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    Vakhtang I Gorgasali (Georgian: ვახტანგ I გორგასალი, romanized: vakht'ang I gorgasali; c. 439 or 443 – 502 or 522), of the Chosroid dynasty, was a king...
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  • Order of Excellence, St. Nicholas Order; Golden Fleece Order; Vakhtang Gorgasali's Order – I, II, III ranks, Order of Honor, Medal “Civil Commitment”; Medal...
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    (pitiakhsh) Varsken, son of Arshusha II. Varsken was a defiant vassal of Vakhtang I Gorgasali, King of Kartli (Iberia), and took a pro-Persian position, renouncing...
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    history of Georgia. According to the legend, it was built by the king Vakhtang I Gorgasali of the ancient Kingdom of Iberia. Archaeological studies of the region...
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    the earliest times through the reign of Vakhtang I Gorgasali (r. 452–502/22) down to the death of Vakhtang's descendant Archil (786). In the middle of...
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    chronicler Theophanes. Guaram was born to Leo, the younger son of king Vakhtang I Gorgasali and his Roman consort Helene, thus being a member of the younger...
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    the castle of Artanuji said to have been built by the Iberian king Vakhtang I Gorgasali in the 5th century, and received the Byzantine protection, being...
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    eligible for inclusion if he is still reigning in 2040 and surpasses Conrad I's independent rule of 56 years, 99 days. The table below contains 100 monarchs...
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    Zeno (emperor) (redirect from Zeno I)
    first wife Arcadia, named Helen, married as his second wife Saint Vakhtang I Gorgasali, King of Iberia, and had issue. The Isaurians were a people who lived...
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    under Persian control. At the end of the 5th century though, Prince Vakhtang I Gorgasali orchestrated an anti-Persian uprising and restored Iberian statehood...
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    Festival of 2017. He also held the USSR State Prize, the Order of King Vakhtang Gorgasali, as well as of Nikolai Wondermonger and Knight Cross of St. Konstantin...
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    This is a list of notable Georgians. Pharnavaz I, King of Iberia from 302 to 237 BC Vakhtang I Gorgasali, King of Iberia from 447/449–502/522 David the...
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    Letters (1984). Mother of Georgia, Tbilisi (1958) Monument to King Vakhtang I Gorgasali, Tbilisi (1967) Monument to Niko Pirosmani, Tbilisi (1975) Monument...
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    Vakhtang I of Iberia. Son of Bagrat III. Professor Cyril Toumanoff considered Bagrat to have been a son of another Teimuraz, son of Prince Vakhtang of...
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    on the city's territory. According to traditional accounts, King Vakhtang I Gorgasali erected here a church and a fort which served also as a king's residence;...
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    Oral tradition attributes construction of the church to the King Vakhtang I Gorgasali in the 5th century, who erected it as his court church, or to his...
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  • Usupov, Raul Utupurshi Uznadze, Dimitri Vakhtang I Gorgasali Vakhtang II of Georgia Vakhtang III of Georgia Vakhtang VI of Kartli Vani Varshalomidze, Levan...
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    medieval Georgian chronicles assign to the founding of the city by King Vakhtang I Gorgasali of Iberia (or Kartli, present-day eastern Georgia). Archaeological...
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    assumes that the church was built in the 5th century by Georgian King Vakhtang I Gorgasali. There is no reasonable evidence to support either story. The church...
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    he wasn't safe in georgian authorities' care. 3rd degree Order of Vakhtang Gorgasali (1992) Order of the People's Hero of Ukraine Order for Courage Cross...
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    The earliest mention of Razhden is found in the History of King Vakhtang Gorgasali, part of the medieval Georgian historical compendium, composed in...
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  • language as Atrnerseh. The medieval Georgian chronicle History of King Vakhtang Gorgasali, attributed to Juansher, relates that the prince (mtavari) Adarnase...
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    which was presided over by Vakhtang Tsintsadze, the base of the basilica built in the late 5th century by King Vakhtang Gorgasali after St. Nino's original...
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  • King (409–411) Archil, King (411–435) Mihrdat V, King (435–447) Vakhtang I Gorgasali, King (447–522) List of political entities in the 5th century Coedès...
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    was a Georgian village in the fifth century, in the time of King Vakhtang I Gorgasali, who was canonized by the Georgian Orthodox Church. There was a connection...
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  • attributes the work "The Life of King Vakhtang Gorgasali" which covers the history of Iberia from the reign of Vakhtang I (c. 447–502/522) down to the period...
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  • Georgian chronicle, written by Juansher c. 800, relating life of King Vakhtang I, the son of Mirdat and Sagdukht. She is also mentioned as Sahakdukht in...
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    built by the King of Iberia, Aspacures I, in the 3rd to 4th centuries. In the reign of King Vakhtang Gorgasali and King Dachi, the fortress was extended...
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  • Phinictios, King (c.580–610) Kingdom of Iberia (Kartli) (complete list) – Vakhtang I Gorgasali, King (447–522) Dachi, King (522–534) Bacurius II, King (534–547)...
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    construction of the original church on this site was initiated by King Vakhtang Gorgasali in the 5th century. A hundred years later, Guaram, the prince of Iberia...
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