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| |name = Davit' (David) Bagration of Moukhrani | |name = Davit' (David) Bagration of Moukhrani | ||
| |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|6|24|df=y}} | |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|6|24|df=y}} | ||
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| |mother = Doña María de las Mercedes de Zornoza y Ponce de Leon | |mother = Doña María de las Mercedes de Zornoza y Ponce de Leon | ||
| |spouse = Princess Anna Bagration-Gruzinsky<br>(m. 2009) | |spouse = Princess Anna Bagration-Gruzinsky<br>(m. 2009) | ||
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| ==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 |
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">{{cite web|author=Buyers, Christopher|year=2008|url=http://www.royalark.net/Georgia/mukhran4.htm|title=Mukhrani: The Bagrationi (Bagration) Dynasty|publisher=Royal Ark|accessdate=15 feb 2009}}</ref> | ||
| ==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 ], ]. |
David settled permanently in ]’s capital of ] in 2003 and obtained dual citizenship from Georgia in 2004. He also serves as an ] to ], ]. | ||
| In 2007, David succeeded his father as ] head of the ], 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 ] |
In 2007, David succeeded his father as ] head of the ] <ref name="georgia-dynasty">{{cite web|url=http://www.royalhouseofgeorgia.ge/royal-house/dynasty|title=Royal House of Georgia - Dynasty|accessdate=2011-07-24}}</ref>, 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 ] and Head of the Family Council.<ref name="ark1"/> | ||
| As Head of the Royal family, he is the Grand Master of the following Bagration ]: | |||
| ⚫ | 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}} |
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| * ] <ref name="ark1"/><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|accessdate=2011-07-24}}</ref> | |||
| * ] <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|accessdate=2011-07-24}}</ref> | |||
| * ] <ref name="georgia-order-crown">{{cite web|url=http://www.royalhouseofgeorgia.ge/order-crown|title=Order of the Crown|publisher=Royal House of Georgia|accessdate=2011-07-24}}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | 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}}{{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=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"/> | ||
| ==Intra-dynastic marriage== | ==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>{{ |
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>{{Cite web|last = Vignanski|first = Misha|date =02/08/2009|title= Primera boda real en dos siglos reagrupa dos ramas de la dinastía Bagration|periodical = el confidencial|place = Tiflis|location= Spain|language=Spanish|url = http://www.elconfidencial.com/cache/2009/02/08/93_primera_siglos_reagrupa_ramas_dinastia_bagration.html#|accessdate = 02/09/2009}}</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> |
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>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav101207a.shtml|title=Time for a King for Georgia?}}</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. | ||
| 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 |
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 name="burkes-montgomery">{{cite book|last1=Montgomery-Massingberd|first1=Hugh|year=1980|title=Burke’s Royal Families of the World: ''Volume II Africa & the Middle East''|page=59|isbn]0-85011-029-7}}</ref> | ||
| 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>{{ |
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>{{Cite web|date =2009-08-02|title = Wedding of the two royal dynasties members|publisher= Georgia Times|url = http://www.georgiatimes.info/?lang=en&area=newsItem&id=7197|accessdate = 2009-09-02}}</ref> | ||
| 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 |
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">{{cite web|author=Buyers, Christopher|year=2008|url=http://www.royalark.net/Georgia/kakhet6.htm|title=Kakheti: The Bagration Dynasty|publisher=Royal Ark|accessdate=2009-02-15}}</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. | ||
| 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> |
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 name="georgiatimes-divorcerumor">{{cite web|url=http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/?area=articleCommentationController&action=add&article=10938|publisher=Georgia Times|title= Couple of Georgian royal heirs is on the verge of divorce|day=31|month=3|year=2010}}</ref> | ||
| 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> |
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 name="blagovest">{{cite web|url=http://www.blagovest-info.ru/index.php?ss=2&s=3&id=28876|title=Династический брак представителей восьмого поколения фамилии Багратионов окончательно распался|location=Blagovest, Russia|day=08|month=03|year=2009|accessdate=2009-08-11|language=Russian}}</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 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|day=8|month=10|year=2009|language=Spanish}}</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> |
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 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|day=15|month=4|year=2010}}</ref><ref name="civil1">{{cite web|url=http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=22157|title=Merabishvili on Elections, Opposition, Russia, Ukraine|day=15|month=4|year=2010}}</ref> However it was rumoured by the Georgian press that the couple has reconciled and is 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=Georgian}}</ref> | ||
| ===Patrilineal descent=== | ===Patrilineal descent=== | ||
| David Bagration descends in the direct, legitimate male line from a younger son of King ].<ref name="ark4">Buyers, Christopher |
