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{{Short description|Georgian royal; disputed head of the House of Bagrationi}}
{{Infobox pretender
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|image = ]
{{Infobox royalty
|name = Davit' (David) Bagration of Moukhrani
| name = David Bagration
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|6|24|df=y}}
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| {{native name|ka|დავით ბაგრატიონ-მუხრანელი|italics=no|paren=omit}}
|regnal = David XIII
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|title = Duke of the Lasos, Prince of Kakheti, Kartli and Mukhrani
| title =
|throne = ]
| image = Davit bagration mukhraneli 080208 (cropped).jpg
|pretend from = 16 January 2008 - present ({{age in years and days|2008|1|16}})
| caption = David in 2008
|year = 1800
| succession = ] <!-- Not sure the most neutral term here -->
|king = ]
| reign = 16 January 2008 – present
|relationship = Distant cousin
| reign-type = Tenure
|house = ]
|father = ] | predecessor = ]
| successor =
|mother = Doña María de las Mercedes de Zornoza y Ponce de Leon
| spouse = {{plainlist|
|spouse = Princess Anna Bagration-Gruzinsky<br>(m. 2009)
* {{marriage|]<br>|2009|2013|end=div}}
|children =
* {{marriage|Irina Begashvili<br>|2020}}
|predecessor = ]
|successor =
|footnotes =
}} }}
| issue = ]
'''David ]''', ''David Bagration de Moukhrani y de Zornoza'', or ''Davit' Bagration-Mukhraneli'' ({{lang-ka|დავით ბაგრატიონ-მუხრანელი}}) (born June 24, 1976) is a claimant to the headship of the ] and to the historical thrones of ], succeeding on the death of his father ] on January 16, 2008.
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| mother = María de las Mercedes Zornoza y Ponce de León
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|6|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = ], Spain
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{{Georgian Royal Family (Mukhrani)}}
'''Prince David Bagrationi Mukhrani (''Mukran-Batoni'' ) of Georgia''', ''David Bagration de Moukhrani y Zornoza'', or ''Davit Bagrationi-Mukhraneli'' ({{lang-ka|დავით ბაგრატიონ-მუხრანელი}}; born 24 June 1976), is the Head of the ], a branch of the ] ] and claims by ] the headship of the ], which reigned in Georgia from the medieval era until the early 19th century.<ref name = misha>{{Cite web |last=Vignanski |first=Misha |date=2 August 2009 |title=Primera boda real en dos siglos reagrupa dos ramas de la dinastía Bagration |work=el confidencial |location= Tiflis, Spain |language=es |url=http://www.elconfidencial.com/cache/2009/02/08/93_primera_siglos_reagrupa_ramas_dinastia_bagration.html# |access-date=2 September 2009}}</ref>

His family is related to the ], the ], the ], and the ]. Prince Davit succeeded his father ] as claimant to the ] upon his death on 16 January 2008.

Prince Davit returned his family to Georgia in 2003, ending decades of exile resulting from the 1921 ]. He married Princess ], a member of the genealogically junior ] branch of the Bagrationi, in 2009, divorcing in 2013. Their son ], born in Georgia in 2011, is the heir apparent to the throne.


==Early life== ==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 Leon in ], ]. David also has one older sister, Maria-Antonietta, one older brother, Irakli, and a younger half-brother, Gourami (Ugo).<ref name="ark1">Buyers, Christopher (2008). ''Royal Ark''. Accessed on 15 February 2009.</ref> Bagrationi was born to the Georgian ''émigré'' family as the second son of Spanish race car driver, ], by his first wife María de las Mercedes Zornoza y Ponce de León (1942–2020) in ], Spain. He has an older sister, Maria-Antonietta, and brother, Irakly, and a younger half-brother, Gourami (Ugo).<ref name="burke">{{cite book|author=Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh|year=1980|title=Burke's Royal Families of the World: ''Volume II Africa & the Middle East''|pages=59, 61–62, 64–65, 67–68|isbn=0-85011-029-7|author-link=Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd|title-link=Burke's Peerage}}</ref> Bagrationi is also a cousin of ], head of the ], as her mother was born ].<ref name=petit/>


