Simon of Imereti

Simon of Imereti (Georgian: სიმონი) (died 1701), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was King (Mepe) of Imereti from 1699 to 1701.

## Biography

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An illegitimate son of Alexander IV of Imereti and Princess Nino Gurieli (according to Cyril Toumanoff). He was brought up at the court of Erekle I of Kartli, while Imereti was embroiled in the civil war among several claimants to the throne. In 1699, the Ottoman government sponsored a coup against King Archil of Imereti and installed Simon as king. The latter married Anika, daughter of the powerful prince Giorgi-Malakia Abashidze, but soon the prince and his second daughter Princess Tamar Abashidze (widow of Alexander IV) expelled Simon back to Kartli. With the support of Mamia III Gurieli, Prince of Guria, Simon managed to stage a comeback and married Mamia's sister. However, Prince Abashidze promised Mamia the Imeretian crown and had Simon assassinated in his palace in 1701. Simon's death and the continuing power struggle in Imereti would trigger an Ottoman invasion of western Georgia in 1703.

## References

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* (in Russian) Вахушти Багратиони (Vakhushti Bagrationi) (1745). История Царства Грузинского: Жизнь Имерети.
* David Marshall Lang, The Last Years of the Georgian Monarchy, 1658-1832. New York: Columbia University Press, 1957.

Preceded by

Archil

|  King of Imereti
1699–1701  | Succeeded by

Mamia

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Triarchy in Georgia (1463–1810)

| Kingdom of Imereti (1463–1810)|

* Alexander II
* Bagrat III
* George II
* Levan
* Rostom
* Bagrat IV
* George III
* Alexander III
* Bagrat V
* Archil
* George III
* Alexander IV
* George V
* Simon
* Mamia III
* George VI
* George VII
* George IV
* Alexander V
* George IX
* Solomon I
* Teimuraz
* David II
* Solomon II

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Kingdom of Kartli (1478–1762)|

* Constantine II
* David X
* George IX
* Luarsab I
* Simon I
* David XI
* Simon I
* George X
* Luarsab II
* Bagrat VII
* Simon II
* Teimuraz I
* Rostom
* Vakhtang V
* George XI
* Heraclius I
* Levan
* Kaikhosro
* Vakhtang VI
* Jesse
* Bakar
* Constantine II
* Ali Mirza
* Teimuraz II & Tamar

Kingdom of Kakheti (1465–1762)|

* George VIII
* Alexander I
* George II
* Levan
* Alexander
* David I
* Constantine I
* Teimuraz I
* Jesse
* Rostom
* Archil II
* David II
* Constantine II
* Teimuraz II
* Heraclius II

Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti (Georgia) (1762–1801)|

* Heraclius II
* George XII
* David XII

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