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Vakhtang I of Iberia

440 - 502

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Vakhtang I Gorgasali (Georgian: ვახტანგ I გორგასალი, romanized: vakht'ang I gorgasali; c. 439 or 443 – 502 or 522), of the Chosroid dynasty, was a king (mepe) of Iberia, natively known as Kartli (eastern Georgia) in the second half of the 5th and first quarter of the 6th century. He led his people, in an ill-fated alliance with the Byzantine Empire, into a lengthy struggle against Sasanian Iranian hegemony, which ended in Vakhtang's defeat and weakening of the kingdom of Iberia. Tradition also ascribes him reorganization of the Georgian Orthodox Church and foundation of Tbilisi, Georgia's modern capital.Dating Vakhtang's reign is problematic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vakhtang I of Iberia has received more than 228,028 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Vakhtang I of Iberia is the 3,447th most popular politician (up from 3,992nd in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Georgia (up from 27th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Georgian Politician.

Vakhtang I of Iberia is most famous for his military conquests that expanded the Kingdom of Iberia to include the neighboring regions of Colchis and Lazica.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vakhtang I of Iberia ranks 3,447 out of 15,577Before him are Hugh, Count of Vermandois, Horik I, Sancho VI of Navarre, Idris I of Morocco, Marine Le Pen, and Magnus III of Sweden. After him are Fan Li, Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Bernard Tapie, Ptolemy of Mauretania, Ahmadou Ahidjo, and Hyrcanus II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 440, Vakhtang I of Iberia ranks 4Before him are Childeric I, Pope Felix III, and Euric. After him are Ammonius Hermiae, Emperor Wu of Southern Qi, and Shushanik. Among people deceased in 502, Vakhtang I of Iberia ranks 2Before him is Genevieve.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Vakhtang I of Iberia ranks 25 out of 342Before him are Sergo Ordzhonikidze (1886), Pharnavaz I of Iberia (-326), Sergei Witte (1849), Sayat-Nova (1712), Herbert Backe (1896), and Giya Kancheli (1935). After him are Victor Ambartsumian (1908), Rusudan of Georgia (1194), Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia (1866), Kato Svanidze (1885), Nicholas Marr (1864), and Ilia Chavchavadze (1837).

Among POLITICIANS In Georgia

Among politicians born in Georgia, Vakhtang I of Iberia ranks 13Before him are Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939), Mikheil Saakashvili (1967), Sergo Ordzhonikidze (1886), Pharnavaz I of Iberia (-326), Sergei Witte (1849), and Herbert Backe (1896). After him are Rusudan of Georgia (1194), Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia (1866), Kato Svanidze (1885), Murad Bey (1750), Nariman Narimanov (1870), and Bagrat III of Georgia (960).