Beka II Jaqeli

{{Infobox monarch | name =Beka II Jaqeli | title = | image = | caption = | reign =1361–1391 | coronation = | full name = | predecessor =[[Qvarqvare I Jaqeli|Qvarqvare I]] | successor =[[Shalva Jaqeli|Shalva]]<br/>[[Aghbugha I Jaqeli|Aghbugha I]] <br/> [[Ivane II Jaqeli|Ivane II]] | succession = Atabeg of [[Samtskhe-Saatabago|Samtskhe]] | dynasty =[[Jaqeli]] | father = [[Qvarqvare I Jaqeli]] | issue = [[Ivane II Jaqeli]] | birth_date = 1332 | birth_place = | death_date =1391 | death_place = | religion =[[Georgian Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christianity]] |}} '''Beka II Jaqeli''' ({{lang-ka|ბექა II ჯაყელი}}) (1332 – 1391) was a Georgian [[prince]] (''[[mtavari]]'') and ruler of '''[[Samtskhe-Saatabago|Samtskhe]]''' from 1361 to 1391. He was appointed as [[Atabeg]] by his paternal relative, Georgian king [[Bagrat V of Georgia|Bagrat V]]. From 1372 he ruled [[Samtskhe-Saatabago|Meskheti]] with his brother [[Shalva Jaqeli|Shalva]]. Shalva died in 1389 and was replaced by his son, [[Aghbugha I Jaqeli|Aghbugha I]]. Beka II's authority in [[Samtskhe]] was lost during [[Timur's invasion of Georgia]]. After Timur's devastating campaigns, Beka II turned away from king [[Bagrat V of Georgia|Bagrat]] and surrendered to the enemy.<ref>[[Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia]], Volume 2, page 346, Tbilisi, 1977</ref> He died in 1391, leaving Atabeg's throne to his son, [[Ivane II Jaqeli|Ivane]], who shared power with Aghbugha until 1395. The [[Jaqeli]] dynasty lasted via Beka II's descendants.

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{{s-start}} {{s-hou|[[Jaqeli]]}} {{s-bef|before=[[Qvarqvare I Jaqeli|Qvarqvare I]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Samtskhe-Saatabago|Prince of Meskheti]]|years=1361-1391}} {{s-aft|after=[[Shalva Jaqeli|Shalva]], [[Aghbugha I Jaqeli|Aghbugha I]] and <br/> [[Ivane II Jaqeli|Ivane II]]}} {{s-end}}

{{Atabegs of Samtskhe}}

[[Category:House of Jaqeli]] [[Category:Atabegs of Samtskhe]] [[Category:14th-century people from Georgia (country)]] [[Category:1391 deaths]] [[Category:1332 births]]