==Dynastic activities== ==Dynastic activities==
David settled permanently in ]’s capital of ] in 2003 and obtained dual citizenship from Georgia in 2004. He also serves as an ] to ], ]. Bagrationi settled permanently in Georgia's capital of ] in 2003 and obtained dual citizenship from Georgia in 2004. He has also been an ] to ], ].<ref name = wedding>{{Cite web|date = 2 August 2009|title = Wedding of the two royal dynasties members|work = Georgia Times|url = http://www.georgiatimes.info/?lang=en&area=newsItem&id=7197|access-date = 2 September 2009|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090213210937/http://www.georgiatimes.info/?lang=en&area=newsItem&id=7197|archive-date = 13 February 2009|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name=imedi>{{cite news|title=Un altro divorzio reale|url=http://www.rainews.it/dl/rainews/articoli/divorzio-reale-in-georgia-problema-di-infedelta-coniugale-86791834-22da-4a5c-b877-189917363397.html|access-date=7 January 2014|date=16 December 2013|agency=Rai News}}</ref>


In January 2008, Bagrationi announced his father's death, declaring himself to be his father's successor as the ] head of the Georgian royal family<ref name=davit>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalhouseofgeorgia.ge/news/Offical-Events/Giorgi-Bagrationi-Mukhran-Batonishvili-deceased|title=Giorgi Bagrationi Mukhran Batonishvili|publisher=Royal House of Georgia|access-date=27 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312084549/http://royalhouseofgeorgia.ge/news/offical-events/giorgi-bagrationi-mukhran-batonishvili-deceased|archive-date=12 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> while his elder brother, Irakly, continued to reside in Spain. As such his supporters recognize him as Royal Prince of Kartli and Hereditary Prince of the sovereign principality (]) of ].<ref>Suny, Ronald Grigor (1994), The Making of the Georgian Nation, pp. 46–7. Indiana University Press, {{ISBN|0-253-20915-3}}.</ref> Bagrationi's paternal grandfather, ], had claimed headship of the ] in 1957 and, as such, the additional designations of Prince and Head of the Royal House of Georgia, of ], and of ], Duke of the Lasos, Sovereign Head and ] of the ]<ref name="georgia-order-eagle">{{cite web|url=http://www.royalhouseofgeorgia.ge/order-eagle|title=Order of the Eagle of Georgia|publisher=Royal House of Georgia|access-date=24 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726034925/http://royalhouseofgeorgia.ge/order-eagle|archive-date=26 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> and of the ],<ref name="georgia-order-tamar">{{cite web|url=http://www.royalhouseofgeorgia.ge/order-queen-tamar|title=Order of the Queen Tamar|publisher=Royal House of Georgia|access-date=24 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726034929/http://royalhouseofgeorgia.ge/order-queen-tamar|archive-date=26 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="zorilla">{{cite book|last=Zorilla|first=Francisco|title=''Genealogía de la Casa de Borbón de España''|year=1971|pages=198–199}}</ref> styles which his grandson also claims.<ref name=davit/> As the Mukhrani line are related by marriage to the Spanish Royal family, Bagrationi was among the guests invited to ]'s 2014 enthronement as king.<ref name="kvira_20140701">{{cite web|url=http://kvira.ge/?p=61464|title=ესპანეთის მეფის კურთხევის ცერემონიის დეტალები – ექსკლუზიური ინტერვიუ დავით ბაგრატიონთან|language=ka|access-date=1 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714171752/http://kvira.ge/?p=61464|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2007, David succeeded his father as ] head of the ] {{citation needed}}, 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 ], ] and ], Head of the Family Council and Grand Master of the Order of the Eagle of Georgia and the Tunic of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Royal Patron of the Royal Confraternity of Sao Teotonio.<ref name="ark1"/>


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During the ] over ] in August 2008, Prince David accompanied the ] 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."<ref name="abc">{{Es icon}} . ABC Periódico Electrónico. 2008-09-05.</ref> 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.<ref name="abc"/>


