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- Simon of Imereti - Simon () (died 1701), of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was King of Imereti from 1699 to 1701. An illegitimate son of Alexander IV of Imereti, he was brought up at the court of Erekle I of Kartli, while Imereti was embroiled in the civil war among several claimants to the throne.
- Rostom of Imereti - Rostom () (1571 – 1605), of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Imereti in the periods of 1588-1589 and 1590-1605. A son of Constantine, sometime claimant to the crown of Imereti, he was raised to the throne through the support of Mamia IV Dadiani, prince of Mingrelia, who had deposed King Leon of Imereti in 1588.
- George V of Imereti - George V "Gochia" (, Giorgi V Gočia) was King of Imereti (western Georgia) from 1696 to 1698. He is frequently referred to as George IV when Giorgi III Gurieli, who had reigned as George IV of Imereti from 1681 to 1683, is omitted from the list of the kings of Imereti.
- Kingdom of Imereti - The Kingdom of Imereti () was established in 1455 by a member of the house of Bagration when the Kingdom of Georgia was dissolved into rival kingdoms. Before that time, Imereti was considered a separate kingdom within the Kingdom of Georgia, to which a cadet branch of the Bagration royal family held the crown beginning in 1260 by Davit VI, King of Georgia.
- Prince Alexander of Imereti - Prince Alexander of Imereti (), also known as Tsarevich Aleksandr Archilovich Imeretinsky () (1674 – February 20, 1711) was a Georgian prince (batonishvili) of the Kingdom of Imereti who lived as an émigré in the Tsardom of Russia and subsequently served as an artillery commander under Tsar Peter I of Russia. During the Great Northern War, he was taken prisoner at Narva (1700) and spent ten years in Swedish captivity.