David Bagration of Mukhrani
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David Bagrationi of Moukhrani
, David Bagration de Moukhrani y de Zornoza, or Davit' Bagration-Mukhraneli (born June 24, 1976) is a claimant to the headship of the Royal House of Georgia and to the historical thrones of Georgia
, succeeding on the death of his father Jorge de Bagration on January 16, 2008.
, Spain
. David also has one older sister, Maria-Antonietta, one older brother, Irakli, and a younger half-brother, Gourami (Ugo).
’s capital of Tbilisi
in 2003 and obtained dual citizenship from Georgia in 2004. He also serves as an altar server
to Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia
.
In 2007, David succeeded his father as patrilineal head of the Bagrationi dynasty
, after his elder brother, Irakli, renounced the headship. As such, he asserts the right to inherit the throne, were it restored, of the united kingdom of Georgia, as well as inheritance of the designations: Dynastic Heir, Heir to the titles of Duke of the Lasos and Prince of Kakheti
, Kartalia
and Mukhrani
and Head of the Family Council.
As Head of the Royal family, he is the Grand Master of the following Bagration dynastic orders:
During the Russian–Georgian war
over South Ossetia
in August 2008, Prince David accompanied the Georgian soldiers to the frontline to render moral support. He commented afterwards that he regretted Georgia "had to pay such a high price to show the world the true face of Russia." and issued a special message to the Georgian nation. Prince David considers restoration of monarchy in Georgia is not an option at this time because of ongoing Russian occupation of parts of the country; and it is up to the people of Georgia to decide when the monarchy should be restored.
. The marriage united the Gruzinsky (Kakheti) and Moukhransky (Mukhraneli) branches of the Georgian royal family
, and drew a crowd of 3,000 spectators, officials, and foreign diplomats, as well as extensive coverage by the Georgian media
.
The dynastic significance of the wedding lay in the fact that, amidst the turmoil in political partisanship that has roiled Georgia since its independence in 1991, Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia publicly called for restoration of the monarchy as a path toward national unity in October 2007. Although this led some politicians and parties to entertain the notion of a Georgian constitutional monarchy
, competition arose among the old dynasty's princes and supporters, as historians and jurists
debated which Bagrationi has the strongest hereditary right to a throne that has been vacant for two centuries. Although some Georgian monarchists
support the Gruzinsky Royal branch's claim, others support that of the re-patriated
Mukhrani branch. Both branches descend in unbroken, legitimate male line from the medieval kings of Georgia down to Constantine II of Georgia
who died in 1505.
Whereas the Bagration-Mukhrani
(Bagrationi-Mukhraneli) was a cadet branch
of the former Royal House of Kartli, they became the genealogically
seniormost line of the Bagrationi family in the early 20th century: yet the elder branch had lost the rule of Kartli by 1724.
Meanwhile, the Bagration-Gruzinsky line, although junior to the Princes of Mukhrani genealogically, reigned over the kingdom of Kakheti
, re-united the two realms in the kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti in 1762, and did not lose sovereignty until Russian annexation in 1800.
The bridegroom is the only member of his branch who retains Georgian citizenship and residence since the death of his father, Prince George (Jorge) Bagration-Mukhrani in 2008. Aside from his unmarried elder brother, Prince David is the heir male
of the Bagration family
, while the bride's father is the most senior descendant of the last Bagrationi to reign over the united kingdom of Georgia. Since Nugzar and Princes Peter and Eugene Bagrationi-Gruzinsky are the last patrilineal males descended from King George XII
, and all three were born before 1950, their branch verges on extinction. But the marriage between Nugzar Gruzinsky's heiress and the Mukhrani heir resolves their rivalry for the claim to the throne, which has divided Georgian monarchists. A son born of this marriage is apt to eventually become both the heir male of the House of Bagration and the heir general of George XII of Georgia.
The Georgia Times filed a story on 20 April 2009 stating that Prince David and Princess Anna were "on the verge of divorce" and no longer lived together. The father of Princess Anna, Prince Nugzar Bagration-Gruzinsky, confirmed that the marriage between his daughter and Prince David had indeed run into difficulties.
