Prince Simon of Kartli

Prince Simon of Kartli
Coin struck at the behest of Prince-Regent Simon of Kartli in 1712.
Born(1683-11-09)9 November 1683
Died27 January 1740(1740-01-27) (aged 56)
Spouse
Gulkan
(m. 1712; died 1717)
Ana
(before 1740)
Issue
  • Beri
  • Archil
  • Stepane
  • Dimitri
  • Nikoloz (ill.)
  • Mikheil (ill.)
DynastyBagrationi
FatherLevan of Kartli
MotherTinatin Avalishvili

Simon (Georgian: სვიმონი; 9 November 1683 – 27 January 1740) was a Georgian prince royal (batonishvili) of the Bagrationi dynasty of House of Mukhrani of Kartli and a son of Levan of Kartli by his second wife, Tinatin Avalishvili. Simon ruled Kartli as a regent from 1712 to 1714 during the absence of his half-brother Vakhtang VI at the Safavid court in Iran. Afterwards, he switched sides between Vakhtang and his renegade sibling Jesse and ended up in exile in the Russian Empire as part of Vakhtang's entourage.