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IMERETI

The Bagrationi (Bagration) Dynasty

GENEALOGY

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1590 - 1605 H.M. The Most High King Rustam, by the will of our Lord, King of Kings, Absolute Master, Sovereign and Dominator of the Abkhazis, Ranians, Kakhetians and the Armenians, Shirvanshah and Shahanshah, towards the East, the West, the South and the North, and the two thrones and kingdoms of Imereti and Amiereti. b. 1571, elder son of H.M. The Most High King Konstantini III, educ. privately. Succeeded on the deposition of his cousin, 1590. Crowned at Bagrati Cathedral, 1590. m. 1597, H.M. The Most High Queen Tinatina (d. 1610), daughter of His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Manuchar II [Mustafa Pasha], Atabegi of Samtzkhé, by his wife, H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Elena, youngest daughter of H.M. The Most High King Svimeon I [Sultan Mahmud Khan], King of Kartli. He d.s.p. 1605.

1605 - 1639 H.M. The Most High King Giorgi III, by the will of our Lord, King of Kings, Absolute Master, Sovereign and Dominator of the Abkhazis, Ranians, Kakhetians and the Armenians, Shirvanshah and Shahanshah, towards the East, the West, the South and the North, and the two thrones and kingdoms of Imereti and Amiereti, younger son of H.M. The Most High King Konstantini III. Succeeded on the death of his elder brother, 1605. Journeyed to Moscow with Mamia II of Guria in search of an alliance with Russia in 1621. He d. 1639, having had issue:

1) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Beri. b. ca. 1603. Archbishop of Gelati as Svimeon Génathal (bur. St George's Cathedral, Gelati).
2) H.M. Aleksandri III, King of Imereti - see below.
3) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Mamuka [Mathew]. Imprisoned by Levanti II, Duke of Mingrelia, 1647. He was k. in Odich, 1654.

1639 - 1660 H.M. The Most High King Aleksandri III, by the will of our Lord, King of Kings, Absolute Master, Sovereign and Dominator of the Abkhazis, Ranians, Kakhetians and the Armenians, Shirvanshah and Shahanshah, towards the East, the West, the South and the North, and the two thrones and kingdoms of Imereti and Amiereti. b. 1609, second son of H.M. The Most High King Giorgi III, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his father, 1639. m. (first) 1618 (div. 1620) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Tamara, eldest daughter of His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Mamia II Gurieli, Duke of the Guria. m. (second) at Kindzara, 1629, H.M. The Most High Queen Nestan-Darejan (m. third, 1661, H.M. The Most High King Vakhtang Jujuniashvili, King of Imereti - see below, and k. at Kutais Palace, 1668 (s.p.), bur. at St George's Cathedral, Gelati), widow of His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Zurab Sidamoni, Duke of Aragvi, and elder daughter of H.M. The Most High King Taimuraz I [Taimurazi Khan], King of Kartli and Kakheti, by his second wife, H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Khwarashan, daughter of H.M. The Most High King Giorgi X, King of Kartli. He d. 1660 (bur. St George's Cathedral, Gelati), having had issue:

1) H.M. Bagrat V, King of Imereti (s/o a concubine) - see below.
2) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Clementi. He d. young after 1654.
1) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Tinatina (d/o Queen Nestan-Darejan). m. (first) The Noble …Goshadze (d. before 1663). m. (second) 1663, as his third wife, His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Levanti III Dadiani, Duke of Dukes of Mingrelia (d. 1680), grandson of His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Manuchir I, Duke of Dukes of Mingrelia. She had issue, an only son - see Georgia (Mingrelia).

1660 H.M. The Most High King Bagrat V, King of Imereti (first time) - see below.

1660 - 1661 H.M. The Most High King Vakhtang Jujuniashvili, King of Imereti (first time) - see below.

1661 His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Vameq III Dadiani, Duke of Dukes of Mingrelia - see Georgia (Mingrelia).

1661 H.M. The Most High King Bagrat V, King of Imereti (second time) - see below.

1661 - 1663 H.M. The Most High King Archili [Shah Nazar Khan], King of Imereti (first time) - see below.

1663 - 1664 H.M. The Most High King Demetre Gurieli, King of Imereti and Amiereti, Duke of Dukes of Mingrelia, etc. - see Georgia (Guria).

1664 - 1668 H.M. The Most High King Bagrat V, King of Imereti (third time) - see below.

1660 - 1661 & 1668 H.M. The Most High King Vakhtang Jujuniashvili, by the will of our Lord, King of Kings, Absolute Master, Sovereign and Dominator of the Abkhazis, Ranians, Kakhetians and the Armenians, Shirvanshah and Shahanshah, towards the East, the West, the South and the North, and the two thrones and kingdoms of Imereti and Amiereti. An insignificant nobleman, he was proclaimed King by his wife after she had engineered the deposition of her stepson, King Bagrat IV, 1660. Deposed by Vameq Dadiani and the great nobles with Turkish support, and exiled to Akhaltsikhe, 1661. Restored by the Turkish Pasha of Akhaltsikhe in favour of Vakhtang Jujuniashvili, 1668. m. 1661, H.M. The Most High Queen Nestan-Darejan (k. at Kutais Palace, 1668 (s.p.), bur. at St George's Cathedral, Gelati), engineered the deposition of her step-son and the proclamation of her third husband in 1660, deposed and exiled to Akhaltsikhe in 1661, widow of H.M. The Most High King Aleksandri III, King of Imereti, and of His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Zurab Sidamoni, Duke of Aragvi, and elder daughter of H.M. The Most High King Taimuraz I [Taimurazi Khan], King of Kartli and Kakheti, by his second wife, H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Khwarashan, daughter of H.M. Giorgi X, King of Kartli. He was k. at Kutais, 1668.

