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KARTLI

The Bagrationi (Bagration) Dynasty

GENEALOGY

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1716 - 1723 H.M. The Most High King Vakhtang Vl [Husain 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. 15^th September 1675 o.s., second son of H.M. 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. privately. Appointed as Heir Apparent and granted Surami as his apanage, 1701. Administrator of Kartli September 1703-1708, Janisin (Viceroy) of Georgia 1708-1711 and 1712-1714. Invited by Husain Shah Safawi to Isfahan in 1712, he refused the offer of the throne on condition that he convert to Islam. Eventually gave in and converted, and was granted the Kingdom of Kartli together with the title of Husain Quli Khan, 1^st June 1716. Arrested and confined. Restored to effective authority and allowed to return to Georgia in 1719. Crowned at the Cathedral of the Living Pillar, Mtzkheta, August 1719. Governor-General of Azerbaijan 1716 and 1720-1723, C-in-C of the Persian Armies 1716-1717 and 1720-1723, Cdr. of the Imperial Corps of Pages 1717. Introduced printing in the Georgian script for the first time in 1709. Restored the Cathedral of Zion at Tiflis and greatly embellished the Cathedral of the Living Pillar at Mtskheta. He reformed the administration, reasserted central authority, revised the legal code, erected irrigation works and converted wastelands to cultivation. Retired from Tiflis when the Turks invaded the city, May 1723. Deposed in favour of his brother, Jesse. By terms of the Treaty of Constantinople dated 12^th July 1724, Russia recognised Turkish dominion over north-western Persia and Eastern Georgia. Accompanied by his family, his brother, his close comrades-in-arms and a retinue of 1,200, Vakgtang left for Russia on 15^th July 1724 o.s. to seek help in freeing his country. Refused, he was allowed to settle at Presnia, a suburb of Moscow, and granted a monthly pension of 1,000 roubles. He received the style of The Most Serene Tsar and Highness, his wife that of The Most Serene Tsarina and Highness, his sons Tsaraevitch, daughters Tsarevna and grand children and their male posterity recognised as Kniaz of the Russian Empire, by the Emperor of Russia, 17^th August 1725 o.s. A great scholar, poet, critic, translator and leader of intellectual life during the first quarter of the eighteenth century. Rcvd: Knt. of the Orders of St Andrew (18.7.1726), and St Alexander Nevski (30.8.1728) of Russia. m. in Imereti, 1696, H.M. The Most High Queen Rusudan (d. at Moscow, 30^th December 1740 o.s.), daughter of Prince Quilchiko, Cherkez-Batoni and Lord of Little Kabardia. He d. at Astrakhan, 25^th March 1737 o.s. (bur. Cathedral of the Assumption), having had issue, five sons and three daughters:

1) General H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Bakar, Prince of Georgia [Tsarevitch Bakar Vassilievitch Gruzinski]. b. in Imereti, 7^th April 1700 o.s. (or 11^th June 1699), educ. privately. Lieutenant of the Kingdom of Kartli for his father, 17^th September 1716-August 1719. Invested by the Shah of Persia with the title of Prince of Georgia, a crown, sword, gold insignia, and robe of honour, 1^st August 1717. Nominally embraced Islam and received the title of Shah Nawaz Khan at the same time. C-in-C of the Persian Armies and Governor-General of Azerbaijan 1716-1719, Cdr. of the Imperial Corps of Pages 1722-1723. Submitted to an invading Turkish army in 1723, pardoned and granted the government of Kartli together with the title of Ibrahim Pasha. Left for Russia with his father and the rest of his family on 15^th July 1724. Cmsd. into the Russian army and served as a Lieut-Gen. of Artillery under the Empresses Anne and Elizabeth. Rcvd: Knt. of the Orders of St Andrew (30.11.1742) and St Alexander Nevskii (24.5.1734). m. H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Ana [Anna Georgievna] (b. 1706; d. at Moscow, 12^th May 1779 o.s.), elder daughter of General His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Giorgi Sidamoni, Duke of Aragvi, by his wife, a daughter of Prince Tamaz Qaplanishvili-Orbeliani. He d. at Moscow, 1^st February 1750 o.s. (bur. Donskoï Monastery), having had issue, four sons and one daughter:
- a) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Aleksandri [Tsarevitch Alexander Bakarovitch Gruzinski], educ. Corps of Pages, St Petersburg. Capt. Imperial Guard, fled to Persia in 1765 where he joined Karim Khan Zand. Returned to Georgia in 1772, arrested by the Khan of Derbent and surrendered to the Russians, then exiled to Moscow. m. H.S.H. Princess Daria Alexandrovna, elder daughter of General H.S.H. Prince Alexander Alexandrovitch Menshikov, sometime Lord Chamberlain of the Imperial Household, by his wife, H.S.H. Princess Elisaveta Petrovna, daughter of General H.H.E. Prince Peotr Alexandrovitch Galitzine, sometime Governor of Riga, Arkangel, and Kiev. He d. at the Smolensk Citadel, Moscow, 1779, having had issue, three sons and two daughters:
  - i) Prince Ioani [Kniaz Ivan Alexandrovitch Gruzinski]. He d. unm.
