Liparit III Dadiani

Liparit III Dadiani's brief tenure took place against the background of renewed anarchy in western Georgian principalities.

A son of the blinded Mingrelian prince Iese, Liparit succeeded on the death of his paternal uncle, the dynamic and imperious Levan II Dadiani, in 1657.

Vameq, lord of Salipartiano, secured support of King Alexander III of Imereti for his cause, but had to concede the border territory Levan had seized from Imereti as well as much of Levan Dadiani's treasury and several Mingrelian noblemen as hostages.

In turn, Liparit requested aid from King Rostom of Kartli and the Ottoman pasha of Akhaltsikhe.

[1] Vameq was confirmed as Prince of Mingrelia and Alexander restored Imereti's hegemony of western Georgia.