During the ] over ] in August 2008, Bagrationi accompanied ] to the front-line 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,"<ref name="abc">{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.es/20080905/internacional-europa/acento-espanol-para-georgia-20080905.html|title=Un Rey con acento español para Georgia|publisher=ABC Periódico Electrónico|date=5 September 2008|language=es}}</ref> and issued a message to the Georgian nation. Bagrationi believes that 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.<ref name="abc"/>
==Intra-dynastic marriage==
Prince David Bagration of Mukhrani married Princess Anna Bagration-Gruzinsky on 8 February 2009 at the ]. The marriage united the Gruzinsky (Kakheti) and Moukhransky (Mukhraneli) branches of the Georgian ], and drew a crowd of 3,000 spectators, officials, and foreign diplomats, as well as extensive coverage by the ].<ref name = misha>{{Citation|last = Vignanski|first = Misha|date =02/08/2009|contribution = Primera boda real en dos siglos reagrupa dos ramas de la dinastía Bagration|periodical = el confidencial|place = Tiflis|publication-place = Spain|url = http://www.elconfidencial.com/cache/2009/02/08/93_primera_siglos_reagrupa_ramas_dinastia_bagration.html#|accessdate = 02/09/2009}}</ref>


During his second royal visit to the ], on 8 March 2017, Prince David was received at ] where he presented the insignia of the Grand Collar of the ] to ] and his wife ] on behalf of Queen ].<ref name="UK Court Circular">{{cite web|url=https://www.royal.uk/court-circular?text=&mrf=10&date%5Bmin%5D%5Bdate%5D=8%2F03%2F2016&date%5Bmax%5D%5Bdate%5D=8%2F03%2F2017&id=|title=Court Circular|publisher=The Royal Household (UK)|access-date=5 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="Elizabeth II">{{cite web|url=http://www.royalhouseofgeorgia.ge/p/eng/434/news/114/HER-MAJESTY-QUEEN-ELIZABETH-II-PRESENTED-WITH-THE-GRAND-COLLAR-OF-THE-ORDER-OF-THE-EAGLE-OF-GEORGIA|title=HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II PRESENTED WITH THE GRAND COLLAR OF THE ORDER OF THE EAGLE OF GEORGIA|language=en|access-date=10 March 2017|archive-date=15 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015131158/http://www.royalhouseofgeorgia.ge/p/eng/434/news/114/HER-MAJESTY-QUEEN-ELIZABETH-II-PRESENTED-WITH-THE-GRAND-COLLAR-OF-THE-ORDER-OF-THE-EAGLE-OF-GEORGIA|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 16 December 2018 Prince David was invited to the inauguration of Georgia's first female President, ],<ref>Civil Georgia (8 October 2007). Politicians Comment on constitutional Monarchy. Retrieved from . https://old.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=15974</ref><ref>The Japantimes News (16 December 2018). Salome Zurabishvili, Georgia’s first female President, takes oath of office. Retrieved from: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/16/world/politics-diplomacy-world/salome-zurabishviligeorgias-first-female-president-takes-oath-office/#.XBu8kVVKjX4 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329150449/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/16/world/politics-diplomacy-world/salome-zurabishviligeorgias-first-female-president-takes-oath-office/#.XBu8kVVKjX4 |date=29 March 2019 }}</ref> Prince David has been involved in numerous Georgian cultural and other broadly humanitarian charities, including one of the largest fundraisers in GoFundMe history, when the joined arms with massively popular Instagram influencer Tommy Marcus (aka meme activist Qarantino) and UNWTO ambassador Shiv Shanker Nair\ raised $7 million to rescue some 2000 death marked Afghan reformers from the Taliban.<ref>Wade, Simon. (9/26.21). “how an olive press reader, a Spanish prince and Instagram star helped rescue 2000 vulnerable Afghans as Taliban took over Kabal.” The Olive Press. At: https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2021/09/15/how-an-olive-press-reader-a-spanish-prince-and-an-instagram-star-helped-rescue-2000-vulnerable-afghans-as-taliban-took-over-kabul/</ref> Prince David was the "First Godfather" at the marriage the last Russian "Tsar's Heir, Grand Duke George of Russia to Victoria Bettarini. David's grandfather and George's grandmother were siblings. The October 1, 2021 religious ceremony was widely covered by the international media and was attended by many European royal families and other notables.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dhnet.be/lifestyle/people/en-russie-l-heritier-du-tsar-se-marrie-104-ans-apres-la-revolution-61588c9d7b50a662fedaa928|title=En Russie, l'héritier du tsar se marrie, 104 ans après la révolution|work=DH Les Sports+|date=2021-10-04|language=fr}}</ref>
The dynastic significance of the wedding lay in the fact that, amidst the ] 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.<ref name = eurasianet></ref> Although this led some politicians and parties to entertain the notion of a Georgian ], competition arose among the old dynasty's princes and supporters, as historians and ] debated which Bagrationi has the strongest hereditary right to a throne that has been vacant for two centuries.<ref name="misha"/> Although some ] support the Gruzinsky Royal branch's claim, others support that of the ] Mukhrani branch.<ref name = eurasianet/> Both branches descend in unbroken, legitimate male line from the ] kings of Georgia down to ] who died in 1505.