On 3 August 2009, Russian news agency Blagovest reported that Prince David and Princess Anna had separated within a month of their marriage. Princess Anna's mother was quoted as saying that the Bagrationi family will not be commenting to the media on what they believe is a strictly private matter. The Blagovest article also stated that there is little chance of a reconciliation and that the marriage is effectively over. However, it was subsequently reported that the couple were vacation
ing together in Venezuela
in October 2009, two months after the separation story surfaced and nearly a year after the marriage.
Georgian Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili
stated in an interview published by Russian newspaper Kommersant on 7 April 2010 that the marital union of Prince David Bagration-Muhkransky and Princess Anna Bagration-Gruzinsky was arranged with the primary purpose of promoting the restoration of the Georgian monarchy under the Bagrationi. Therefore, according to Merabishvili, Princess Anna was forced to divorce her first husband Grigoriy Malania in order to allow her to wed Prince David. Merabishvili confirmed that the Bagrationi couple were no longer married. However it was rumoured by the Georgian press that the couple has reconciled and is expecting their first child. The royal couple's first child, prince George Bagration-Bagrationi is born on September 27, 2011.
. When Constantine's eldest son inherited (his division of the realm) as King David X of Kartli
, he gave Mukhrani
, north of Tbilisi, in feudal appanage
to his younger brother Bagrat
-batonishvili
, who thus became the first of his line to exercise palatine
rights as the Mukhran-batoni or "Prince of Mukhrani".
David's patriline
is his descent from father to son. The Bagratid origin of David Soslan
, king consort
of Queen Tamar, is doubtful, although their descendants continued to reckon themselves members of that dynasty and rulers born of this lineage may have been descendants of some earlier rulers of the same lands. Ossetian-originated sources in Caucasia indicate that David Soslan was from the Alan family of Tsarasanta - which thusly could pedantically be the right surname for later 'Bagrationi'. The male line
follows the feudal
Princes of Mukhrani
, the Kings of Kartli, the Kings of Georgia and, by some reckoning, the early monarchs of Caucasian Iberia
. Davit Soslan flourished
in the last decades of the 12th century, which means a patriline of at least 800 years.
The Mukhrani cadet branch
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House of Mukhrani
The house of Mukhrani is a Georgian princely family, a collateral branch of the former royal dynasty of Bagrationi of which it sprung early in the 16th century, and received in appanage the domain of Mukhrani located in Kartli, central Georgia...
, David Bagration de Moukhrani y de Zornoza, or Davit' Bagration-Mukhraneli (born June 24, 1976) is a claimant to the headship of the Royal House of Georgia and to the historical thrones of Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
, succeeding on the death of his father Jorge de Bagration on January 16, 2008.
Early life
David was born as the second son of Prince Jorge by his first wife Doña María de las Mercedes de Zornoza y Ponce de León in MadridMadrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. David also has one older sister, Maria-Antonietta, one older brother, Irakli, and a younger half-brother, Gourami (Ugo).
Dynastic activities
David settled permanently in GeorgiaGeorgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
’s capital of Tbilisi
Tbilisi
Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...
in 2003 and obtained dual citizenship from Georgia in 2004. He also serves as an altar server
Altar server
An altar server is a lay assistant to a member of the clergy during a Christian religious service. An altar server attends to supporting tasks at the altar such as fetching and carrying, ringing the altar bell and so on....
to Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia
Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia
Catholicos–Patriarch has been the title of the heads of the Georgian Orthodox Church since 1010. The first Catholicos–Patriarch of All Georgia was Melkisedek I...
.
In 2007, David succeeded his father as patrilineal head of the Bagrationi dynasty
Bagrationi Dynasty
The Bagrationi dynasty was the ruling family of Georgia. Their ascendency lasted from the early Middle Ages until the early 19th century. In modern usage, this royal line is frequently referred to as the Georgian Bagratids, a Hellenized form of their dynastic name.The origin of the Bagrationi...
