caption father predecessor successor succession house death_place religion monarch|name image_size birth_date spouse issue image article_title reign
bagrat iii , a fresco from the gelati monastery alexander ii of imereti alexander ii george ii king of imereti bagrationi dynasty 1565 georgian orthodox church bagrat iii 255px september 23 , 1495 elene george ii bagrat iii of imereti.jpg bagrat iii of imereti
 april 1 , 1510 -- 1565
bagrat iii of imereti

bagrat iii -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 1495-1565 -rrb- , of the bagrationi dynasty , was a king of imereti from april 1 , 1510 , to 1565 .
he succeeded upon the death of his father , alexander ii , and faced repeated assaults from the ottoman turks as well as the conflicts with his ostensible vassal princes of mingrelia , guria , and abkhazia who were frequently joining the enemy .