==Marriage and divorce==
Whereas the ] (Bagrationi-Mukhraneli) was a ] of the former ], they became the ] seniormost line of the Bagrationi family in the early 20th century: yet the elder branch had lost the rule of Kartli by 1724.<ref>Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh, 1980, "Burke’s Royal Families of the World: ''Volume II Africa & the Middle East'', page 59 ISBN 0-85011-029-7</ref>
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Prince David Bagration of Mukhrani married ] on 8 February 2009 at the ].<ref name=wedding/> This marriage had come to fruition with the support and blessing by the pro-monarchist Catholicos Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church, ], and was officiated by two Bishops Metropolitan, Theodore and Gerasimos. This marriage united the two branches of the Georgian former ] with competing claims to the rights to the throne of Georgia – those of ] and of Mukhrani – and drew a crowd of 3,000 spectators, officials, and foreign diplomats, as well as extensive coverage by the ].<ref name = misha/><ref name = wedding/>


The dynastic significance of the wedding lay in the fact that, amid the ] that has roiled Georgia since its independence in 1991, Patriarch ] of Georgia publicly called for restoration of the monarchy as a path toward national unity in October 2007.<ref name = eurasianet>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav101207a.shtml|title=Time for a King for Georgia?}}</ref> Without naming any preferred claimant, prior to Prince David and Princess Ana's wedding, Patriarch Ilia II had emphasized the need to prepare the populace for restoration of the monarchy, "and elect a Bagration, to be educated from childhood" to take the crown.<ref name=misha/> Although this led some politicians and parties to entertain the notion of a Georgian ], competition arose among the old dynasty's princes and supporters, as historians and ] debated which Bagrationi has the strongest hereditary right to a throne that has been vacant since the 1800s.<ref name="misha"/> Although some ] support the Gruzinsky branch's claim, others support that of the ] Mukhrani branch.<ref name = eurasianet/> Both branches descend in unbroken, legitimate male line from the medieval kings of Georgia down to ] who died in 1505.
Meanwhile, the Bagration-Gruzinsky line, although junior to the Princes of Mukhrani genealogically, reigned over the kingdom of ], re-united the two realms in the kingdom of ] in 1762, and did not lose sovereignty until Russian annexation in 1800.<ref name = wedding>{{Citation|date =2009-08-02|contribution = Wedding of the two royal dynasties members|periodical = GeorgiaTimes|url = http://www.georgiatimes.info/?lang=en&area=newsItem&id=7197|accessdate = 2009-09-02}}</ref>


Whereas the Bagration-Mukhrani (Bagrationi-Mukhraneli) was a ] of the former ], it became the ] senior line of the Bagrationi dynasty in the early 20th century:<ref name="burke"/> yet the elder branch had lost the kingship of Kartli by 1724.<ref name="burke"/>
The bridegroom is the only member of his branch who retains Georgian citizenship and residence since the death of his father, ] in 2008.<ref name = wedding/> Aside from his unmarried elder brother, Prince David is the '']'' of the ], while the bride's father is the most senior descendant of the last Bagrationi to reign over the ].<ref name="ark2">Buyers, Christopher (2008). . ''Royal Ark''. Accessed on 15 February 2009.</ref> Since Nugzar and Princes Peter and Eugene Bagrationi-Gruzinsky are the last patrilineal males descended from ], and all three were born before 1950, their branch verges on extinction.<ref name="ark2"/> 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.<ref name = wedding/> 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.


