Vakhtang VI of Kartli
He promoted legal codification, printing and Georgian written culture. His career was shaped by Persian investiture, Ottoman pressure and Russian assistance that failed to secure his power; he ended his life in exile in Russia.
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Key details
Birth: 1675 Documented
Death: 1737 Documented
Role: King
Other recorded names: Vakhtang VI · Husayn Quli Khan
Dynasty: Bagrationi · ES
Territories: Kartli (ES)
Recorded relationships
Sources for this profile
- Vajtang VI
- Archivos Nacionales de Georgia: Vajtang VI
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek · GND authority record · Wachtang VI., Kartli, König
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
Biographical and contextual references in their original language. Sources and methodology.
Evidence for this profile
6 recorded claims · 4 without a claim-specific source. Context references do not by themselves verify every fact.
Dates (2/2 with a precise source)
- BirthDocumented
1675
The authority record gives the birth as 1675. - DeathDocumented
1737
The authority record gives the death as 1737.
Family and relationships (0/1 with a precise source)
- FatherPending review
Levan of Kartli
A precise source has not yet been added.
Governments (0/3 with a precise source)
- GovernmentPending review
King · Kartli · 1716–1719
A precise source has not yet been added. - GovernmentPending review
King · Kartli · 1719–1723
A precise source has not yet been added. - GovernmentPending review
King · Kartli · 1723–1724
A precise source has not yet been added.
Biographical and contextual references (4)
Editorial history
- 2026-10-12 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-08 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-03 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-09-30 · The duchy is limited to Dijon and Autun; each other fief now enters the map only under its dated ruler. John III of Namur and the Nevers/Rethel branch were added. The previous shape combined later counties and unrelated lands as if all belonged to the duchy from 1363.
- 2026-09-28 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.