# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mzetchabuk-jaqeli
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:38:47.527Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mzetchabuk-jaqeli"
name: "Mzetchabuk Jaqeli"
slug: "mzetchabuk-jaqeli"
description: "Mzetchabuk Jaqeli was a Prince and Atabeg of Samtskhe-Saatabago during 1500–1515, member of the Jaqeli family and son of Qvarqvare II Jaqeli. After his older brother's death Mzetchabuk had seized the Atabeg's throne from his nephew, Qvarqvare. He was an ambitious and arrogant ruler. Like his father and grandfather, Mzetchabuk demanded the separation of the Meskhetian church from the Georgian Orthodox church. Atabeg Mzetchabuk Strived to strengthen Samtskhe. He nominally obeyed Ottoman sultan Selim I and with his help Adjara came fully under Meskhetian rule. In 1515 old Mzetchabuk abdicated and became a monk, received a monastic name Jacob. After Mzetchabuk Atabeg's title would be given to his nephew Qvarqvare, but Mzetchabuk's younger brother Manuchar rebelled against him. The war for succession was won by Manuchar and he became the next Atabeg. Mzetchabuk Jaqeli died in 1516, at the age of 70–71."
tagline: "Member of Georgian nobility and Atabeg of Samtskhe-Saatabago"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1445"
deathDate: "1515-06-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.75
  momentum:             3.75
  historical:           5.468430666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mz%C3%A9tchabouk_Ier_Jak%C3%A9li"
    title: "Mzétchabouk Ier Jakéli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mzet%C3%A7abuki"
    title: "Mzetçabuki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mzetchabuk_Jaqeli"
    title: "Mzetchabuk Jaqeli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BA_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%96"
    title: "Мзечабук Джакелі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%96%E1%83%94%E1%83%AD%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%A3%E1%83%99_%E1%83%90%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%92%E1%83%98"
    title: "მზეჭაბუკ ათაბაგი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mze%C3%A7abuk_Cakeli"
    title: "Mzeçabuk Cakeli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3331946"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump