POLITICIAN

Heraclius II of Georgia

1720 - 1798

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Heraclius II, also known as Erekle II (Georgian: ერეკლე II) and The Little Kakhetian (Georgian: პატარა კახი [pʼatʼaɾa kʼaχi]; 7 November 1720 or 7 October 1721 [according to C. Toumanoff] – 11 January 1798), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was the king (mepe) of the Kingdom of Kakheti from 1744 to 1762, and of the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti from 1762 until his death in 1798. In the contemporary Persian sources he is referred to as Erekli Khan (ارکلی خان), while Russians knew him as Irakly (Ираклий). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heraclius II of Georgia has received more than 284,742 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Heraclius II of Georgia is the 4,058th most popular politician (up from 5,311th in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Georgia (up from 44th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Georgian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Heraclius II of Georgia ranks 4,058 out of 19,576Before him are Philopoemen, John Dickinson, Bogd Khan, Gyula Andrássy the Younger, John II, Count of Holland, and Margaret, Countess of Tyrol. After him are Rose Francine Rogombé, Archelaus I of Macedon, Bleda, Norodom of Cambodia, William, Duke of Nassau, and Murad Bey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1720, Heraclius II of Georgia ranks 10Before him are Charles Edward Stuart, Carlo Gozzi, Anna Maria Mozart, James Hargreaves, Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, and Emperor Sakuramachi. After him are Charles Bonnet, Vilna Gaon, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon, and Hyder Ali. Among people deceased in 1798, Heraclius II of Georgia ranks 5Before him are Giacomo Casanova, Luigi Galvani, Stanisław August Poniatowski, and Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen. After him are Rigas Feraios, George Vancouver, Christian Gottlob Neefe, Tarrare, Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Johann Reinhold Forster, and Edward Waring.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Heraclius II of Georgia ranks 35 out of 406Before him are Victor Ambartsumian (1908), Vakhtang I of Iberia (440), Nicholas Marr (1864), Stepan Shaumian (1878), Besarion Jughashvili (1850), and Ilia Chavchavadze (1837). After him are Murad Bey (1750), Roustam Raza (1783), Rashid Behbudov (1915), Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia (1866), Mihrişah Sultan (1745), and Mirian III of Iberia (265).

Among POLITICIANS In Georgia

Among politicians born in Georgia, Heraclius II of Georgia ranks 18Before him are Pharnavaz I of Iberia (-326), Kato Svanidze (1885), Herbert Backe (1896), Bagrat III of Georgia (960), Vakhtang I of Iberia (440), and Stepan Shaumian (1878). After him are Murad Bey (1750), Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia (1866), Mihrişah Sultan (1745), Mirian III of Iberia (265), George III of Georgia (1200), and Nakşidil Sultan (1768).