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IMERETI

The Bagrationi (Bagration) Dynasty

GENEALOGY

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1681 H.M. The Most High King Aleksandri IV, King of Imereti (first time) - see below.

1681 - 1683 H.M. The Most High King Giorgi III Gurieli, King of Imereti, Duke of the Guria, etc. - see Georgia (Guria).

1683 - 1689 H.M. The Most High King Aleksandri IV, King of Imereti (second time) - see below.

1689 - 1691 H.M. The Most High King Archili [Shah Nazar Khan], King of Imereti (third time) - see below.

1681, 1683-1689 & 1691-1695 H.M. The Most High King Aleksandri IV, 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, eldest son of H.M. The Most High King Bagrat IV, King of Imereti, by a concubine. Proclaimed on the deposition of King Giorgi III Gurieli, 1683. Deposed by King Archili 1689. Restored by the Turks after a period of general anarchy and misrule, 1691. Arrested by rebellious nobles led by the Duke of Radsha, and delivered to the King of Kartli, 1695. m. (first) Her Splendour The Pious Princess of High Rank Nina, née Gurieli a daughter of a didebuli. m. (second) 1691, H.M. The Most High Queen Thamar (b. 1681, m. second, 1696, H.M. The Most High King Giorgi IV Gotcha, King of Imereti, and third, 1700, His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Giorgi IV Chikovani, Duke of Dukes of Mingrelia, and d. 1708), second daughter of H.M. The Most High King Giorgi V Abashidze, King of Imereti. He was k. (strangled) on the orders of King Giorgi XI of Kartli, 1695, having had issue, two sons and two daughters:

1) H.M. Svimeon I, King of Imereti (s/o the first wife) - see below.
2) H.M. Giorgi VI, King of Imereti (s/o a concubine) - see below.
1) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princes Mariami (d/o Queen Thamar). m. 1697, as his first wife (div. 1709), 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 Prince Bejan Lortkipanidze. She d. 1725, having had issue, four sons and two daughters.
2) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Sopio. b. 18^th September 1691 (d/o Nina Gurieli). m. Major-General Prince Giorgi Dadiani [Igor Leontievitch Dadianov] (b. at Zugdidi, 1683; d. at Moscow, 12^th June 1765 o.s., bur. Donskoï Monastery), eldest natural son of His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Levanti IV, Duke of Dukes of Mingrelia. She d. at Moscow, 4^th January 1747 o.s., bur. Donskoï Monastery), having had issue, three sons - see Georgia (Mingrelia).

1695 - 1696 H.M. The Most High King Archili [Shah Nazar Khan], King of Imereti (fourth time) - see below.

1696 - 1698 H.M. The Most High King Giorgi IV Gotcha, 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, son of Bagrati Gotchashvili*. Expelled by the Duke of Radsha, 1698. m. 1696, as her second husband, H.M. The Most High Queen Tamara (b. 1681; m. third, 1700, His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Giorgi IV Chikovani, Duke of Dukes of Mingrelia, and d. 1708), widow of H.M. The Most High King Aleksandri IV, King of Imereti, and second daughter of H.M. The Most High King Giorgi V Abashidze, King of Imereti.

* Note: the Gotchashvili family, were cadets of the Bagrationi dynasty. They enjoyed the title of batoni or sovereign lord. The founder of the family was Prince Konstantini Gotcha, great grandson of Prince Aleksandri, fifth son of H.M. The Most High King Konstantini II, King of Kartli (which see).

