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KARTLI

The Bagrationi (Bagration) Dynasty

GENEALOGY

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1676 - 1688, 1692-1695 & 1703 - 1709 H.M. The Most High King Giorgi XI [Shah Nawaz Khan III], by the will of our Lord, King of Kings, Master, Possessor and Sovereign of the Abkhazis, Kartvelians, Ranians, Kakhetians and the Armenians, Shirvanshah and Shahanshah, and the limits and regions of all the East and North, Master of Girik and Kelat, etc., King of Kartli b. after 1648, second 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. Granted the title of Gurgin Khan by the Shah of Persia before his accession. Appointed a Regent during his father's absence in Persia and granted the title of Shah Nawaz Khan, 10^th January 1676. Succeeded on his death, September 1676. Deposed for attempting a revolt against the Persians, 1688. Fled to Radsha and joined his brother Archili. Restored after submitting to the Shah in 1692. Deposed in 1695 and restored again in July 1703. Sometime cdt. of the Imperial Corps of Pages, Governor-General of all Georgia 1691-1695 and 1703-1709, of Kerman 1699-1703, and Kandahar 1703-1709, Sipah Salar (C-inC) of the Persian Armies 1699-1709. m. (first) 1676, H.M. Queen Thamar (d. at Tiflis, 4^th December 1683, bur. Mtzkheta Monastery), daughter of The Brilliant Prince Davit Davitishvili, son of H.H. The Brilliant Prince Elizbar of Kakheti*. m. (second) at Cojor Palace, Tiflis, 1687, H.M. The Most High Queen Khwarashan (d. at Crcon, 24^th February 1695, bur. Kwatha-Khew), daughter of The Brilliant Prince Giorgi Mikeliadze. He was k. by Mir Wais Ghalzai, near Kandahar, 23^rd April 1709, having had issue, one son and two daughters:

1) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Bagrati (s/o Queen Thamar). Sent as a hostage to Persia. He d. at Herat, 1690.
1) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Mariami (d/o Queen Thamar). m. 1687, General His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Davit Kvenipneveli-Sidamoni, Duke of Ksani (d. after 1713), son of The Brilliant Prince Rustam Kvenipneveli-Sidamoni, of Ksani. She had issue, an only daughter.
2) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Rwadam [H.M. The Most High Queen Rwadam] (d/o Queen Khwarashan). m. 1703 (div. 1714), as his first wife, H.M. The Most High King Giorgi VI, King of Imereti (b. 1691; k. 15^th March 1720 o.s.), younger son of H.M. The Most High King Aleksandri IV, King of Imereti, by a concubine - see Georgia (Imereti).

* according to Peyssonnel, Thamar was the daughter of one Kaplanoglu, Lord of Tanzai, in Somketi.

** a son of Gorgin Khan of Tiflis: Zaprabeg (Sarfaraz Beg?), d. at Agra, 8^th September 1776 (bur. Agra Cemetary).

1709 H.M. The Most High King Levanti [Shah Quli Khan], by the will of our Lord, King of Kings, Master, Possessor and Sovereign of the Abkhazis, Kartvelians, Ranians, Kakhetians and the Armenians, Shirvanshah and Shahanshah, and the limits and regions of all the East and North, King of Kartli. b. after 1658 and before 26^th August 1660, fourth 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. Appointed a General in the Persian Army and commanded the Georgian troops against the Baluchis 1698-1700, Divanbegi (Lord Chief Justice) of Persia 1701-1709. Granted the title of Shah Quli Khan by the Shah of Persia, 1701. Lieutenant for his absent father in Georgia, 1703-1709. Succeeded on the death of his father, 23^rd April 1709. m. (first) 1662, H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Toutha (d. at Tiflis, 11^th October 1678), daughter of His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Kaikhushru II Gurieli, Duke of the Guria, by his wife, Her Splendour The Pious Princess of High Rank Khwaramzi, née Goshadze. m. (second) 1680, H.M. The Most High Queen Tinatina (m. second, 1709, Prince Yotham Baratashvili), daughter of Prince Giorgi Panaskerteli-Avalishvili. He d. at Isfahan, 13^th July 1709 (or May 1709), having had issue, nine sons and three daughters:

1) H.M. Kaikhusru [Kaikhushru Khan], King of Kartli (s/o Princess Toutha) - see above.
2) H.M. Vakhtang Vl [Husain Quli Khan], King of Kartli (s/o Princess Toutha) - see below.
3) His Beatitude Domenti III. b. after 1676 (s/o Princess Toutha), educ. privately. Patriarch-Catholicos of Georgia 1705, 1737-1742. A prisoner of the Turks for thirteen years 1724-1737. Author: "The Lives of the Georgian Saints". He d. at Tiflis, January 1742.
4) H.M. Jesse ['Ali Quli-Khan], King of Kartli (s/o Queen Tinatina) - see below.
5) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Svimeon [Tsaraevitch Simon Levanovitch Gruzinski] (s/o Queen Tinatina). b. 9^th November 1683, Janisin (Viceroy) of Kartli 1711-1712. m. (first) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Gulkhan [Guka] (d. at Tiflis, 1717, bur. Mtzkheta), elder daughter of General His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Bardzim Sidamoni, Duke of Aragvi. m. (second) (morganatic) Anna Potapova (d. after 1743), daughter of Paata Potapov. He d. at St Petersburg, 27^th January 1740 o.s., having had issue, two sons:
- a) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Stephanoz [Tsaraevitch Stepan Semenovitch Gruzinski]. He d. 13^th July 1744.
- b) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Demetre-Nikolaoz [Tsaraevitch Dimitri-Nikolai Semenovitch Gruzinski]. m. as her third husband, Princess Stepanida Matveiovna (b. November 1705; d. 10^th February 1762 o.s.), former wife of Prince Alexander Ivanovitch Galitzine, and of Colonel Iafinki Evstratovitch Alymov, and daughter of Matvei Alexeievitch Rjevskii, by his wife, Natalia Mikhailovna, daughter of Mikhail Polev. He d. 19^th March 1745.
Prince Svimeon, also had issue, two natural sons:
- c) Prince Beri Bagrationi [Kniaz Beriya Semenovitch Bagration]. b. 9^th July 1727.
- d) Prince Nikolaoz Svimeonishvili [Kniaz Nikolai Semenovitch Semenov]. b. 28^th November 1729. Granted the title of Kniaz Nikolai Semenov in Russia, 24^th August 1741 o.s. He d. during a journey to Europe.
6) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Taimurazi. b. before 1688 (s/o Queen Tinatina). He d. unm. 7^th December 1710 o.s.
7) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Aleksandri. b. after 1688 (s/o Queen Tinatina). Entered the Persian service and rose to high rank. He was k. in battle with Mir Wais Ghalzai, at Kandahar, 27^th September 1711.
1) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Khwaramzi (d/o Princess Toutha). m. The Brilliant Prince Sazverel Kakhaberidze-Chijavadze.

