Erekle II

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Erekle II was an 18th-century Georgian king of Kartli and Kakheti known for his military leadership, internal reforms, and efforts to preserve Georgian independence amid Persian and Russian influence.

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Erekle II canonical 3
Erekle 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century ruler ⓘ
King of Kartli and Kakheti ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
alliance alliance with Russian Empire against Ottomans ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Erekle the Little ⓘ
Heraclius II ⓘ
battle Battle of Aspindza ⓘ
battleDate 1770 ⓘ
birthDate 1720-11-07 ⓘ
birthPlace Telavi ⓘ
burialPlace Alaverdi Monastery ⓘ
child George XII of Georgia ⓘ
Levan of Kakheti ⓘ
Vakhtang of Kakheti ⓘ
conflict campaigns against Dagestani mountaineers ⓘ
conflicts with Ottoman Empire ⓘ
wars against Persian ruler Nader Shah ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Kakheti ⓘ
Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti ⓘ
deathDate 1798-01-11 ⓘ
deathPlace Telavi ⓘ
ethnicGroup Georgian ⓘ
father Teimuraz II of Kakheti ⓘ
givenName Erekle ⓘ
linked to: Erekle II
house Bagrationi dynasty ⓘ
implementedReform administrative centralization of the kingdom ⓘ
judicial reforms in Kartli-Kakheti ⓘ
military modernization of Kartli-Kakheti ⓘ
tax reforms in Kartli-Kakheti ⓘ
legacy considered one of the last strong native Georgian kings before Russian annexation ⓘ
mother Tamar of Kartli ⓘ
nobleFamily Bagrationi dynasty of Kakheti ⓘ
linked to: Bagrationi dynasty
notableFor efforts to preserve Georgian independence ⓘ
foreign policy balancing Persia and Russia ⓘ
internal reforms in Kartli-Kakheti ⓘ
military leadership against Persian and Ottoman forces ⓘ
positionHeld King of Kakheti ⓘ
King of Kartli and Kakheti ⓘ
reignEnd 1798 ⓘ
reignStart 1744 ⓘ
reignStartAsKingOfKartliAndKakheti 1762 ⓘ
religion Georgian Orthodox Church ⓘ
signedTreaty Treaty of Georgievsk ⓘ
soughtTo unify eastern Georgian kingdoms ⓘ
spouse Anna Abashidze ⓘ
Darejan Dadiani ⓘ
Ketevan Orbeliani ⓘ
treatyDate 1783 ⓘ
treatyPurpose Russian protection for Kartli-Kakheti ⓘ
treatyWith Russian Empire ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Erekle II → givenName → Erekle ⓘ
linked to: Erekle II
Irakli → hasVariant → Erekle ⓘ
linked to: Erekle II