The
Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti (1762–1801 or 1801) was created in 1762 by the unification of two eastern
Georgian kingdoms, the
Kingdom of Kartli and the
Kingdom of Kakheti, which had existed independently since the disintegration of the united
Georgian Kingdom in the 15th century. From the early 16th century, and confirmed in 1555 by the
Peace of Amasya, both kingdoms came and remained under intermittent
Iranian rule, until 1747 when due to the death of
Nader Shah, both kingdoms under the energetic king
Erekle II, declared de facto independence and were unified.