King Levanti also had the following natural issue:

8) General H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Rustam Khan. Prefect of Isfahan 1709, Cdr. of the Imperial Corps of Pages 1717-1722 and Governor-General of Kerman 1717. m. before 1720, a daughter of H.E. Fath 'Ali Khan Daghistani, I'timad ud-Daula, sometime Chief Minister of Persia. He was k. in battle with the Afghans, at Gulnabad, 8^th March 1722.
9) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Konstantini Bagrationi [Tsarevitch Konstantin Levanovitch Bagration] (s/o Néopisula or Méphiséouli). m. before 1725, H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Khwaramzi, daughter of Levanti.
10) Lieutenant-General H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Afarnasi Bagrationi [Tsarevitch Adarnasi Levanovitch Bagration]. b. 15^th November 1707 o.s. (s/o Néopisula or Méphiséouli). Col. Viatska Regt. of Inf., Maj-Gen. and cdt. at Moscow 1762, retd. as Lieut-Gen. of Artillery. Rcvd: Knt. of the Order of St Anne of Russia (27.6.1762). m. at Moscow, H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Ana [Anna Vassilievna] (b. 10^th April 1720 o.s.; d. at Moscow, 6^th March 1794 o.s. bur. Donskoï Monastery), daughter of General His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Vakhtang Zedgenidze, Prince of Samilakhoro, Amir-Akhor, Grand Master of the Household. He d. at Moscow, 31^st March 1784 o.s. (bur. Donskoï Monastery), having had issue, one son and two daughters:
- a) Prince Antoni Bagrationi [Tsarevitch Anton Adarnasievitch Bagration]. Granted a pension after the death of his father, 17^th May 1784.
- a) Princess Varvara Bagrationi [Tsarevna Varvara Adarnasievna Bagration]. b. November 17xx. She d. at Presna, 24^th January 18xx (bur. Church of the Nativity of St John the Baptist) aged 31 years and 2 months.
- b) Princess Ana Bagrationi [Tsarevna Anna Adarnasievna Bagration]. Granted a pension after the death of her father, 17^th May 1784.
2) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Ana Bagrationi [Tsarevna Anna Levanovna Bagration] (d/o Néopisula or Méphiséouli).

1709 - 1711 H.M. The Most High King Kaikhusru [Kaikhushru Khan], by the will of our Lord, King of Kings, Master, Possessor and Sovereign of the Abkhazis, Kartvelians, Ranians, Kakhetians and the Armenians, Shirvanshah and Shahanshah, and the limits and regions of all the East and North, King of Kartli. b. 1^st January 1674, eldest son of H.M. The Most High King Levanti, King of Kartli, by his first wife, H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Toutha, daughter of His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Kaikhushru I Gurieli, Duke of the Guria, educ. at Isfahan. Darugha (Prefect) of Isfahan 1700-1709, Naib Divanbegi (Deputy Lord Chief Justice) of Persia 1703-1709, and Divanbegi (Lord Chief Justice) 1709. Succeeded on the death of his father but was never crowned. He reigned in absentia since he served during the whole of this period as Sipah Salar (C-in-C) of the Persian Armies in Afghanistan 1709. m. H.M. The Most High Queen Kethavan [Ekaterina Igorievna] (d. at Moscow, 3^rd May 1730 o.s.; bur. Greek Church of St Nicholas, Kitaigorod). He was k. in battle against the Ghalzais, at Kandahar, 27^th September 1711, having had issue, one son and two daughters:

1) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Davit [Tsarevitch David Kaikhushrovitch Gruzinski]. b. 1710 (s/o a concubine). m. before 1725, H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Mariami. He d. at Moscow, 28^th October 1732 o.s. (bur. Donskoï Monastery).
1) A daughter. m. (first) 1710, H.M. Zillu'llah 'Abu'l Muzaffar Sultan Husain Shah, Shahanshah of Persia (b. ca. 1668; k. at Isfahan on the orders of Ashraf Shah, ca. November 1726), eldest son of H.M. Zillu'llah 'Abu'l Muzaffar Shah Sulaiman Safi II, Shahanshah of Persia - see Persia (Safawi). m. (second) ca. 1727, the Khan of Erevan.
2) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Ana Begum (d/o Kethavan). She d. at Moscow, before 28^th April 1782 (bur. St Nicholas's Convent).

1711 - 1714 Interregnum (see Vakhtang Vl below).

1714 - 1716 H.M. The Most High King Jesse ['Ali Quli-Khan], King of Kartli (first time) - see below.

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