Prince Vakhtang-Almaskhan of Georgia

Vakhtang-Almaskhan
Born1761
Telavi, Kingdom of Kakheti
Died1814
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
DynastyBagrationi dynasty
FatherHeraclius II of Georgia
MotherDarejan Dadiani
ReligionGeorgian Orthodox Church
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Vakhtang (Georgian: ვახტანგი) also known as Almaskhan (ალმასხანი) (22 June 1761 – 28 October 1814) was a Georgian prince royal (batonishvili) of the Bagrationi dynasty, born to King Heraclius II and Queen Darejan Dadiani. He distinguished himself in the war with Iran in 1795 and was then active in opposition to his half-brother George XII of Georgia and the newly established Russian administration in Georgia. In 1802 he surrendered to the Russian authorities and spent the rest of his life in St. Petersburg, working on an overview of Georgia's history. In Russia he was known as the tsarevich Vakhtang Irakliyevich Gruzinsky (Russian: Вахтанг Ираклиевич Грузинский).