, after his elder brother, Irakli, renounced the headship. As such, he asserts the right to inherit the throne, were it restored, of the united kingdom of Georgia, as well as inheritance of the designations: Dynastic Heir, Heir to the titles of Duke of the Lasos and Prince of Kakheti
Kakheti
Kakheti is a historical province in Eastern Georgia inhabited by Kakhetians who speak a local dialect of Georgian. It is bordered by the small mountainous province of Tusheti and the Greater Caucasus mountain range to the north, Russian Federation to the Northeast, Azerbaijan to the Southeast, and...
, Kartalia
Kartli
Kartli is a historical region in central-to-eastern Georgia traversed by the river Mtkvari , on which Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, is situated. Known to the Classical authors as Iberia, Kartli played a crucial role in ethnic and political consolidation of the Georgians in the Middle Ages...
and Mukhrani
Mukhrani
Mukhrani is a historical lowland district in eastern Georgia, currently within the borders of Mtskheta-Mtianeti region, north of the town of Mtskheta...
and Head of the Family Council.
As Head of the Royal family, he is the Grand Master of the following Bagration dynastic orders:
- Order of the Eagle of Georgia and the Seamless Tunic of Our Lord Jesus ChristOrder of the Eagle of Georgia and the Seamless Tunic of Our Lord Jesus ChristThe Order of the Eagle of Georgia and the Seamless Tunic of Our Lord Jesus Christ or Order of the Eagle of Georgia. is one of the dynastic orders of knighthood of the Royal House of Georgia, originally founded by the Saint Queen Tamar of Georgia and later revived by HRH Prince Irakli Bagration of...
- Order of the Saint Queen TamarOrder of the Saint Queen TamarThe Order of the Saint Queen Tamar is a dynastic order of knighthood of the Royal House of Georgia, originally founded in 1915 by Georgians while in exile.-History:...
- Order of the Crown of GeorgiaOrder of the Crown of GeorgiaThe Order of the Crown of Georgia is the premier dynastic order of knighthood of the Royal House of Georgia.The Order was created to recognize the supporters of the Georgian monarcy and the Royal House...
During the Russian–Georgian war
2008 South Ossetia war
The 2008 South Ossetia War or Russo-Georgian War was an armed conflict in August 2008 between Georgia on one side, and Russia and separatist governments of South Ossetia and Abkhazia on the other....
over South Ossetia
South Ossetia
South Ossetia or Tskhinvali Region is a disputed region and partly recognized state in the South Caucasus, located in the territory of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the former Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic....
in August 2008, Prince David accompanied the Georgian soldiers to the frontline to render moral support. He commented afterwards that he regretted Georgia "had to pay such a high price to show the world the true face of Russia." and issued a special message to the Georgian nation. Prince David considers restoration of monarchy in Georgia is not an option at this time because of ongoing Russian occupation of parts of the country; and it is up to the people of Georgia to decide when the monarchy should be restored.
Intra-dynastic marriage
Prince David Bagration of Mukhrani married Princess Anna Bagration-Gruzinsky on 8 February 2009 at the Tbilisi Sameba CathedralTbilisi Sameba Cathedral
The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi commonly known as Sameba is the main Cathedral of the Georgian Orthodox Church located in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. Constructed between 1995 and 2004, it is the third-tallest Eastern Orthodox Cathedral in the World...
. The marriage united the Gruzinsky (Kakheti) and Moukhransky (Mukhraneli) branches of the Georgian royal family
Royal family
A royal family is the extended family of a king or queen regnant. The term imperial family appropriately describes the extended family of an emperor or empress, while the terms "ducal family", "grand ducal family" or "princely family" are more appropriate to describe the relatives of a reigning...
, and drew a crowd of 3,000 spectators, officials, and foreign diplomats, as well as extensive coverage by the Georgian media
Georgian Media
The Media in Georgia is relatively accessible and caters to a wide variety of audiences. A large percentage of households have a television, and most have at least one radio...
.
The dynastic significance of the wedding lay in the fact that, amidst the turmoil in political partisanship that has roiled Georgia since its independence in 1991, Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia publicly called for restoration of the monarchy as a path toward national unity in October 2007. Although this led some politicians and parties to entertain the notion of a Georgian constitutional monarchy
Constitutional monarchy
Constitutional monarchy is a form of government in which a monarch acts as head of state within the parameters of a constitution, whether it be a written, uncodified or blended constitution...