1661-1663, 1678-1679, 1689-1691, 1695-1696 & 1698 H.M. The Most High King Archili [Shah Nazar Khan], by the will of our Lord, King of Kings of the Abkhazis, Kartvelians, Ranians, Kakhetians and the Armenians, Shirvanshah and Shahanshah and Master of all the East and West, King of Kakheti and Imereti. b. 1647, eldest son of H.M. The Most High King Vakhtang V, King of Kartli, by his first wife, H.M. The Most High Queen Rwadam, eldest daughter of Prince Vakhtang-Orbel Qaplanishvili-Orbeliani, educ. privately. Embrased Islam while in Persia but later returned to the Orthodox faith. Proclaimed as King of Imereti after his father had deposed King Bagrat IV 1661. Deposed on the orders of the Shah, 1663. Proclaimed as King of Kakheti under the authority of his father, after receiving the title of Shah Nazar Khan from the Shah of Persia, 1664. Abandoned Kakheti and defected to the Turks in 1675 when promised the throne of Imereti. Proclaimed as King of Imereti on the deposition of King Bagrat V, 1678. Deposed at Imereti on the orders of the Sultan of Turkey, 1679. Fled to Russia but was not permitted to enter Moscow until 1686. Returned to Kutais and seized the throne of Imereti, 1689. Unable to maintain his position, he fled to Russia for a second time in 1691. Restored 1695, but deposed by the nobles and retired to Dwaleth in 1696. Returned to Ossetia and expelled Giorgi Gotcha, 1698. Unable to maintain his position when the Turkish army entered the country, he fled to Dwaleth, later that same year. Settled at Moscow where he was responsible for setting up the first printing press in the Georgian language. Poet and man of letters; author of "The Manners of Georgia" and "Archiliani" (the Lay of Archili). m. (first) a daughter of Prince Nodar Tsitsishvili. m. (second) at Tiflis, 22^nd March 1668, H.M. The Most High Queen Kethavan (b. 1648; d. at Moscow, 5^th May 1719 o.s., bur. Donskoï Monastery), widow of H.M. The Most High King Bagrat IV, King of Imereti, and elder daughter of H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Davit, 5^th Prince of Mukhrani, by his wife, H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Eleni, daughter of The Noble Levanti Diasamidze. He d. at Moscow, 1713 (bur. Donskoï Monastery), having had issue, three sons and one daughter:

1) General H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Aleksandri [Tsarevitch Alexander Archilievitch Imeretinski]. b. 1673 (s/o Queen Kethavan), educ. Russia. Taken to Moscow as a hostage with his brother, Mamuka, 1684. A lifelong friend of Peter the Great, he accompanied his boon companion during his tour of Western Europe 1697. Appointed the first General of Artillery on his return to Russia 1700. Taken prisoner at Narva 19^th September 1700 o.s., and remained a prisoner at Stockholm 1700-1711. Translater of "The Testament of Basil the Macedonian" into Georgian (1739). m. (first) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Fedossia Mikhailovna (d. at Moscow, before 18^th March 1689), daughter of Ivan Mikhailovitch Miloslavskii. m. (second) 1697, H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Glykeria Ilinovna (d. at Moscow, 28^th July 1720 o.s. (bur. Donskoï Monastery), daughter of Prince Elizbar Davitashvili [Prince Ilya Romanovitch Davidov], by his wife, Princess Anna, daughter of Prince Cholokashvili. He d. at Riga, during his return journey to Russia, 20^th February 1711 o.s. (bur. Donskoï Monastery, Moscow), having had issue:
- a) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Elizabed [Tsarevna Elisaveta Alexandrovna Imeretinskaya]. She d. at Moscow, 1^st February 1693 (bur. Donskoï Monastery).
- b) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Glykeria [Tsarevna Glykeria Alexandrovna Imeretinskaya]. b. ca. 1701 (d/o Princess Glykeria). She d. at Moscow, 21^st July 1758 o.s. (bur. Donskoï Monastery).
2) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Mamuka [Tsarevitch Mamia Archilievitch Imeretinski]. b. ca. 1675 (s/o Queen Kethavan). Taken to Russia with his brother, Aleksandri, 1684. He d. at Moscow, 23^rd March 1693 (bur. Donskoï Monastery).
3) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Davit [Tsarevitch David Archilievitch Imeretinski]. b. 15^th January 1682. He d. at Moscow, 24^th October 1709 o.s. (bur. Donskoï Monastery).
1) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Darejan [Tsarevna Dara Archilievna Imeretinskaya]. b. at Batonistsikhe Castle, Telavi, 1665 (d/o the first wife). m. 1672, as his second wife, Prince Mamuka Dadiani, eldest son of His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Levanti III Dadiani, Duke of Dukes of Mingrelia. She d. at Moscow, 24^th September 1739 (bur. Donskoï Monastery) - see Georgia (Mingrelia).

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