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

House of Gurieli The House of Gurieli () was a Georgian princely ('' mtavari'') family and a ruling dynasty (dukes) of the southwestern Georgian province of Guria, which was autonomous and later, for a few centuries, independent. A few ducal rulers of the dynas ...

, was Prince of Guria 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 Gu ...

, in place of his deposed predecessor Simon I Gurieli. In his turn, Kaikhosro was overthrown and expelled by King

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. 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 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 in 1660. Vameq III Dadiani intervened with a force of Mingrelians, Imeretians, and

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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 Ozurgeti ( ka, ოზურგეთი ) is the capital of the western Georgia (country), Georgian province of Guria. It was formerly known as Macharadze or Makharadze (named in honor of Filipp Makharadze). It is a regional center of tea and haze ...

, Guria's chief town. Kaikhosro's triumph was short-lived; he was treacherously murdered by the Gurian nobleman Machutadze and Guria reverted to Demetre Gurieli. Kaikhosro's sons Giorgi and Malakia fled to Akhaltsikhe.

Family

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

Giorgi III Gurieli Giorgi III Gurieli ( ka, გიორგი III გურიელი; died 1684), of the Georgia (country), Georgian House of Gurieli, was Principality of Guria, Prince of Guria from 1669 to 1684 and King of Imereti from 1681 to 1683. He was energe ...

(died 1684), Prince-regnant of Guria (1669–1684), King of Imereti (1681–1683); * Prince Malakia Gurieli (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 1653 – 30 May 1709) was a Georgian royal prince ('' batonishvili'') and the fourth son of the king of Kartli Shahnawaz (Vakhtang V). He was the titular k ...

in 1672; * Princess Darjean, who married Prince Giorgi

Tavdgiridze The House of Tavdgiridze ( ka, თავდგირიძე) is an old Nobility of Georgia (country), Georgian noble family, known since the 14th century. In 19th century it became also part of Russian nobility. History They hailed from the ...

References

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