David Bagration descends in the direct, legitimate male line from a younger son of King ].<ref name="ark4">{{cite web|author=Buyers, Christopher|year=2008|url=http://www.royalark.net/Georgia/kartli.htm|title=Georgia: The Bagrationi (Bagration) Dynasty|publisher=Royal Ark|accessdate=2009-02-26}}</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">{{cite web|author=Buyers, Christopher|year=2008|url=http://www.royalark.net/Georgia/mukhrani.htm|title=Mukhrani: The Bagrationi (Bagration) Dynasty|publisher=Royal Ark|accessdate=2009-02-15}}</ref> | ||
| 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"> |
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">{{cite book|last1=Alemany|first1=Agustí|year=2000|title=Sources on the Alans: A Critical Compilation|page=321|publisher=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. | ||
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| #], 1191–1223, whose father was ], 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 ], 998 - 1027 (above)<ref>http://genealogy.euweb.cz/georgia/bagrat2.html</ref> | #], 1191–1223, whose father was ], 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 ], 998 - 1027 (above)<ref name="genweb">{{cite web|url=http://genealogy.euweb.cz/georgia/bagrat2.html|title=Bagration II|accessdate=2011-07-01|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20081227015425/http://www.genealogy.euweb.cz/georgia/bagrat2.html|archivedate=2008-12-27|deadurl=no}}</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" |
#], 1755–1800, who married in 1781 Keteven Thamar (1764–1840), 9th daughter of King ] ], from whom are descended:<ref name="ark4" /> | ||
| #], 1782–1842 | #], 1782–1842 | ||
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Revision as of 13:06, 30 July 2011
| Davit' (David) Bagration of Moukhrani | |
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| Pretender | |
| Born | (1976-06-24) 24 June 1976 (age 48) Madrid, Spain |
| Regnal name claimed | David XIII |
| Title(s) | Duke of the Lasos, Prince of Kakheti, Kartli and Mukhrani |
| Throne(s) claimed | Georgia |
| Pretend from | 16 January 2008 - present (16 years, 345 days) |
| Monarchy abolished | 1800 |
| Last monarch | George XII of Georgia |
| Connection with | Distant cousin |
| Royal House | Bagrationi |
| Father | Jorge de Bagration |
| Mother | Doña María de las Mercedes de Zornoza y Ponce de Leon |
| Spouse | Princess Anna Bagration-Gruzinsky (m. 2009) |
| Predecessor | Jorge de Bagration |
David Bagrationi of Moukhrani, David Bagration de Moukhrani y de Zornoza, or Davit' Bagration-Mukhraneli (Georgian: დავით ბაგრატიონ-მუხრანელი) (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.
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 Madrid, Spain. 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 Georgia’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:
- Order of the Eagle of Georgia and the Tunic of Our Lord Jesus Christ
- Order of the Saint Queen Tamar
- Order of the Crown of Georgia
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.
Intra-dynastic marriage
Prince David Bagration of Mukhrani married Princess Anna Bagration-Gruzinsky on 8 February 2009 at the Tbilisi Sameba Cathedral. 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 vacationing 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.
Patrilineal descent
David Bagration descends in the direct, legitimate male line from a younger son of King Constantine II of Georgia. 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.
- Smbat I Bagratuni d. 314
- Bagrat Bagratuni d. aft. 353
- Smbat II Bagratuni d. 367/374
- Sahak Bagratuni 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 Bagratuni d. 726
- Ashot III Bagratuni 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 Iberia, d. 923
- Sumbat I of Iberia, d. 958
- Bagrat II of Iberia, 937 – 994
- Gurgen of Georgia, d. 1008
- Bagrat III of Georgia, 960 – 1014
- George I of Georgia, 998 – 1027
- Bagrat IV of Georgia, 1018–1072
- George II of Georgia, 1054–1112
- David IV of Georgia, 1073–1125
- Demetre I of Georgia, 1093–1156
- George III of Georgia, d. 1184
- Queen Tamar of Georgia, 1160–1213
- George IV of Georgia, 1191–1223, whose father was David Soslan, 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 Georgia, 998 - 1027 (above)
- David VII of Georgia, 1215–1270
- Demetre II of Georgia, 1259–1289
- George V of Georgia, 1286–1346
- David IX of Georgia, d. 1393
- Bagrat V of Georgia, d. 1393
- Constantine I of Georgia, 1369–1412
- Alexander I of Georgia, 1389–1446
- Demetre Bagration, Duke of Imereti, d. 1453
- Constantine II of Georgia, 1447–1505
- The Mukhrani cadet branch
- Bagrat I of Mukhrani, 1487–1540, 6th son of Constantine II of Georgia
- 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 II of Georgia, from whom are descended:
- Constantine IV of Mukhrani, 1782–1842
- Prince Irakli Bagration of Mukhrani, 1813–1892
- Alexander Bagration of Mukhrani, 1853–1918
- George Bagration of Mukhrani, 1884–1957
- Irakli Bagration of Mukhrani, 1909–1977
- Jorge de Bagration, 1944–2008
- David Bagration of Mukhrani, 1976 -
See also
References
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- ^ Buyers, Christopher (2008). "Mukhrani: The Bagrationi (Bagration) Dynasty". Royal Ark. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
- Alemany, Agustí (2000). Sources on the Alans: A Critical Compilation. Brill Academic Publishers. p. 321. ISBN 9004114424.
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External links
- Royal House of Bagration of Georgia
- Heraldry of the Royal House of Bagration-Mouchraneli
- Template:Ru icon Монархом Грузии может стать Князь Давид Георгиевич Багратион-Мухранский. Russkaya Liniya. February 29, 2008.
| David Bagration of Mukhrani House of BagrationiBorn: June 24 1976 | ||
| Titles in pretence | ||
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| Preceded byPrince Giorgi Bagration-Mukhranski | — TITULAR — King of Georgia January 16, 2008 – present Reason for succession failure: Kingdom incorportated into the Russian Empire in 1801 |
Incumbent Heir: Prince Gourami Bagration-Moukhrani |