, competition arose among the old dynasty's princes and supporters, as historians and jurists
Jurisprudence
Jurisprudence is the theory and philosophy of law. Scholars of jurisprudence, or legal theorists , hope to obtain a deeper understanding of the nature of law, of legal reasoning, legal systems and of legal institutions...
debated which Bagrationi has the strongest hereditary right to a throne that has been vacant for two centuries. Although some Georgian monarchists
Monarchism in Georgia
The former Soviet republic of Georgia has a monarchic tradition that traces its origins to the Hellenistic period. The medieval Kingdom of Georgia ruled by the Bagrationi dynasty has left behind a legacy that lasts in Georgia even in modern times...
support the Gruzinsky Royal branch's claim, others support that of the re-patriated
Repatriation
Repatriation is the process of returning a person back to one's place of origin or citizenship. This includes the process of returning refugees or soldiers to their place of origin following a war...
Mukhrani branch. Both branches descend in unbroken, legitimate male line from the medieval kings of Georgia down to Constantine II of Georgia
Constantine II of Georgia
Constantine II , of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a king of Georgia since 1478. Early in the 1490s, he had to recognise the independence of his rival rulers of Imereti and Kakheti, and to confine his power to Kartli....
who died in 1505.
Whereas the Bagration-Mukhrani
House of Mukhrani
The house of Mukhrani is a Georgian princely family, a collateral branch of the former royal dynasty of Bagrationi of which it sprung early in the 16th century, and received in appanage the domain of Mukhrani located in Kartli, central Georgia...
(Bagrationi-Mukhraneli) was a cadet branch
Cadet branch
Cadet branch is a term in genealogy to describe the lineage of the descendants of the younger sons of a monarch or patriarch. In the ruling dynasties and noble families of much of Europe and Asia, the family's major assets – titles, realms, fiefs, property and income – have...
of the former Royal House of Kartli, they became the genealogically
Genealogy
Genealogy is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history. Genealogists use oral traditions, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinship and pedigrees of its members...
seniormost line of the Bagrationi family in the early 20th century: yet the elder branch had lost the rule of Kartli by 1724.
Meanwhile, the Bagration-Gruzinsky line, although junior to the Princes of Mukhrani genealogically, reigned over the kingdom of Kakheti
Kakheti
Kakheti is a historical province in Eastern Georgia inhabited by Kakhetians who speak a local dialect of Georgian. It is bordered by the small mountainous province of Tusheti and the Greater Caucasus mountain range to the north, Russian Federation to the Northeast, Azerbaijan to the Southeast, and...
, re-united the two realms in the kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti in 1762, and did not lose sovereignty until Russian annexation in 1800.
The bridegroom is the only member of his branch who retains Georgian citizenship and residence since the death of his father, Prince George (Jorge) Bagration-Mukhrani in 2008. Aside from his unmarried elder brother, Prince David is the heir male
Heirs of the body
Heirs of the body is the term for the English legal principle that certain types of property pass to a descendant of the original holder, recipient or grantee according to a fixed order of kinship...
of the Bagration family
Bagrationi Dynasty
The Bagrationi dynasty was the ruling family of Georgia. Their ascendency lasted from the early Middle Ages until the early 19th century. In modern usage, this royal line is frequently referred to as the Georgian Bagratids, a Hellenized form of their dynastic name.The origin of the Bagrationi...
, while the bride's father is the most senior descendant of the last Bagrationi to reign over the united kingdom of Georgia. Since Nugzar and Princes Peter and Eugene Bagrationi-Gruzinsky are the last patrilineal males descended from King George XII
George XII of Georgia
George XII , sometimes known as George XIII , of the House of Bagrationi, was the last king of Georgia from 1798 until his death in 1800...
, and all three were born before 1950, their branch verges on extinction. But the marriage between Nugzar Gruzinsky's heiress and the Mukhrani heir resolves their rivalry for the claim to the throne, which has divided Georgian monarchists. A son born of this marriage is apt to eventually become both the heir male of the House of Bagration and the heir general of George XII of Georgia.
