 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Akaberekwa saDhavhidhi kuMuchinda Archil weImereti, munununa waMambo Soromoni I weImereti, nemudzimai wake Helene, mwanasikana waMambo Heraclius II weGeorgia. Soromoni I, uyo akafa muna 1784 asina mugari wenhaka wechirume, akagadza muzukuru wake Dhavhidhi kuti amutsive. Zvisinei, muzukuru waSoromoni Dhavhidhi II akamudzivisa, uye mumwe muchinda aikwikwidzana naye, kubva pakuva mambo ndokutora chigaro choumambo, zvichitungamirira kuhondo yavagari vemo. Heraclius II akapindira nokuda kwomuzukuru wake ndokutuma uto, richikunda David II muHondo yeMatkhoji pana June 11, 1789. David, mwanakomana waArchil, akagadzwa samambo weImereti pasi pezita raSoromoni II, asi David II akapfuurira nenhamburiko dzake dzokudzorera chigaro choumambo kutozosvikira kukundwa kwake kwokupedzisira muna 1792. Akatonga achidzivirirwa nambuya vake vokubereka, Heraclius II, uye akapfuuridzira mutemo waSoromoni I wokuganhurira masimba ehurumende youmambo. Muna 1795, iye naHeraclius vakarwa neuto duku reImeretian muHondo yeKrtsanisimukurwisana navaPersia, kungokundwa chose chose navokupedzisira. 