Vakhtang III of Georgia

Vakhtang III (1275–1308), son of Demetrius II, was named king of Georgia by the Ilkhan Ghazan in 1302 as a counterweight to his rebel brother David VIII.

His power scarcely ran beyond Tbilisi, and after an unsuccessful campaign against David's mountain guerrillas the brothers agreed to rule jointly. Most of his reign was spent leading Georgian and Armenian auxiliaries in Mongol wars, notably the march on Damascus in 1303. He died in 1308, leaving sons Demetrius and George.