Meanwhile, the Bagration-Gruzinsky line, although junior to the Mukhrani genealogically,<ref name="burke"/> reigned over the ], re-united the two eastern Georgian realms in the kingdom of ] in 1762, and did not lose sovereignty until Russian annexation in 1801.<ref name="wedding"/>
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.<ref></ref>


Bagrationi is the only member of his branch who retains Georgian citizenship and residence since the death of his father in 2008.<ref name = wedding/> Aside from his unmarried elder brother, he is senior in male-line descent of the ],<ref name="petit">de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. ‘'Le Petit Gotha'’. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery, Paris 2002, pp. 483–485, 798 (French) {{ISBN|2-9507974-3-1}}</ref> while Ana's father, ], is the only remaining prince who descends in male line ], the last king to reign over the united Kartli and Kakheti kingdom.<ref name="burke"/> The marriage between Nugzar Gruzinsky's heiress and the Mukhrani heir potentially resolves their rivalry for the claim to the throne, which had divided Georgian monarchists:<ref name = wedding/>
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.<ref>, Blagovest (Russia), 08/03/2009, retrieved on 08/11/2009</ref> However, it was subsequently reported that the couple were ]ing together in ] in October 2009, two months after the separation story surfaced and nearly a year after the marriage.<ref></ref>


Georgian Interior Minister ] 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.<ref></ref><ref></ref> However it was rumoured by the Georgian press that the couple has reconciled and is expecting their first child.<ref>{{lang-ka}} </ref> There had been reports of marital discord since April 2009. In December 2009, in a Georgian version of '']'' on ] the Georgian actress ] admitted to having an affair with Bagrationi.<ref name=imedi/> Georgian Interior Minister ] alleged in an interview published by Russian newspaper ''Kommersant'' on 7 April 2010 that their marital union had been arranged with the primary purpose of promoting the restoration of the Georgian monarchy under the Bagrationi. Therefore, according to Merabishvili, Anna Bagration-Gruzinsky was forced to divorce her first husband, Grigol Malania, in order to allow her to wed Bagrationi.{{clarify|date=January 2016}} At that time Merabishvili claimed that the Bagrationi couple were no longer married.<ref name="trend1">{{cite web|url=http://en.trend.az/news/politics/foreign/1664948.html|title=Georgia's Interior Minister: Revival of Bagrationi Dynasty in Georgia is Primakov's project |date=15 April 2010 }}</ref><ref name="civil1">{{cite web|url=http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=22157|title=Merabishvili on Elections, Opposition, Russia, Ukraine |date=15 April 2010 }}</ref> However it was rumoured by the Georgian press that the couple had reconciled and was expecting their first child.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ptpress.ge/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2077%3Abagrationebi&catid=3%3A0103sazogadoeba&Itemid=3|title="სამეფო კარზე" მემკვიდრეს ელოდებიან|trans-title=Royal court successor is expected|language=ka}}</ref>


The couple are said to have retaken their marital vows in a civil ceremony on 12 November 2010 in Madrid.
===Patrilineal descent===
David Bagration descends in the direct, legitimate male line from a younger son of King ].<ref name="ark4">Buyers, Christopher (2008). ''Royal Ark''. Accessed on 26 February 2009.</ref> When Constantine's eldest son inherited (his division of the realm) as King ], he gave ], north of Tbilisi, in feudal ] to his younger brother ]-'']'', who thus became the first of his line to exercise ] rights as the ''Mukhran-batoni'' or "Prince of Mukhrani".<ref name="ark3">Buyers, Christopher (2008). ''Royal Ark''. Accessed on 15 February 2009.</ref>


The couple's only child, a son, ], was born in Madrid on 27 September 2011 and baptized by Patriarch Ilia II at the ] in ] on 3 November 2013.
David's ] is his descent from father to son. The Bagratid origin of ], ] 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.<ref name="Alans">Alemany, Agustí (2000), ''Sources on the Alans: A Critical Compilation'', p. 321. Brill Academic Publishers, ISBN 9004114424.</ref> 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'.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} The ] follows the ] ], the ], the ] and, by some reckoning, the early monarchs of ]. Davit Soslan ] in the last decades of the 12th century, which means a patriline of at least 800 years.


