Giorgi I Gurieli
Giorgi I Gurieli ({{lang-ka|გიორგი I გურიელი}}; died 1512), of the House of Gurieli, was eristavi ("duke") and then mtavari ("prince") of Guria from 1483 until his death in 1512.
Giorgi I Gurieli was a son of Kakhaber II Gurieli by his wife Anna and his successor as the ruler of Guria, a semi-independent polity which emerged in the process of dissolution of the Kingdom of Georgia, finalized in 1491. As a result, the ruler of Guria became a prince-regnant (mtavari), formally a vassal of the King of Imereti. Giorgi Gurieli remained more or less loyal to his royal suzerains, Alexander II and Bagrat III,{{sfn|Bagrationi|1976|page=132}} and held the rank of Grand Master of the Household (msakhurt-ukhutsesi) at the court of Imereti. Around 1511, he lost to Mzechabuk Jaqeli, Prince of Samtskhe, the Black Sea provinces of Adjara and Chaneti, which his father had gained from Mzechabuk's predecessor.{{sfn|Bagrationi|1976|page=112}} Mzechabuk's charter, granting the rights over the Zarzma Monastery to the see of Atskuri, mentions territorial acquisition from the Gurieli.{{sfn|Khakhutaishvili|2009|pages=29–30}}
Giorgi Gurieli died in 1512. He was succeeded, with the blessing of King Bagrat III, by his son Mamia I.{{sfn|Bagrationi|1976|page=132}}
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== References ==
- {{cite book|last=Bagrationi|first=Vakhushti|script-title=ru:История Царства Грузинского|trans-title=History of the Kingdom of Georgia|year=1976|publisher=Metsniereba|location=Tbilisi|url=http://dspace.nplg.gov.ge/bitstream/1234/3067/1/Istoria_Carstva_Gruzinskogo.pdf|author-link=Prince Vakhushti of Kartli|editor=Nakashidze, N.T.|language=ru}}
- {{cite book|last1=Khakhutaishvili|first1=Davit|script-title=ka:სამტომეული, ტ. 2|trans-title=Works in three volumes, Vol. 2|date=2009|publisher=Shota Rustaveli State University|location=Batumi|isbn=978-9941-409-60-8|language=ka|chapter=ნარკვევები გურიის სამთავროს ისტორიიდან (XV-XVIII სს.)|trans-chapter=Studies in the history of the Principality of Guria (15th–18th centuries)}}
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{{s-hou|House of Gurieli}}
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