Back Quriya knyazlığı Azerbaijani Principado de Guria Spanish Gurian ruhtinaskunta Finnish Principauté de Gourie French נסיכות גוריה HE Kneževina Gurija Croatian Guriai Fejedelemség Hungarian Գուրիայի իշխանություն Armenian გურიის სამთავრო Georgian Гурия княздыгы Kirghiz
Principality of Guria გურიის სამთავრო | |||||||||
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| Status | Client state of Kingdom of Imereti (1460s–1810) Imperial Russia (1810–1828) | ||||||||
| Capital | Ozurgeti | ||||||||
| Common languages | Georgian | ||||||||
| Religion | Georgian Orthodox | ||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||
| Prince-Gurieli | |||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Feudal wars in Georgia | 1460s | ||||||||
• Annexation by Imperial Russia | September 2 1829 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Guria, Georgia | ||||||||
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The Principality of Guria (Georgian: გურიის სამთავრო, romanized: guriis samtavro) was a historical state in Georgia. Centered on modern-day Guria, a southwestern region in Georgia, it was located between the Black Sea and Lesser Caucasus, and was ruled by a succession of twenty-two princes of the House of Gurieli from the 1460s to 1829. The principality emerged during the process of fragmentation of a unified Kingdom of Georgia. Its boundaries fluctuated in the course of permanent conflicts with neighboring Georgian rulers and the Ottoman Empire, and the principality enjoyed various degrees of autonomy until being annexed by Imperial Russia in 1829.