Bagrat V of Imereti: Biography, Facts and Career

Bagrat V (Georgian: ბაგრატ V) (1620–1681), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a king (mepe) of Imereti, whose troubled reign in the years of 1660–61, 1663–68, 1669–78, and 1679–81, was marked by extreme instability and feudal anarchy in the kingdom.

== Reign == The eldest son of Alexander III of Imereti by his first wife, Princess Tamar Gurieli, the daughter of Mamia II Gurieli, Prince of Guria. Bagrat V succeeded as King on his father's death in 1660. His influential stepmother Darejan made him marry her niece, Ketevan. However, Darejan disrupted the union a year later and offered Bagrat herself as a bride. On the king's refusal, Darejan had him arrested and blinded. The queen dowager then remarried an insignificant aristocrat, Vakhtang Tchutchunashvili, and had him crowned as king. The move drew many nobles into opposition. They enlisted the Ottoman and Mingrelian support and restored Bagrat. Darejan was exiled to Akhaltsikhe, in the Ottoman-held Georgian province. In 1668, Bagrat was once again dethroned by Darejan's party with the military support of the pasha of Akhaltsikhe. However, both Darejan and her favorite were soon murdered, and Bagrat reclaimed the crown in 1669. The royal...

Quick facts about Bagrat V of Imereti

• Full name: Bagrat V of Imereti
• Born: 1620-01-01
• Known as: Royal
• Wikidata ID: Q63377

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