John of Kakheti

Prince John (Georgian: იოანე ან იოვანე, Ioane or Iovane) was a Georgian prince of royal Chosroid dynasty. He was Prince of Kakheti in 786–790, which he co-ruled with his younger brother Juansher of Kakheti.

He was a son of Prince Archil of Kakheti. Fleeing Arabs, Ioane retired in western Georgia accompanied by his mother and two sisters. Ioane died around 790 leaving no descendants.

References

Cyril Toumanoff, Les dynasties de la Caucasie chrétienne de l'Antiquité jusqu'au XIXe siècle : Tables généalogiques et chronologiques, Rome, 1990, p. 381.
Marie-Félicité Brosset, Histoire de la Géorgie, p. 256-260.

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