Vakhtang I Gurieli

Vakhtang I Gurieli
Prince of Guria
Reign1583–1587
PredecessorGeorge II Gurieli
SuccessorGeorge II Gurieli
Died1587 (1588)
SpouseTamar Jaqeli
IssueKaikhosro I Gurieli
HouseGurieli
FatherUnknown
ReligionGeorgian Orthodox Church

Vakhtang I Gurieli (Georgian: ვახტანგ I გურიელი; died 1587), of the House of Gurieli, was Prince of Guria from 1583 to 1587. He ruled Guria, a small state in southwestern Georgia, as a client of Mamia IV Dadiani, Prince of Mingrelia, who had deposed George II Gurieli. Vakhtang was one of the sponsors of the Shemokmedi Monastery, Guria's principal cathedral.

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