Kingdom of Western Georgia დასავლეთ საქართველოს სამეფო dasavlet sakartvelos samepo | |||||||||
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| 1259–1330 1387–1392 1396–1401 | |||||||||
 Flag of Western Georgia in the 13th-14th centuries[1] | |||||||||
 Map of fragmented Kingdom of Georgia in 1311, with western realm in purple, and the reduced Kingdom of Georgia (1256-1329) in the eastern part of the country, in grey | |||||||||
| Capital | Kutaisi | ||||||||
| Common languages | Middle Georgian | ||||||||
| Religion | Eastern Orthodox Christianity (Georgian Patriarchate) | ||||||||
| Government | Feudal monarchy | ||||||||
• 1259–1293 | David VI | ||||||||
• 1293–1326/1327 | Constantine I | ||||||||
• 1327–1329 | Michael | ||||||||
• 1329–1330 | Bagrat I | ||||||||
• 1387–1389 | Alexander I | ||||||||
• 1389–1392 | George I | ||||||||
• 1396–1401 | Constantine II | ||||||||
| Historical era | Late Middle Ages | ||||||||
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The Kingdom of Western Georgia (Georgian: დასავლეთ საქართველოს სამეფო, romanized: dasavlet sakartvelos samepo) was a late medieval de facto independent fragmented part[2][3] of the Kingdom of Georgia that emerged during the Mongol invasions of the realm, led by King David VI Narin in 1259[4][5] and later followed by his successors. During this period, the kingdom was reduced to the eastern part of the country and placed under Mongol control. Over the decades, the monarchy would fall into chaos and transform into a federation of autonomous principalities unruly of the central or regional royal power and authority.
Most of the occasions, realm would be reannexed into unified fold by the eastern Georgian kings. Nevertheless, the unified Georgian realm would de jure collapse in 1490,[6] and western Georgia would secure an independent future under the name of Kingdom of Imereti, that will exist til 1810.[7]