On 15 December 2013, the official statement from Bagrationi posted on the website "Royal House of Georgia" confirmed his divorce from Anna.<ref name="georgiatimes-divorcerumor">{{cite web|url=http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/?area=articleCommentationController&action=add&article=10938|work=Georgia Times|title=Couple of Georgian royal heirs is on the verge of divorce|date=31 March 2010|access-date=31 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203010328/http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/?area=articleCommentationController&action=add&article=10938|archive-date=3 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="blagovest">{{cite web|url=http://www.blagovest-info.ru/index.php?ss=2&s=3&id=28876|script-title=ru:Династический брак представителей восьмого поколения фамилии Багратионов окончательно распался|location=Blagovest, Russia |date=8 March 2009 |access-date=11 August 2009|language=ru}}</ref><ref name="esmas-together">{{cite web|url=http://www2.esmas.com/editorial-televisa/caras/gritos-y-susurros/103932/gritos-y-susurros|title=Look Caras: Gritos y susurros|date=8 October 2009|language=es|access-date=19 November 2009|archive-date=13 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013062612/http://www2.esmas.com/editorial-televisa/caras/gritos-y-susurros/103932/gritos-y-susurros|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>. ''Vestnik Kavkaza''. 16 December 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Charkhalashvili|first=Ketevan|title=Georgian Royal Family Divorce|url=http://www.georgianews.ge/society/25730-georgian-royal-family-divorce.html|access-date=7 January 2014|date=19 December 2013|agency=Georgian News TV|archive-date=7 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107081934/http://www.georgianews.ge/society/25730-georgian-royal-family-divorce.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Giorgi remains the only son of either spouse, and the only son and grandson, respectively, of the rival Bagrationi pretenders, Prince David and Prince Nugzar.
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* {{flagicon|Georgia (country)}} ]: Grand Master of the ]<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.royalhouseofgeorgia.ge/p/eng/455/order-queen-tamar-grades-and-decorations |title = Order Queen Tamar Grades and Decorations}}</ref>
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* {{flagicon|Portugal|1830}} ]: Grand Cross of the ]
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* {{flagicon|Montenegro|1860}} ]: Knight Grand Cross of ]
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* {{flagicon|Ethiopia|1897}} ]: Grand Cross of the ]
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* {{flagicon|Philippines|1897}} ]: Grand Cordon of the ]<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Order of the Pearl |url=https://sultanateofsulu.ecseachamber.org/the-order-of-the-pearl/index-1.htm |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=ROYAL SULTANATE OF SULU AND NORTH BORNEO |language=en-US}}</ref>
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#], 1755–1800, who married in 1781 Keteven Thamar (1764–1840), 9th daughter of King ] ], from whom are descended:<ref name="ark4">Buyers, Christopher (2008). ''Royal Ark''. Accessed on 15 February 2009.</ref>
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* {{ru icon}} ''Russkaya Liniya''. February 29, 2008. * {{in lang|ru}} ''Russkaya Liniya''. 29 February 2008.


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Georgian royal; disputed head of the House of Bagrationi

David Bagration
  • დავით ბაგრატიონ-მუხრანელი
David in 2008
Head of the Royal House of Georgia (disputed)
Tenure16 January 2008 – present
PredecessorJorge de Bagration
Born (1976-06-24) 24 June 1976 (age 48)
Madrid, Spain
Spouse
Ana Bagration-Gruzinsky
​ ​(m. 2009; div. 2013)​
Irina Begashvili
​ ​(m. 2020)​
IssueGiorgi Bagrationi
HouseBagrationi
FatherJorge de Bagration
MotherMaría de las Mercedes Zornoza y Ponce de León
ReligionGeorgian Orthodox Church
House of Mukhrani

Princess Nuria

  • Princess Maria Antonieta
  • Prince Irakli
  • Prince Ugo
    Princess Niki

Princess Françoise

Princess Mariam

Princess Monique

Prince David Bagrationi Mukhrani (Mukran-Batoni ) of Georgia, David Bagration de Moukhrani y Zornoza, or Davit Bagrationi-Mukhraneli (Georgian: დავით ბაგრატიონ-მუხრანელი; born 24 June 1976), is the Head of the Princely House of Mukhrani, a branch of the Georgian Bagrationi dynasty and claims by primogeniture the headship of the Royal House of Bagrationi, which reigned in Georgia from the medieval era until the early 19th century.

