Vakhtang III of Georgia

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Vakhtang III
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King of Georgia
Reign 1302–1308
Predecessor David VIII of Georgia
Successor David VIII of Georgia
Born 1276
Died 1308
Spouse Ripsime
Dynasty Bagrationi dynasty
Father Demetrius II of Georgia
Religion Georgian Orthodox Church

Vakhtang III (Georgian: ვახტანგ III) (1276–1308), of the dynasty of Bagrationi, was the king of Georgia from 1302 to 1308. He ruled during the Mongol dominance of Georgia.

A son of Demetrius II of Georgia by his Trapezuntine wife, Vakhtang was appointed, in 1302, by the Ilkhan Ghazan as a rival king to his brother David VIII, who had revolted against the Mongol rule. Vakhtang, however, controlled only the Georgian capital of Tbilisi and parts of the southern and eastern provinces of the kingdom. After an unsuccessful offensive against David's guerrillas, the brothers agreed to rule the kingdom jointly. However, Vakhtang was destined to spend most of his reign as a commander of the Georgian and Armenian auxiliaries in endless Mongol campaigns, particularly against Damascus (1303) and Gilan (1304).

Family

Vakhtang III married Ripsime.[1] The 18th-century Georgian Chronicle mentions her as a niece of Shabur.[2] They had two known sons:[2]

  • Demetre, ruler of Dmanisi.
  • Giorgi, ruler of Samshvilde.

Ancestry

Family of Vakhtang III of Georgia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. David Soslan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. George IV of Georgia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Tamar of Georgia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. David VII of Georgia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Demetre II of Georgia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Kakhaber IV Kakhaberidze
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Gvantsa Kakhaberidze
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Vakhtang III of Georgia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Manuel Komnenos
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Alexios I of Trebizond
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Rusudan of Georgia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Manuel I of Trebizond
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. John Komnenos Axouchos
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Theodora Axouchina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Theodora Megale Komnena
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Irene Syrikaina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  • Ivane Javakhishvili. History of the Georgian nation. v. 3; Tbilisi, 1982: 147-150 (in Georgian)
Preceded by King of Georgia
1302–1308
Succeeded by
David VIII