Vameq III | |
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Prince of Mingrelia | |
Reign | 1658—1661 |
Predecessor | Liparit III Dadiani |
Successor | Levan III Dadiani |
Died | 1661 |
Spouse | Elene Gurieli |
Dynasty | House of Dadiani |
Father | Giorgi II Lipartiani |
Mother | Ana Dadiani |
Religion | Georgian Orthodox Church |
Khelrtva |
Vameq III Dadiani (also Vamiq; Georgian: ვამეყ [ვამიყ] III დადიანი; died 1661) was Prince of Mingrelia, of the House of Dadiani, from 1658 until being deposed in 1661. He was also briefly King of Imereti in 1661. He assumed both Mingrelian and Imeretian thrones and lost them during a messy civil war in western Georgian polities and was killed by assassins while hiding in a refuge of the mountains of Svaneti.