His family is related to the House of Bourbon-Anjou, the House of Wittelsbach, the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, and the House of Romanov. Prince Davit succeeded his father Prince Giorgi (Jorge) Bagration Mukhrani as claimant to the Georgian throne upon his death on 16 January 2008.

Prince Davit returned his family to Georgia in 2003, ending decades of exile resulting from the 1921 Red Army invasion of Georgia. He married Princess Ana Bagration-Gruzinsky, a member of the genealogically junior Gruzinsky branch of the Bagrationi, in 2009, divorcing in 2013. Their son Prince Giorgi, born in Georgia in 2011, is the heir apparent to the throne.

Early life

Bagrationi was born to the Georgian émigré family as the second son of Spanish race car driver, Prince George Bagrationi-Mukhraneli, by his first wife María de las Mercedes Zornoza y Ponce de León (1942–2020) in Madrid, Spain. He has an older sister, Maria-Antonietta, and brother, Irakly, and a younger half-brother, Gourami (Ugo). Bagrationi is also a cousin of Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia, head of the Russian Imperial House, as her mother was born Princess Leonida Bagration of Mukhrani.

Dynastic activities

Bagrationi settled permanently in Georgia's capital of Tbilisi in 2003 and obtained dual citizenship from Georgia in 2004. He has also been an altar server to Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia.

In January 2008, Bagrationi announced his father's death, declaring himself to be his father's successor as the patrilineal head of the Georgian royal family while his elder brother, Irakly, continued to reside in Spain. As such his supporters recognize him as Royal Prince of Kartli and Hereditary Prince of the sovereign principality (satavado) of Mukhrani. Bagrationi's paternal grandfather, Prince Irakly Bagration-Mukhransky, had claimed headship of the Bagrationi dynasty in 1957 and, as such, the additional designations of Prince and Head of the Royal House of Georgia, of Kartalia, and of Mukhrani, Duke of the Lasos, Sovereign Head and Grand Master of the Order of the Eagle of Georgia and of the Order of the Queen-Saint Tamara, styles which his grandson also claims. As the Mukhrani line are related by marriage to the Spanish Royal family, Bagrationi was among the guests invited to King Felipe VI's 2014 enthronement as king.

Order of the Saint Queen Tamar

During the Russia–Georgia war over South Ossetia in August 2008, Bagrationi accompanied Georgian soldiers to the front-line 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 message to the Georgian nation. Bagrationi believes that 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.

During his second royal visit to the United Kingdom, on 8 March 2017, Prince David was received at Kensington Palace where he presented the insignia of the Grand Collar of the Order of the Eagle of Georgia to Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester and his wife Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II. On 16 December 2018 Prince David was invited to the inauguration of Georgia's first female President, Salome Zourabichvili, Prince David has been involved in numerous Georgian cultural and other broadly humanitarian charities, including one of the largest fundraisers in GoFundMe history, when the joined arms with massively popular Instagram influencer Tommy Marcus (aka meme activist Qarantino) and UNWTO ambassador Shiv Shanker Nair\ raised $7 million to rescue some 2000 death marked Afghan reformers from the Taliban. Prince David was the "First Godfather" at the marriage the last Russian "Tsar's Heir, Grand Duke George of Russia to Victoria Bettarini. David's grandfather and George's grandmother were siblings. The October 1, 2021 religious ceremony was widely covered by the international media and was attended by many European royal families and other notables.

