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Vakhtang VI of Kartli

1675 - 1737

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Vakhtang VI (Georgian: ვახტანგ VI), also known as Vakhtang the Scholar, Vakhtang the Lawgiver and Ḥosaynqolī Khan (Persian: حسین‌قلی خان, romanized: Hoseyn-Qoli Xān; 15 September 1675 – 26 March 1737), was a Georgian monarch (mepe) of the royal Bagrationi dynasty. He ruled the East Georgian Kingdom of Kartli as a vassal of Safavid Persia from 1716 to 1724. One of the most important and extraordinary statesman of early 18th-century Georgia, he is known as a notable legislator, scholar, critic, translator and poet. His reign was eventually terminated by the Ottoman invasion following the disintegration of Safavid Persia, which forced Vakhtang into exile in the Russian Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vakhtang VI of Kartli is the 10,602nd most popular politician (down from 7,679th in 2019), the 108th most popular biography from Georgia (down from 72nd in 2019) and the 54th most popular Georgian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vakhtang VI of Kartli ranks 10,602 out of 19,576. Before him are Jaan Teemant, Leo IV, King of Armenia, Agnello Participazio, Fernando II, Duke of Braganza, Eadgifu of Wessex, and Antoni Martí. After him are Khawaja Nazimuddin, Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica, Lothar Bisky, Charles Doolittle Walcott, Martti Miettunen, and Emma Darwin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1675, Vakhtang VI of Kartli ranks 8. Before him are Emperor Higashiyama, Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, Tarabai, William Jones, and Claude Alexandre de Bonneval. After him are Guillaume Delisle, Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Samuel Clarke, Princess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg, and James Thornhill. Among people deceased in 1737, Vakhtang VI of Kartli ranks 11. Before him are Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse, Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, François Lemoyne, Rinaldo d'Este, James Louis Sobieski, and Ferdinand Kettler. After him are Guido Starhemberg, Tommaso Ceva, Alessandro Galilei, and Lobsang Yeshe, 5th Panchen Lama.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Vakhtang VI of Kartli ranks 108 out of 406. Before him are Vyacheslav Ivankov (1940), Vasil Mzhavanadze (1902), Vazha-Pshavela (1861), Nana Alexandria (1949), Lusine Zakaryan (1937), and Roy Medvedev (1925). After him are Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia (1875), Grigory Neujmin (1886), Zhores Medvedev (1925), Alex Metreveli (1944), Grigol Abashidze (1914), and Konstantine Gamsakhurdia (1893).

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Among POLITICIANS In Georgia

Among politicians born in Georgia, Vakhtang VI of Kartli ranks 54. Before him are Mikhail Loris-Melikov (1824), Kakha Kaladze (1978), Jaba Ioseliani (1926), Hovhannes Kajaznuni (1868), George V of Georgia (1286), and Vasil Mzhavanadze (1902). After him are Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia (1875), Zurab Zhvania (1963), Pharasmanes I of Iberia (-50), Reşid Mehmed Pasha (1780), George XI of Kartli (1651), and Nino Burjanadze (1964).

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