Principality of Guria

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Georgian principality former monarchy historical polity

The Principality of Guria was a small medieval and early modern Georgian polity on the eastern Black Sea coast, known for its distinct regional culture and role as a frontier state between larger empires.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Georgian principality ⓘ former monarchy ⓘ historical polity ⓘ
borderedBy	Black Sea ⓘ Imereti ⓘ Guria ⓘ surface form: Mingrelia Ottoman Empire ⓘ
capital	Ozurgeti ⓘ
coatOfArms	arms of the Gurieli family ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
country	Georgia ⓘ
culturalRegion	South Caucasus ⓘ
dissolved	1829 ⓘ
economy	agriculture ⓘ maritime trade ⓘ
endTime	19th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Georgians ⓘ
governmentType	principality ⓘ
historicalEra	Middle Ages ⓘ early modern period ⓘ
incorporatedInto	Russian Empire ⓘ
incorporationDate	1829 ⓘ
knownFor	distinct regional culture ⓘ role as a frontier state between larger empires ⓘ
language	Georgian language ⓘ
locatedOn	eastern coast of the Black Sea ⓘ
militaryRole	buffer state against Ottoman expansion ⓘ
notableRuler	Kaikhosro I Gurieli ⓘ Mamia I Gurieli ⓘ Mamia II Gurieli ⓘ
partOf	Kingdom of Georgia ⓘ western Georgia ⓘ
predecessor	Kingdom of Georgia ⓘ
presentCountry	Georgia ⓘ
presentLocation	Guria region of modern Georgia ⓘ
region	Guria ⓘ
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Georgian Orthodox Church ⓘ
rulingDynasty	Gurieli dynasty ⓘ
rulingFamily	House of Gurieli ⓘ
sovereigntyStatus	semi-independent under suzerainty of larger powers ⓘ
startTime	15th century ⓘ
successor	Russian Empire ⓘ
vassalOf	Kingdom of Imereti ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gurians → historicalAffiliation → Principality of Guria ⓘ

Kingdom of Imereti → neighbor → Principality of Guria ⓘ