  - ii) H.E. Prince Giorgi [Kniaz Igor Alexandrovitch Gruzinski]. b. 1762. Chamberlain of the Imperial Household. m. Princess Varvara Nikolaievna, daughter of Prince Nikolai Ivanovitch Bakhmetev, by his wife, Princess Natalia Ivanovna, daughter of Ivan Masslov. He d. at Liskovo, Nijni-Novgorod, May 1852, having had issue, one daughter:
    - (1) H.S.H. Princess Ana [Kniaza Anna Igorovna]. b. 31^st January 1798 o.s. m. Lieutenant-General H.E. Count Alexander Petrovitch Tolstoï (b. 28^th January 1801 o.s.; d.s.p. at Geneva, 21^st July 1873 o.s., bur. Moscow), Minister for Foreign Affairs 1831, Actual Counselor of State 1834, Governor of Tver and Odessa, Actual PC, etc., second son of General H.H.E. Count Peotr Alexandrovitch Tolstoï, sometime C-in-C of St Petersburg and Kronstadt, by his wife, Princess Maria Alexandrovna, second daughter of Major-General H.E. Prince Alexei Borisovitch Galitzine, sometime Marshal of the Nobility of Moscow. She d.s.p. at Moscow, 17^th July 1889.
  - iii) Colonel Prince Aleksandri [Kniaz Alexander Alexandrovitch Gruzinski]. b. 3^rd October 1763? o.s. Col. Russian service. He d. unm. at St Petersburg, 19^th April 1823 o.s. (bur. St Alexander Nevski Convent).
  - i) Princess Ana [Kniaza Anna Alexandrovna]. b. at Moscow, 17^th August 1763? o.s. m. (first) Chevalier Alexander Alexandrovitch de Litzyne (b. 1760; d. 1789), natural son of H.H.E. Prince Alexander Mikhailovitch Galitzine, sometime Vice-Chancellor of the Empire, and Min. Plen. at the Court of St James's, by Baroness Klüppfel. m. (second) 1790, Lieutenant-General H.E. Prince Boris Andreivitch Galitzine (b. at St Petersburg, 15^th May 1766 o.s.; d. there 30^th March 1822 o.s.), sometime ADC General to the Emperor of Russia, and Cdt. Chevalier Guards, elder son of Major-General H.E. Prince Andrei Mikhailovitch Galitzine, by his wife, Princess Elisaveta Borisovna, second daughter of H.E. Prince Boris Grigorievitch Yussupov, Governor of Moscow, Actual PC, Senator, Dir. Corps of Cadets, etc. She d. at St Petersburg, 11^th October 1842 o.s., having had issue, three sons and five daughters, by her second husband.
  - ii) Princess Darejan [Kniaza Daria Alexandrovna]. m. as his first wife, Brigadier Prince Peotr Sergeivitch Trubetzkoï (b. 14^th July 1760 o.s.; m. second, 1797, Maria Petrovna, née Kromin, and d. 19^th February 1817), late Chevalier Guards, third son of General H.H.E. Prince Sergei Nikititch Trubetzkoï, by his wife, Princess Anna Ivanovna, daughter of Ivan Petrovitch Ladijenski. She d. 1796 o.s., having had issue, three sons and one daughter.
- b) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Demetre [Tsarevitch Dimitri Bakarovitch Gruzinski]. b. at Moscow, 9^th July 1727 o.s. Entered the Russian diplomatic service and served in an Embassy to the Netherlands. He d. at St Petersburg, 19^th May 1745 o.s.
- c) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Stephanaoz [Tsarevitch Stepan Bakarovitch Gruzinski]. b. at Moscow, 28^th November 1729 o.s. Entered the Russian diplomatic service and served in an Embassy to the Netherlands. He d. in the Netherlands, 13^th April 1744 o.s.
