Bagrat IV of Imereti


Bagrat IV, also known as Bagrat, son of Teimuraz, of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a king of Imereti from 1589 to 1590.

Biography

According to the mainstream Georgian scholarship, Bagrat was a son of Prince Teimuraz and a grandson of King Bagrat III of Imereti. Professor Cyril Toumanoff considered Bagrat to have been a son of another Teimuraz, son of Prince Vakhtang of Imereti.
Enthroned through the support of George II Gurieli, Prince of Guria, Bagrat briefly ruled during the civil war in Imereti until being deposed by Simon I of Kartli in 1590.