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KARTLI

The Bagrationi (Bagration) Dynasty

GENEALOGY

1465 - 1505 H.M. The Most High King Konstantini II, by the will of our Lord, King of the Abkhazis, Kartvelians, Ranians, Kakhetians and the Armenians, Shirvanshah and Shahanshah and Master of all the East and West. b. after 1447, son of H.M. The Most High King Demetre, King of Imereti, by his wife, H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Gulkhan [Gul Shara], daughter of His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Demetre, Duke of Imereti, educ. privately. Appointed as joint sovereign by his half-brother, King Bagrat VI, 1475. Succeeded him as King of Georgia, 1478. Recognised the independence of Kakheti in 1490 and Imereti in 1493. Thereafter, left with Kartli as the extent of his kingdom. m. 1473, H.M. The Most High Queen Thamar (d. after 1492). He d. 27^th April 1505, having had issue, including seven sons:

1) H.M. Davit X, King of Kartli and Kakheti - see Georgia (Kartli).
2) H.M. Giorgi IX, King of Kartli and Kakheti - see Georgia (Kartli).
3) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Demetre. Appointed as joint sovereign by his father, 1488.
4) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Vakhtang.
5) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Aleksandri. He had issue, two sons:
- a) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Konstantini. He had issue:
  - i) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Giorgi. He d. ca. 1560, having had issue:
    - (1) Prince Konstantini Gotcha. He d. 1590, having had issue:
      - (a) Prince Giorgi Gotchashvili. Blinded 1638. He had issue:
        
        (i) Prince Ioram Gotchashvili. Blinded for rebellion against the King 1664.
- b) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Gorgasal.
6) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Bagrat I, 1^st Prince of Mukhrani [Mukhrani-batoni] - see Georgia (Mukhrani).
7) His Beatitude Prince Melkhisedek. Installed as Patriarch-Catholicos of Kartli as Melkhisedek II, 1524. Expelled 1529. He d. 1539.

1505 - 1524 H.M. The Most High King Davit X, 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 Kartli and Kakheti, eldest son of H.M. The Most High King Konstantini II, by his wife, H.M. The Most High Queen Thamar. Succeeded on the death of his father as King of Kartli, 27^th April 1505. Took the King of Kakheti prisoner in 1513, but failed to capture Crown Prince Levanti, thus failing to secure that kingdom. Attempted to conquer Kakheti on two further occasions, finally defeated by King Levanti at the battle of Kiziki in 1520. Thereafter recognised as King of Kartli. Defeated a large Persian occupying force at Tiflis, conquered Aghjakala and massacred all the Turkomans who had settled there. Took holy orders, under the name of Damiane in 1522. Abdicated in favour of his younger brother in 1524. m. H.M. The Most High Queen Miran Gul [Nestan-Jawar](d. by suicide, 1556), daughter of The Most Excellent Prince Davit Jambakur Katchibadze-Baratashvili, Prince of Gareja. He d. 1525, having had issue, seven sons and one daughter:

1) H.M. Luarsab I, King of Kartli (s/o Queen Miran Gul) - see below.
2) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Adarnasi. b. before 1510 (s/o Queen Miran Gul). Envoy to Shah Ismail Safawi in 1519. He d. after 1546.
3) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Darazan. b. before 1511 (s/o Queen Miran Gul).
4) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Ramaz. b. before 1512 (s/o Queen Miran Gul). He d. after 1546.
5) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Demetre. b. before 1516. m. H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Javak, daughter of The Noble Gustan Dchiladze. He d. after 1540.
6) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Bejo. He d. from leprosy.
7) Another son. Imprisoned with the mother of Prince Luarsabi in 1555.
1) A daughter. m. Baindur, Eristavi.

1524 - 1534 H.M. The Most High King Giorgi IX, 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 Kartli, second son of H.M. The Most High King Konstantini II, by his wife, H.M. The Most High Queen Thamar. Appointed as joint sovereign by his father, 1488. Succeeded on the abdication of his elder brother, 1522. Abdicated in 1534 and took holy orders under the name of Gerasimi in 1535. He d. after 1540.