- d) Major H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Levanti [Tsarevitch Leon Bakarovitch Gruzinski]. b. at Moscow, 6^th September 1739 o.s. Maj. en second Izmailov Regt. of the Guards. m. 1753, Princess Alexandra Iakovna (b. 1^st April 1728 o.s.; m. second, 1764, a Major in the Russian army originating from Chatzk, and d. at Moscow, 29^th May 1793 o.s., bur. Donskoï Monastery), daughter of Prince Iakov Vassilievitch Sibirskii, by his wife, Princess Anna Stepanovna, née Glebov. He d. at Moscow, 23^rd June 1763 o.s. (bur. Donskoï Monastery), having had issue, three sons and five daughters:
  - i) Colonel H.E. Prince Iakob [Kniaz Iakov Levanovitch] Gruzinski. b. 1757. Marshal of the Nobility of Rouza 1797-1803, Counsellor of State 1829. m. Princess Vera Petrovna (b. 1765; d. at Moscow, 1^st October 1835 o.s.), daughter of Prince Peotr Vassilievitch Urussov, by his wife, Princess Alexandra Sergeievna, daughter of Sergei Saltikov. He d. at Moscow, 31^st May 1835 o.s., having had issue, six sons and two daughters:
    - (1) H.E. Prince Nikolaoz [Kniaz Nikolai Iakovlevitch Gruzinski]. b. 5^th May 1783 o.s. Aulic Counsellor 1859, Gentleman of the Court, and Counsellor of State 1855. He d. 26^th February 1861 o.s., having had issue, a son:
      - (a) Prince Ioani [Kniaz Ivan Nikolaievitch Gruzinski]. He d. 3^rd July 1898 o.s.
    - (2) Captain Prince Papuna [Kniaz Peotr Iakovlevitch Gruzinski]. b. 1785, educ. Corps of Pages, St Petersburg. Cmsnd. 2^nd-Lieut. Chevalier Guards 1806. He was k. at the battle of Borodino, 26^th August 1812 o.s.
    - (3) Prince Demetre [Kniaz Dmitri Iakovlevitch Gruzinski]. He d. young.
    - (4) H.E. Prince Iakob [Kniaz Iakov Iakovlevitch Gruzinski]. b. 1^st November 1797 o.s. Counsellor of State. He d. at Moscow, 5^th March 1866 o.s.
    - (5) H.E. Prince Sergei [Kniaz Sergei Iakovlevitch Gruzinski]. b. 7^th May 1798. Chamberlain 1841, PC 1859, Master of Ceremonies of the Imperial Household. He d. unm. at Moscow, 9^th January 1880 o.s.
    - (6) Captain Prince Aleksandri [Kniaz Alexander Iakovlevitch Gruzinski]. b. 1802. He d. on campaign against the Turks, 2^nd June 1828 o.s.
    - (1) Princess Aleksandra [Kniaza Alexandra Iakovlevna Gruzinskaya]. b. 1787. She d. unm. at Moscow, 26^th March 1853 o.s.
    - (2) Princess Vera [Kniaza Vera Iakovlevna]. b. 26^th February 1801 o.s. m. H.E. Dimitri Pavlovitch Levshin (b. 18^th August 1804 o.s.; d. 2^nd September 1851 o.s.), Actual Counsellor of State and Chamberlain of the Imperial Household, son of Pavel Feodorovitch Levshin, by his wife, Ekaterina Nikolaievna, daughter of Nikolai Durnovo. She d. 24^th November 1860 o.s.
  - ii) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Levanti [Kniaz Leon Levanovitch Gruzinski]. b. 27^th February 1764 o.s. m. Princess Praskovia Evgrafovna (b. 1^st October 1767; d. 20^th November 1841 o.s.), daughter of Evgraf Vassillievitch Tatistchev, by his wife, Agrapena Fedorovna, daughter of Fedor Kamesnkii. He d. at Moscow, 7^th May 1800 o.s. (bur. Donskoï Monastery), having had issue, two sons and five daughters:
    - (1) Prince Davit [Kniaz David Levanovitch Gruzinski]. He d. young.
    - (2) Prince Evgravi [Kniaz Evgraf Levanovitch Gruzinski]. b. 7^th March 1788 o.s. He d. at Moscow, 28^th November 1794 o.s. (bur. Donskoï Monastery).