The Georgia Times filed a story on 20 April 2009 stating that Prince David and Princess Anna were "on the verge of divorce" and no longer lived together. The father of Princess Anna, Prince Nugzar Bagration-Gruzinsky, confirmed that the marriage between his daughter and Prince David had indeed run into difficulties.
On 3 August 2009, Russian news agency Blagovest reported that Prince David and Princess Anna had separated within a month of their marriage. Princess Anna's mother was quoted as saying that the Bagrationi family will not be commenting to the media on what they believe is a strictly private matter. The Blagovest article also stated that there is little chance of a reconciliation and that the marriage is effectively over. However, it was subsequently reported that the couple were vacation
Vacation
A vacation or holiday is a specific trip or journey, usually for the purpose of recreation or tourism. People often take a vacation during specific holiday observances, or for specific festivals or celebrations...
ing together in Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
in October 2009, two months after the separation story surfaced and nearly a year after the marriage.
Georgian Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili
Vano Merabishvili
Ivane Merabishvili is a Georgian politician who has served as the country’s Ministry of Internal Affairs since December 18, 2004...
stated in an interview published by Russian newspaper Kommersant on 7 April 2010 that the marital union of Prince David Bagration-Muhkransky and Princess Anna Bagration-Gruzinsky was arranged with the primary purpose of promoting the restoration of the Georgian monarchy under the Bagrationi. Therefore, according to Merabishvili, Princess Anna was forced to divorce her first husband Grigoriy Malania in order to allow her to wed Prince David. Merabishvili confirmed that the Bagrationi couple were no longer married. However it was rumoured by the Georgian press that the couple has reconciled and is expecting their first child. The royal couple's first child, prince George Bagration-Bagrationi is born on September 27, 2011.
Patrilineal descent
David Bagration descends in the direct, legitimate male line from a younger son of King Constantine II of GeorgiaConstantine II of Georgia
Constantine II , of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a king of Georgia since 1478. Early in the 1490s, he had to recognise the independence of his rival rulers of Imereti and Kakheti, and to confine his power to Kartli....
. When Constantine's eldest son inherited (his division of the realm) as King David X of Kartli
David X of Kartli
David X was a king of the Georgian kingdom of Kartli from 1505 to 1525.He was the eldest son of Constantine II, whom he succeeded as king of Kartli in 1505 . Despite the fact that Constantine had recognised the independence of the breakaway Georgian kingdoms of Imereti and Kakheti, the rivalry...
, he gave Mukhrani
Mukhrani
Mukhrani is a historical lowland district in eastern Georgia, currently within the borders of Mtskheta-Mtianeti region, north of the town of Mtskheta...
, north of Tbilisi, in feudal appanage
Appanage
An apanage or appanage or is the grant of an estate, titles, offices, or other things of value to the younger male children of a sovereign, who would otherwise have no inheritance under the system of primogeniture...
to his younger brother Bagrat
Bagrat I of Mukhrani
Bagrat, 1st Prince of Mukhrani or Mukhran-Batoni , was the third son of Constantine II of Georgia, of the Bagrationi dynasty, and the founder of the House of Mukhrani.-Biography:...
-batonishvili
Batonishvili
Batonishvili was a title for princes and princesses of the blood royal in the Transcaucasian kingdom of Georgia, and was suffixed to the Christian name e.g., Alexandre Batonishvili, Ioane Batonishvili...
, who thus became the first of his line to exercise palatine
Palatine
A palatine or palatinus is a high-level official attached to imperial or royal courts in Europe since Roman times...
rights as the Mukhran-batoni or "Prince of Mukhrani".
David's patriline
Patrilineality
Patrilineality is a system in which one belongs to one's father's lineage. It generally involves the inheritance of property, names or titles through the male line as well....
is his descent from father to son. The Bagratid origin of David Soslan
David Soslan
David Soslan was an Alan prince and a King Consort of Georgia as the second husband of Queen Regnant Tamar who married him c. 1189. He is chiefly known for his military exploits during Georgia’s wars against its Muslim neighbors.- Origins :...