1534 - 1558 H.M. The Most High King Luarsab I, 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 Kartli. b. before 1509, eldest son of H.M. The Most High King Davit X, by his wife, H.M. The Most High Queen Miran Gul, daughter of The Most Excellent Prince Davit Jambakur Katchibadze-Baratashvili, Prince of Gareja. Succeeded on the death of his uncle, 1534. m. 25^th March 1526, H.M. The Most High Queen Thamar (d. 1556), daughter of H.M. The Most High King Bagrat III, King of Imereti, by his wife, H.M. The Most High Queen Eleni. He was k. in battle against the Qizilbashi, at Garisi, 1558 (bur. Mtzkheta), having had issue, five sons and one daughter:

1) A son d. 1536 (bur. Mtzkheta).
2) H.M. Svimeon I [Sultan Mahmud Khan], King of Kartli - see below.
3) H.M. Davit XI [Daud-Khan], King of Kvemo Kartli - see below.
4) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Vakhtang. b. before 1546. Valiant in the wars against the Turks in 1598. m. H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Tinatina (d. after 1595). He was k. at the battle of Nakhiduri, 1600 (his head being severed and sent to the Sultan at Constantinople), having had issue:
- a) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Taimurazi. m. a natural daughter of his uncle, H.M. The Most High King Davit XI [Daud-Khan], King of Kvemo Kartli. He had issue:
  - i) A daughter. m. Amir Adam Sultan Andronikashvili, by whom she had issue:
    - (1) [Rustam Mirza?] Andronikashvili.
    - (1) Thamar Khanum. m. 1650, H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Luarsabi (d.s.p. 1653), the adopted son and Heir Apparent of her grand uncle, H.M. Rustam [Khushru Mirza], King of Kartli, and second son of H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Vakhtang - see below.
  - ii) Another daughter. m. Prince Shanshe Kvenipneveli-Sidamoni, of Ksani, second son of General His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Elizbar Kvenipneveli-Sidamoni, Duke of Ksani.
- b) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Thamar. m. General His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Papuna Zedginidze, Prince of Samilakhoro, Amir-Akhori (d. after 1620), son of Prince Yotham Zedginidze. She had issue, four sons.
5) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Levanti.
1) A daughter. m. The Brilliant Prince Kaikaus Chkheidze.

1558-1569 & 1578-1600 H.M. The Most High King Svimeon I [Sultan Mahmud 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 Kartli. b. 1537, eldest son of H.M. The Most High King Luarsab I, King of Kartli, by his wife, H.M. The Most High Queen Thamar, daughter of H.M. The Most High King Bagrat III, King of Imereti, educ. at Shiraz. Succeeded on the death of his father, 1558. Taken prisoner by the Qizilbashi at the battle of Partzkhisi in 1569. Sent to Persia where he refused to convert to Islam despite repeated threats and blandishments. Imprisoned at the fortress of Alamut for many years. Released from captivity in 1578, granted the title of Shah Nawaz Khan and sent with an army to fight against the Turks. However, a peace treaty between Persia and the Ottomans signed at Constantinople on 21^st March 1590, resulted in the former recognising Turkish suzerainty over Shirvan, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Renewed the fight against the Turks in 1598 and captured the fortress of Gori after an heroic contest. Finally defeated and taken prisoner at the battle of Nakhiduri, 1600. Sent in chains to Constantinople, 1601. He 'girdled Kartli with a sword' for forty-two years of his life. m. 1559, H.M. The Most High Queen Nestan-Darejan (d. after 1608), daughter of H.M. The Most High King Levanti, King of Kahketi, by his wife, the daughter of Shamkhal. He d. in the Seven Towers, Constantinople, 1612 (bur. Mtzkheta Monastery), having had issue, three sons and two (or three) daughters:

1) H.M. Giorgi X, King of Kartli - see below.
2) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Luarsabi. b. 1566. Taken as a hostage to Persia, 1582.
3) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Vakhtang. m. a daughter of Prince Davit Davitishvili, sometime Governor of Akhaldaba and Dirbi. He had issue:
- a) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Vakhtang [Rustam Mirza]. He d. before 1655.
- b) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Luarsabi. Adopted by King Rustam [Khushru Mirza], and appointed as Heir Apparent in 1639. m. at Gilan (or Isfahan) 1650, H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Thamar, daughter of Amir Adam Sultan Andronikashvili. He was k. (s.p.) in a hunting accident, 1653.
1) A daughter. m. 1582, as his third wife, H.H. Shahzada Sultan Hamza Mirza (b. 1566; k. at Ganja, 6^th December 1586), second son of H.M. 'Abu'l Muzaffar Muhammad Khuda Banda Shah, Shahanshah of Persia, by his second wife, Nawab-i-Sipihr Istibah Bilqis uz-Zamani Khair un-nisa Begum [H.M. the Mahd-i-Aliya], daughter of Mir 'Abdu'llah Khan II Mar'asi, Governor of Mazandaran - see Persia (Safawi).
2) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Aleksandra. b. before February 1581 (possibly the same as 1)?).
3) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Eleni. m. 24^th March 1583, General His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Manuchar II [Mustafa Pasha], Atabegi of Samtzkhé (b. 1550; d. 1614), third son of His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Kaikhushru II, Atabegi of Samtzkhé, by his wife, Princess Dédis-Imédi, youngest daughter of His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Vakhtang I, 2^nd Prince of Mukhrani. She had issue, one son and one daughter.

1569 - 1578 H.M. The Most High King Davit XI [Daud-Khan], King of Kvemo Kartli, second son of H.M. The Most High King Luarsab I, King of Kartli, by his wife, H.M. The Most High Queen Thamar, daughter of H.M. The Most High King Bagrat III, King of Imereti. Submitted to Tahmasp Shah at Kazvin in 1564. Made King of Kvemo Kartli for his loyalty, 1569. Deposed when Svimeon I was reinstated by the Shah in 1578. m. a Princess of Taku. He d. ca. 1579, having had issue:

1) H.M. Bagrat VII, King of Kartli - see below.
2) H.M. Rustam [Khushru Mirza], King of Kartli (s/o a concubine) - see below.
1) A daughter. m. H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Taimurazi, son of H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Vakhtang. She had issue, two daughters - see above.

1600 - 1605 H.M. The Most High King Giorgi X, 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 Kartli, eldest son of H.M. The Most High King Svimeon I, King of Kartli, by his wife, H.M. The Most High Queen Nestan-Darejan, daughter of H.M. Levanti, King of Kahketi. m. 15^th September 1578, H.M. The Most High Queen Mariami (d. after 1610), daughter of The Most Excellent Prince Giorgi Dadiani, Prince of Salipartiano, of Mingrelia, by his first wife, The Most Excellent Princess Ana, née Dadiani. He d. suddenly, from a sting on his tongue, after biting into a cake with a bee in it, at Tiflis, 7^th September 1605 (bur. Mtzkheta Monastery), having had issue, one son and three daughters:

1) H.M. Luarsab II, King of Kartli - see below.
1) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Eleni. b. 1591. Affianced to Boris Gudunov.
2) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Khwarashan Darejan. m. at Grem, 1612, as his second wife, H.M. The Most High Taimuraz I [Taimuraz Khan], King of Kartli and Kakheti (b. 1589; d. in captivity at the Fortress of Astarabad, January 1663, bur. Alaverdi), son of H.M. The Most High King Davit I, King of Kakheti, by his wife, H.M. The Most High Queen Kethavan. She d. 1659, having had issue, one son and two daughters - see Georgia (Kakheti).
3) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Tinatina [Peri Lala Fatima Sultan Begum]. m. (first) after September 1605, as his ninth wife (div. ca. 1614) H.M. Zillu'llah 'Abu'l Muzaffar Shah 'Abbas al-Safavi al-Husaini al-Musavi Bahadur Khan [Shah Abbas the Great], Shahanshah of Persia (b. at Herat, 27^th January 1571; d. at Ashraf, 21^st January 1629), third son of H.M. Zillu'llah 'Abu'l Muzaffar Muhammad Khuda Banda Shah, Shahanshah of Persia, by his second wife, Nawab-i-Sipihr Istibah Bilqis uz-Zamani Khair un-nisa Begum [H.M. the Mahd-i-Aliya], daughter of Mir 'Abdu'llah Khan II Mar'asi, Governor of Mazandaran - see Persia (Safawi). m. (second) Paykhar Khan, Governor of Kakheti 1616-1623.

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