    - (1) Princess Darejan [Kniaza Daria Levanovna Gruzinski].
    - (2) Princess Sopio [Kniaza Sofia Levanovna]. m. H.E. Andrei Bogdanovitch Priklonskii (b. 1772; d. at Moscow, 5^th April 1840 o.s.), Counsellor of State, sometime Capt-Lieut. Chevalier Guards.
    - (3) Princess Mariami [Kniaza Maria Levanovna]. b. and d. at Moscow, 27^th March 1791 o.s.
    - (4) Princess Kethavan [Kniaza Ekaterina Levanovna]. m. H.E. Nikolai Petrovitch Shishkov (b. 27^th November 1793 o.s.; d. 17^th March 1869), PC, and sometime Capt-Lieut. Chevalier Guards.
    - (5) Princess Olga [Kniaza Olga Levanovna]. b. 13^th March 1800 o.s. m. (first) Alexander Alexeivitch Turtchaninov, 2^nd-Lieut. Imperial Guards, son of Alexei Fedorovitch Turtchaninov. m. (second) Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Adrianovitch Anitchkov (b. 31^st July 1798; d. 1^st February 1839), son of Adrian Fedorovitch Anitchkov, by his wife, Praskovia, daughter of Alexander Poustoroslev. She d. 10^th January 1850.
  - iii) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Demetre [Kniaz Dimitri Levanovitch Gruzinski].
  - i) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Ana [Kniaza Anna Leonovna]. b. 1753. m. Colonel Prince Aleksandri Dadiani [Alexander Petrovitch Dadianov] (b. 1753; d. at Moscow, 26^th January 1811), eldest son of Captain Prince Peotr Igorievitch Dadianov, by his wife, H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Anna, daughter of H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Aleksandri [Nazar 'Ali Mirza], sometime Governor of Tiflis. She d. at Moscow, 4^th February 1812 o.s., having had issue, seven sons and five daughters - see Georgia (Mingrelia).
  - ii) H.S.H. Princess Darejan [Kniaza Daria Leonovna]. m. (first) Prince Melikov. m. (second) …Chemodanov.
  - iii) Princess Mariami [Kniaza Maria Leonovna]. m. …Markov. She d. at Moscow, before 1840 (bur. Donskoï Monastery).
  - iv) H.S.H. Princess Sopio [Kniaza Sofia Levanovna Gruzinskaya].
  - v) Princess Anastazia [Kniaza Anastasia Leonovna Gruzinskaya].
- a) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Elizabed [Tsarevna Elisaveta Bakarovna]. m. Colonel Prince Nikolai Ivanovitch Odoievskii (d. 1798), retd. as Col. Chevalier Guards 1761, son of Prince Ivan Vassilievitch Odoievskii, by his wife, Princess Praskovia Ivanovna, daughter of H.E. Count Ivan Petrovitch Tolstoï, Actual Counselor of State.
2) General H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Giorgi [Tsarevitch Georgi Vakhtangovitch Gruzinski]. b. at Gori, 2^nd August 1712 o.s. Gen. and cdr. of the Samilakhoro banner 1719, General-in-Chief Russian service. m. Princess Maria Iakovna, only daughter of Captain Prince Iakov Petrovitch Dolgoruki, Preobrajenskii Regt., by his wife, Princess Anna Mikhailovna, daughter of Mikhail Mikhailovitch Argamakov. He d. at Moscow, 19^th December 1786 o.s. (bur. Donskoï Monastery), having had issue, two sons and one daughter:
- a) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Basili [Kniaz Vassili Georgievitch Gruzinski]. b. at Moscow, 28^th August 1749 (or 21^st October 1750) o.s., educ. Corps of Pages, St Petersburg. Cmsnd. 2^nd-Lieut. Preobrajenskii Regt. He d. at Moscow, 15^th July 1764 o.s. (bur. Donskoï Monastery).
- b) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Iakob [Kniaz Iakov Georgievitch Gruzinski]. b. at Moscow, 31^st May 1751 o.s., educ. Corps of Pages, St Petersburg. Lieut. Preobrajenskii Regt. He d. at Moscow, 10^th January 1768 o.s. (bur. Donskoï Monastery).
