, from 1658 until being deposed in 1661. He was also briefly King of Imereti in 1661. He ass ...

intervened with a force of Mingrelians, Imeretians, and

Abkhazians Abkhazians (russian: Абхазы), or Abkhazs ( ab, Аԥсуаа, Aṕswaа, ), are a Northwest Caucasian languages, Northwest Caucasian ethnic group, mainly living in Abkhazia, a disputed region on the northeastern coast of the Black Sea. A l ...

to protect Demetre. Kaikhosro took shelter at the

Achi Monastery The Achi Monastery of St. George ( ka, აჭის წმ. გიორგის სახელობის მონასტერი) is a medieval Georgian Orthodox church near the village of Achi in Georgia's southwestern region of Guria, 9 ...

and counterattacked, succeeding in taking Ozurgeti, Guria's chief town. Kaikhosro's triumph was short-lived; he was treacherously murdered by the Gurian nobleman

Machutadze Machutadze ( ka, მაჭუტაძე) was a Georgian noble family known from 1412/1442 in the Principality of Guria where they served as Mayors of the Palace at the Gurieli court. Under the Russian rule, the family was received among the knya ...

and Guria reverted to Demetre Gurieli. Kaikhosro's sons Giorgi and Malakia fled to Akhaltsikhe.

Family

Kaikhosro was married to Khvaramze Goshadze (). He had two sons and two daughters: * Prince

Giorgi III Gurieli Giorgi III Gurieli ( ka, გიორგი III გურიელი; died 1684), of the Georgian House of Gurieli, was Prince of Guria from 1669 to 1684 and King of Imereti from 1681 to 1683. He was energetically involved in civil wars in western ...

(died 1684), Prince-regnant of Guria (1669–1684), King of Imereti (1681–1683); * Prince

Malakia Gurieli Malakia Gurieli ( ka, მალაქია გურიელი; ), of the Georgian House of Gurieli, was Prince of Guria from 1684 to 1685 and again in 1689. A younger son of Kaikhosro I Gurieli, he succeeded on the death of his brother Giorgi II ...

(died after 1689), bishop of Shemokmedi and Jumati, Prince-regnant of Guria (1684–1685, 1689); * Princess Tuta (died 1678), who married

Levan of Kartli Levan ( ka, ლევანი), also known by his Muslim name Shah-Qoli Khan () (born c. 1653 – 30 May 1709) was a Georgian royal prince (''batonishvili'') and the fourth son of the king of Kartli Shahnawaz (Vakhtang V). He was a titular king ...

in 1672; * Princess Darjean, who married Prince Giorgi Tavdgiridze.

References

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