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John of Kakheti

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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.

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  • 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.