, king consort
King consort
King consort is an alternative title to the more usual "prince consort" - which is a position given in some monarchies to the husband of a reigning queen. It is a symbolic title only, the sole constitutional function of the holder being similar to a prince consort, which is the male equivalent of a...
of Queen Tamar, is doubtful, although their descendants continued to reckon themselves members of that dynasty and rulers born of this lineage may have been descendants of some earlier rulers of the same lands. Ossetian-originated sources in Caucasia indicate that David Soslan was from the Alan family of Tsarasanta - which thusly could pedantically be the right surname for later 'Bagrationi'. The male line
Patrilineality
Patrilineality is a system in which one belongs to one's father's lineage. It generally involves the inheritance of property, names or titles through the male line as well....
follows the feudal
Feudalism
Feudalism was a set of legal and military customs in medieval Europe that flourished between the 9th and 15th centuries, which, broadly defined, was a system for ordering society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour.Although derived from the...
Princes of Mukhrani
House of Mukhrani
The house of Mukhrani is a Georgian princely family, a collateral branch of the former royal dynasty of Bagrationi of which it sprung early in the 16th century, and received in appanage the domain of Mukhrani located in Kartli, central Georgia...
, the Kings of Kartli, the Kings of Georgia and, by some reckoning, the early monarchs of Caucasian Iberia
Caucasian Iberia
Iberia , also known as Iveria , was a name given by the ancient Greeks and Romans to the ancient Georgian kingdom of Kartli , corresponding roughly to the eastern and southern parts of the present day Georgia...
. Davit Soslan flourished
Floruit
Floruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
in the last decades of the 12th century, which means a patriline of at least 800 years.
- Smbat I Bagratuni d. 314
- Bagrat Bagratuni d. aft. 353
- Smbat II Bagratuni d. 367/374
- Sahak BagratuniSahak BagratuniSahak VII Bagratuni was Prince of Armenia . He was preceded by Adhur Guschnasp and succeeded by Vahan Mamikonian....
d. aft. 389 - Smbat III Bagratuni d. aft. 420
- Tiroç Bagratuni d. 450/451
- Sahak II Bagratuni d. 482
- Spandiat Bagratuni d. aft. 505
- Varaz-Tiroç Bagratuni
- Manuel Bagratuni d. c. 560/570
- Smbat IV Bagratuni d. 616/617
- Varaz-Tiroç I Bagratuni d. 646
- Smbat V Bagration d. 672
- Ashot I Bagratuni d. 689
- Smbat VI BagratuniSmbat VI BagratuniSmbat VI Bagratuni was a member of the Bagratuni family who was presiding prince of Armenia from 691 to 711. During his reign, he frequently shifted alliances between the Byzantines, who gave him the title of kouropalates, and the Umayyads. He was the son of Varaz-Tirots III Bagratuni, and the...
d. 726 - Ashot III BagratuniAshot III BagratuniAshot III Bagratuni also known as Ashot the Blind was a member of the Bagratuni family who was presiding prince of Armenia as a Prince from 726 and as an ishxan from 732 to 748...
d. 762 - Vasak Bagratuni d. aft. 770
- Adarnase Bagratuni, d. 779
- Ashot I of Iberia, d. 826/830
- Bagrat I of Iberia, d. 876
- David I of Iberia, d. 881
- Adarnase IV of IberiaAdarnase IV of IberiaAdarnase IV was a member of the Georgian Bagratid dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti and prince of Iberia/Kartli, responsible for the restoration of kingship, which had been in abeyance since it had been abolished by Iran in the sixth century, in 888....
, d. 923 - Sumbat I of IberiaSumbat I of IberiaSumbat I was a Georgian prince of the Bagratid dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti and the titular king of Iberia-Kartli from 937 until his death....
, d. 958 - Bagrat II of Iberia, 937 – 994
- Gurgen of GeorgiaGurgen of GeorgiaGurgen also known as Gurgen Magistros, Gurgen II Magistros of the House of Bagrationi, was King of Kings of the Georgians from 994 until his death in 1008. Magistros was a title bestowed upon him by the Byzantine Emperor Basil II...