Marriage and divorce

　Wedding Ceremony, Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi
　Wedding Ceremony, Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi

Prince David Bagration of Mukhrani married Princess Ana Bagration-Gruzinsky on 8 February 2009 at the Tbilisi Sameba Cathedral. This marriage had come to fruition with the support and blessing by the pro-monarchist Catholicos Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Ilia II, and was officiated by two Bishops Metropolitan, Theodore and Gerasimos. This marriage united the two branches of the Georgian former royal family with competing claims to the rights to the throne of Georgia – those of Gruzinsky and of Mukhrani – 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, amid 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. Without naming any preferred claimant, prior to Prince David and Princess Ana's wedding, Patriarch Ilia II had emphasized the need to prepare the populace for restoration of the monarchy, "and elect a Bagration, to be educated from childhood" to take the crown. 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 since the 1800s. Although some Georgian monarchists support the Gruzinsky branch's claim, others support that of the repatriated Mukhrani branch. Both branches descend in unbroken, legitimate male line from the medieval kings of Georgia down to King 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, it became the genealogically senior line of the Bagrationi dynasty in the early 20th century: yet the elder branch had lost the kingship of Kartli by 1724.

Meanwhile, the Bagration-Gruzinsky line, although junior to the Mukhrani genealogically, reigned over the kingdom of Kakheti, re-united the two eastern Georgian realms in the kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti in 1762, and did not lose sovereignty until Russian annexation in 1801.

Bagrationi is the only member of his branch who retains Georgian citizenship and residence since the death of his father in 2008. Aside from his unmarried elder brother, he is senior in male-line descent of the Bagration family, while Ana's father, Prince Nugzar Bagration-Gruzinsky, is the only remaining prince who descends in male line George XII, the last king to reign over the united Kartli and Kakheti kingdom. The marriage between Nugzar Gruzinsky's heiress and the Mukhrani heir potentially resolves their rivalry for the claim to the throne, which had divided Georgian monarchists:

There had been reports of marital discord since April 2009. In December 2009, in a Georgian version of The Moment of Truth on Imedi TV the Georgian actress Shorena Begashvili admitted to having an affair with Bagrationi. Georgian Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili alleged in an interview published by Russian newspaper Kommersant on 7 April 2010 that their marital union had been arranged with the primary purpose of promoting the restoration of the Georgian monarchy under the Bagrationi. Therefore, according to Merabishvili, Anna Bagration-Gruzinsky was forced to divorce her first husband, Grigol Malania, in order to allow her to wed Bagrationi. At that time Merabishvili claimed that the Bagrationi couple were no longer married. However it was rumoured by the Georgian press that the couple had reconciled and was expecting their first child.

The couple are said to have retaken their marital vows in a civil ceremony on 12 November 2010 in Madrid.

The couple's only child, a son, Giorgi, was born in Madrid on 27 September 2011 and baptized by Patriarch Ilia II at the Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta on 3 November 2013.

On 15 December 2013, the official statement from Bagrationi posted on the website "Royal House of Georgia" confirmed his divorce from Anna. Giorgi remains the only son of either spouse, and the only son and grandson, respectively, of the rival Bagrationi pretenders, Prince David and Prince Nugzar.

In 2020, he married Irina Begashvili.

Ancestors

Ancestors of David Bagration of Mukhrani
16. Alexander, Prince Bagration of Mukhrani
8. George, Prince Bagration of Mukhrani
17. Maria Dmitrievna Golovatcheva
4. Irakli, Prince Bagration of Mukhrani
18. Sigismund Nowina Złotnicki
9. Helena Nowina Złotnicka
19. Princess Maria Elisabarowna Eristavi of Ksani
2. Jorge, Prince Bagration of Mukhrani
20. Carisio Pasquini
10. Ugo Pasquini, Count di Costafiorita
21. Caterina Mancini
5. Maria Antonietta Pasquini dei Conti di Costafiorita
22. Brigadier-General Francesco Antonio Gastaldi
11. Enrichetta Gastaldi
23. Augusta Petrini
1. David Bagration of Mukhrani
6. José Zornoza
3. María de las Mercedes Zornoza y Ponce de León
7. María de los Dolores Ponce de León y Puicercus

Honours

Dynastic orders of knighthood

Other

See also

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David Bagration of Mukhrani House of MukhraniBorn: 24 June 1976
Titles in pretence
Preceded byJorge de Bagration — TITULAR —
Pretender of the throne of Georgia
disputed with Nugzar
16 January 2008 – present 		Incumbent
Heir:
Giorgi Bagrationi
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