- a) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Ana [Kniaza Anna Maria Giorgievna]. b. 14^th May 1754 o.s. m. 1770, Major-General H.E. Prince Alexei Borisovitch Galitzine (b. 30^th June 1732 o.s.; d. 9^th November 1792 o.s.), Maj-Gen. 1775, Marshal of the Nobility of Moscow 1785-1788, son of Admiral H.H.E. Prince Boris Vassilievitch Galitzine, IRN, by his wife, Princess Ekaterina Ivanovna, daughter of Ivan Tikhonovitch Streshnev. She d. at Moscow, 12^th May 1779 o.s. (bur. Donskoï Monastery), having had issue, four daughters.
1) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Thamar [H.M. The Most High Queen Thamar]. b. 1697. m. 2^nd February 1712 o.s., H.M. The Most High King Taimuraz II, King of Kartli and Kakheti (b. at Tiflis, ca. 1680; d. at St Petersburg, 8^th January 1762 o.s. (bur. Cathedral of the Assumption, Astrakhan), son of H.M. Irakli I, King of Kartli and Kakheti, by his wife, H.M. Queen Ana, daughter of Prince Shermazan Irubakidze-Cholokashvili. She d. 12^th April 1746 o.s. (bur. Mtzkheta Monastery), having had issue - see Georgia (Kakheti).
2) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Anouka. b. 1698. m. 2^nd February 1712 o.s., Prince Vakhusht Abashidze, of Tedzer (d. at Tiflis, 13^th January 1746, bur. Cathedral of Zion), fourth son of Prince Paata Abashidze. She d. at Tiflis, 1^st January 1746 o.s. (bur. Cathedral of Zion), having had issue, one daughter - see Georgia (Abashidze).

King Vakhtang, also had issue, several natural children, including:

3) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Rustam (eldest child). He d.v.p. 1689 (bur. Tiris Monastery).
4) General H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Vakhusht [Tsarevitch Vakhusht Vakhtangovitch Gruzinski]. b. 1696, educ. Roman Catholic Mission, Tiflis. Governor of Tiflis during his father's absences from the capital, and cdt. of the banner of the advance guard 1720-1724. Retired to Russia 1745. A pioneer geographer and historian. Author of "Kartlis tskhovreba" or "Life of Georgia" and "Aghdsera sameposa Sakartvelosa" and "Geography" (posth. 1842). m. 1717, H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Mariami, youngest daughter of H.M. Giorgi V Abashidze, King of Imereti. He d. at Moscow, 1772 o.s. (bur. Donskoï Monastery), having had issue, four sons and three daughters:
- a) Major-General H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Ioani [Kniaz Ivan Vakushtovitch Gruzinski]. b. 12^th July 1719, educ. Corps of Pages, St Petersburg. Cmsnd. Ensign Russian service, retd. as Maj-Gen. He d. unm. at Moscow, 6^th December 1784 o.s. (bur. Donskoï Monastery).
- b) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Davit [Kniaz David Vakushtovitch Gruzinski]. b. before 1724.
- c) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Domenti [Kniaz Dimitri Vakushtovitch Gruzinski]. b. at Moscow, 1728. He d. at Moscow, 1737 (bur. Bogaïavlenski Monastery).
- d) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Nikolaoz [Kniaz Nikolai Vakushtovitch Gruzinski]. b. ca. 1729. He d.v.p. 6^th November 1784.
- a) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Mariami-Darejan [Kniaza Maria-Daria Vakushtovna Gruzinskaya]. She d. unm. at Moscow, July 1807.
- b) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Aleksandra [Kniaza Alexandra Vakushtovna Gruzinskaya]. b. at Tiflis, 12^th August 1721 o.s. She d. unm. at Moscow, 8^th April 1789 o.s. (bur. Donskoï Monastery).
- c) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Ana [Kniaza Anna Vakushtovna Gruzinskaya]. b. at Moscow, 30^th June 1744 o.s. She d. at Moscow, 6^th May 1779 o.s. (bur. Donskoï Monastery).
5) H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Paata, educ. Sch. of Artillery, St Petersburg. Left Russia in 1737 and travelled through Europe and the Turkish empire. Returned to Georgia 1751. A learned man, he was induced to join a rebellion in 1765, led by Kartlian nobles who wanted to establish him on the throne. He was condemned to death 5^th December 1765, and k. shortly afterwards.
3) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Mariami. b. 1699. m. (first) Prince Papuna Orbeliani, son of Prince Solomoni Orbeliani, of Radsha. m. (second) General His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Gideon Orbeliani, Duke of Bari, former Metropolitan of Gelati, second son of General His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Papuna Orbeliani, Duke of Radsha. She d. 1^st January 1746, having had issue, one son by her second husband.

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