, d. 1008 - Bagrat III of GeorgiaBagrat III of GeorgiaBagrat III , of the Georgian Bagrationi dynasty, was King of the Abkhazians from 978 on and King of Georgia from 1008 on. He united these two titles by dynastic inheritance and, through conquest and diplomacy, added some more lands to his realm, effectively becoming the first king of what is...
, 960 – 1014 - George I of GeorgiaGeorge I of GeorgiaGiorgi I , of the House of Bagrationi, was the king of Georgia from 1014 until his death in 1027. He spent most of his seven-year-long reign waging a bloody and fruitless territorial war with the Byzantine Empire.-Early reign:...
, 998 – 1027 - Bagrat IV of GeorgiaBagrat IV of GeorgiaBagrat IV , of the Bagrationi dynasty, was the King of Georgia from 1027 to 1072. During his long and eventful reign, Bagrat sought to repress the great nobility and to secure Georgia's sovereignty from the Byzantine and Seljuqid empires...
, 1018–1072 - George II of GeorgiaGeorge II of GeorgiaGeorge II , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Georgia from 1072 to 1089. He was a son and successor of Bagrat IV and his wife Borena of Alania...
, 1054–1112 - David IV of GeorgiaDavid IV of GeorgiaDavid IV "the Builder", also known as David II , of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a king of Georgia from 1089 until his death in 1125....
, 1073–1125 - Demetre I of Georgia, 1093–1156
- George III of GeorgiaGeorge III of GeorgiaGiorgi III , of the Bagrationi dynasty, was king of Georgia from 1156 to 1184. His reign, and that of Tamar, are seen as the 'golden age' of Georgian history, the era of empire, diplomatic success, military triumphs, great learning, cultural, spiritual, and artistic flowering.-Life:He succeeded on...
, d. 1184 - Queen Tamar of GeorgiaTamar of GeorgiaTamar , of the Bagrationi dynasty, was Queen Regnant of Georgia from 1184 to 1213. Tamar presided over the "Golden age" of the medieval Georgian monarchy...
, 1160–1213 - George IV of GeorgiaGeorge IV of GeorgiaGeorge IV Lasha of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Georgia from 1213 to 1223....
, 1191–1223, whose father was David SoslanDavid SoslanDavid Soslan was an Alan prince and a King Consort of Georgia as the second husband of Queen Regnant Tamar who married him c. 1189. He is chiefly known for his military exploits during Georgia’s wars against its Muslim neighbors.- Origins :...
, son of Djadaron of Ossetia and grandson of Athom of Ossetia, whose parents might have been David, King of Ossetia, and wife Rusudan of Georgia, daughter of King David IV "the Builder" of Georgia, grandparents David and wife, daughter of the King of Ossetia, and whose great-grandfather might have been Demetre, anti-King of Georgia (d. c. 1053), the only son of the second marriage of George I of GeorgiaGeorge I of GeorgiaGiorgi I , of the House of Bagrationi, was the king of Georgia from 1014 until his death in 1027. He spent most of his seven-year-long reign waging a bloody and fruitless territorial war with the Byzantine Empire.-Early reign:...
, 998 - 1027 (above) - David VII of Georgia, 1215–1270
- Demetre II of GeorgiaDemetre II of GeorgiaSaint King Demetrius II the Self-sacrificer , from the Bagrationi dynasty, was king of Georgia in 1270–1289.-Life:...
, 1259–1289 - George V of GeorgiaGeorge V of GeorgiaGeorge V, the "Brilliant" was King of Georgia from 1299 to 1302 and again from 1314 until his death. A flexible and far-sighted politician, he recovered Georgia from a century-long Mongol domination, restoring the country’s previous strength and Christian culture.-Reign:George was born to King...
, 1286–1346 - David IX of GeorgiaDavid IX of GeorgiaDavid IX of Georgia , from the Bagrationi dynasty, was king of Georgia from 1346 until his death.-Family:David was the only known son of George V of Georgia. The identity of his mother is not known. The "Georgian Chronicle" of the 18th century reports George V marrying a daughter of "the Greek...