1668 - 1678 H.M. The Most High King Bagrat V, King of Imereti (fourth time) - see below.

1678 - 1679 H.M. The Most High King Archili [Shah Nazar Khan], King of Imereti (second time) - see below.

1660, 1661, 1664 - 1668, 1668-1678, & 1679 - 1681 H.M. The Most High King Bagrat V, by the will of our Lord, King of Kings, Absolute Master, Sovereign and Dominator of the Abkhazis, Ranians, Kakhetians and the Armenians, Shirvanshah and Shahanshah, towards the East, the West, the South and the North, and the two thrones and kingdoms of Imereti and Amiereti. b. 1647, eldest son of H.M. The Most High King Aleksandri III, by a concubine, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his father, 1660. Seized and blinded on the orders of his step-mother Queen Nestan-Darejan, six months after his accession, when he refused to marry her. Restored by the great nobles with Turkish and Mingrelian support, 1661. Deposed by King Vakhtang VI of Kartli, who placed his own son on the throne, 1661. Restored through Turkish intervention, 1664. Deposed by the Turkish Pasha of Akhaltsikhe in favour of Vakhtang Jujuniashvili, 1668. Deposed by him in favour of King Archili, 1678. Restored on the orders of the Sultan of Turkey, 1679. m. (first) 1658 (div. 1659) H.M. The Most High Queen Sistan-Darejan (b. 1648; m. second, at Tiflis, 1664, H.M. The Most High King Archili [Shah Nazar Khan], King of Kakheti and Imereti, and d. at Moscow, 5^th May 1719, bur. Donskoï Monastery), elder daughter of H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Davit, 5^th Prince of Mukhrani. m. (second) 1659, H.M. The Most High Queen Titia, eldest daughter of General His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Konstantini I, 7^th Prince of Mukhrani, by his wife, Her Splendour The Pious Princess of High Rank Darejan, daughter of Prince Ghuanna Abashidze. m. (third) 1663 (div. 1678), H.M. The Most High Queen Thamar (remarried, 1678, His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Levanti III Dadiani, Duke of Dukes of Mingrelia; m. fourth, 1683, H.M. The Most High King Giorgi III Gurieli, King of Imereti and Duke of the Guria, and d. 1683), former wife of His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Levanti III Dadiani, Duke of Dukes of Mingrelia, and younger daughter of General His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Konstantini I, 7^th Prince of Mukhrani, by his wife Her Splendour The Pious Princess of High Rank Daria, daughter of The Brilliant Prince Ghuanna Abashidze. m. 1679, …He d. 1681 (bur. St George's Cathedral, Gelati), having had issue, two sons and three daughters:

1) H.M. Aleksandri IV, King of Imereti (s/o a concubine) - see below.
2) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Giorgi. b. 1676 (s/o Queen Thamar). He d. young.
1) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Darejan. m. (first) 1677 (div. 1682) H.M. The Most High King Giorgi III Gurieli, King of Imereti and Duke of the Guria (k. in battle with King Aleksandré IV, at Rokit, 1684), eldest son of His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Kaikhushru I Gurieli, Duke of the Guria - see Georgia (Guria). m. (second) 1683, The Most Excellent Prince Paata Abashidze, Prince of Sabashidzo and Sapalavando (d. 1684), eldest son of The Most Excellent Prince Levanti Abashidze, Prince of Sabashidzo and Sapalavando, by his wife, a daughter of Prince Giorgi Mikeliadze, by whom she had issue, one son - see Georgia (Abashidze). m. (third) 1685, as his second wife, His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Papuna Chkheidze, Duke of Radsha (d. 1696), son of His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Koshita II Chkheidze, Duke of Radsha, by his wife, a daughter of The Most Excellent Prince Giorgi Saakadze, Tarkhan-Muravi, by whom she had further issue.
2) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Tinatina. b. 1678. Became a nun in 1704 as Sister Nino, and emigrated to Russia in 1725. m. 1689, His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Levanti IV, Duke of Dukes of Mingrelia (d. at Constantinople, 1694), natural son of His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Levanti III, Duke of Dukes of Mingrelia. She d. in Russia, ca. 21^st August 1725, having had issue, a son - see Georgia (Mingrelia).
3) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Mariami. m. (first) ca. 1703, The Most Excellent Prince Jesse Chikovani, Prince of Lechkhumi (d.. 1709), eldest son of General Katzo Chikovani, Prince of Lechkhumi, Sainadaridzo, Salipartiano, etc., sometime Chief Minister of Mingrelia, by his first wife, The Most Excellent Princess Thamar, daughter of His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Liparit III, Duke of Dukes of Mingrelia - see Georgia (Mingrelia). m. (second) 1709 (div.), His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Koshita III Chkheidze, Duke of Radsha (d. 1729), eldest son of His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Papuna Chkheidze, Duke of Radsha, by his first wife, the daughter of The Most Excellent Prince Bejan Lortkipanidze. She d. 1726.

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