, d. 1393 - Bagrat V of GeorgiaBagrat V of GeorgiaBagrat V, “the Great” was the son of the Georgian king Davit IX with whom he was co-ruler from 1355, and became king after the death of his father in 1360....
, d. 1393 - Constantine I of GeorgiaConstantine I of GeorgiaConstantine I was King of Georgia from 1407 to 1411 .He was the elder son of King Bagrat V of Georgia by his second wife, Anna of Trebizond. His maternal grandparents were Alexios III of Trebizond and Theodora Kantakouzene....
, 1369–1412 - Alexander I of GeorgiaAlexander I of GeorgiaAlexander I, “the Great” , of the Bagrationi house, was king of Georgia from 1412 to 1442. Despite his efforts to restore the country from the ruins left by the Turco-Mongol warlord Timur Leng’s invasions, Georgia never recovered and faced the inevitable fragmentation that was followed by a long...
, 1389–1446 - Demetre Bagration, Duke of Imereti, d. 1453
- Constantine II of GeorgiaConstantine II of GeorgiaConstantine II , of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a king of Georgia since 1478. Early in the 1490s, he had to recognise the independence of his rival rulers of Imereti and Kakheti, and to confine his power to Kartli....
, 1447–1505
The Mukhrani cadet branch
Cadet branch
Cadet branch is a term in genealogy to describe the lineage of the descendants of the younger sons of a monarch or patriarch. In the ruling dynasties and noble families of much of Europe and Asia, the family's major assets – titles, realms, fiefs, property and income – have...
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- Bagrat I of MukhraniBagrat I of MukhraniBagrat, 1st Prince of Mukhrani or Mukhran-Batoni , was the third son of Constantine II of Georgia, of the Bagrationi dynasty, and the founder of the House of Mukhrani.-Biography:...
, 1487–1540, 6th son of Constantine II of GeorgiaConstantine II of GeorgiaConstantine II , of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a king of Georgia since 1478. Early in the 1490s, he had to recognise the independence of his rival rulers of Imereti and Kakheti, and to confine his power to Kartli.... - Vakhtang I of Mukhrani, 1510–1580
- Teimuraz I of Mukhrani, 1572–1625
- Constantine I of Mukhrani, before 1618 - +1667
- Teimuraz II of Mukhrani, 1649–1688
- Constantine II of Mukhrani, d. 1716
- Constantine III of Mukhrani, 1696–1756
- Ioane of Mukhrani, 1755–1800, who married in 1781 Keteven Thamar (1764–1840), 9th daughter of King Erekle IIErekle IIErekle II was a Georgian monarch of the Bagrationi Dynasty, reigning as the king of Kakheti from 1744 to 1762, and of Kartli and Kakheti from 1762 until 1798. In the contemporary Persian sources he is referred to as Erekli Khan, while Russians knew him as Irakli...
of Georgia, from whom are descended: - Constantine IV of Mukhrani, 1782–1842
- Prince Irakli Bagration of Mukhrani, 1813–1892
- Alexander Bagration of MukhraniAlexander Bagration of MukhraniAlexander Bagration of Mukhrani was a Georgian nobleman, and head of the princely House of Mukhrani, a collateral branch of the former royal dynasty of Bagrationi...
, 1853–1918 - George Bagration of MukhraniGeorge Bagration of MukhraniGeorge Bragration of Mukhrani or Giorgi Bagration-Mukhraneli was a Georgian nobleman, and a titular head of the House of Mukhrani, a collateral branch of the former royal dynasty of Bagrationi....
, 1884–1957 - Irakli Bagration of MukhraniIrakli Bagration of MukhraniIrakli Bagration-Mukhraneli was a Georgian prince of the Mukhrani branch of the former royal dynasty of Bagrationi....
, 1909–1977 - Jorge de Bagration, 1944–2008
- David Bagration of Mukhrani, 1976 -
External links
- Royal House of Bagration of Georgia
- Heraldry of the Royal House of Bagration-Mouchraneli Монархом Грузии может стать Князь Давид Георгиевич Багратион-Мухранский. Russkaya Liniya. February 29, 2008.
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