IMERATI
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The Bagrationi (Bagration) Dynasty
GENEALOGY
1752 - 1766 and 1768 - 1782
H.M. The Most High King Solomoni I the Great, 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 Imerati and Amierati. b.
1735, second son of H.M. The Most High King Aleksandri V,
King of Imerati, by his second wife, H.M. The Most High
Queen Thamar, daughter of His Splendour The Pious Prince
of High Rank Prince Levanti Abashidze, sometime Governor
and Regent of Imerati, educ. privately. Succeeded
on the death of his father, March 1752. Forced to
relinquish the throne in favour of his cousin, Prince
Taimurazii, by the Turks, in 1766. Restored 1768. m.
(first) at Kutais, ca. 1752, H.M. The Most High Queen
Mariami (d. ca. 1780, bur. St George's
Cathedral, Gelati), elder daughter of His Splendour The
Pious Prince of High Rank Otia Dadiani, Duke of Dukes of
Mingrelia. m. (second) H.M. The Most High Queen
Gulkhana (b. 1730; d. 1800, bur. St
George's Cathedral, Gelati), daughter of Prince
Tzulukidze. He d. at Kutais, 23rd April
1782 (or 4th May 1784), having had issue, one
son and two daughters:- 1) H.H.
The Most Brilliant Prince Aleksandri. b.
1760 (s/o Queen Mariami), educ.
privately. m. (first) while in Kartli (div.
1778), the eldest daughter of His Splendour The
Pious Prince of High Rank Evgeni Abashidze,
sometime Governor of Ali, Surami and Kepniskhevi,
and Grand Master of the Household of Georgia. m.
(second) 1779, H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess
Darejan, daughter of Prince Merab Nijeradze. He d.
1780, having had issue, a son:
- a)
H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Giorgi
[Kniaz Georgi Alexandrovitch
Bagration-Imeretinski]. b. 1779 (s/o
Princess Darejan). m. 1795, H.H.
The Most Brilliant Princess Darejan
[Daria Rustamovna] (b. 1779; d.
at St Petersburg, 16th January
1816 o.s., bur. St Alexander
Nevski Convent), youngest daughter of
General His Splendour The Pious Prince of
High Rank Rustam Chkheidze, Duke of
Radsha, by his wife, Her Splendour The
Pious Princess of High Rank Mariami,
daughter of Prince Beri Tzulukidze. He d.
at St Petersburg, 21st (or 24th)
November 1807 o.s. (bur. St
Alexander Nevski Convent), having had
issue, two sons:
- i) General H.H.E. Prince Aleksandri [Kniaz Alexander Giorgievitch Bagration-Imeretinski]. b. 1796, educ. Corps of Pages, St Petersburg. Cmsnd. as Cornet the Empress's Own Lncrs. of the Guard 1816, prom. Col. 1827, prom. Maj-Gen à la suite to the Emperor of Russia 1835, prom. Lieut-Gen. 1844, ADC General 1852, prom. Gen. of Cav. Petitioned to have himself recognised as King of Imerati in 1820. Rcvd: Knt. of the Order of Alexander Nevski. He d. at St Petersburg, 5th February 1862 o.s.
- ii)
Major-General H.E. Prince Demetre
[Kniaz Dimitri Giorgievitch
Bagration-Imeretinski]. b.
1799, educ. Corps of
Pages, St Petersburg. Cmsnd. as
Cornet Litovsk Lncrs. 1816,
transf. the Empress's Own Lncrs.
of the Guard 1817, prom.
Lieut-Col. 1827, prom. Col. 1833,
cdt. Kurland Lncrs. 1833-1836,
prom. Maj-Gen. 1836, cdt. 1st
bde. of 2nd Cavalry
Dvsn. (Lancers) 1837, cdt.
Georgian Hussars, Col-in-Chief 2nd
dvsn. legere de la cavalerie
Poète 1845. m. 1842,
Princess Olga Valerianovna (b.
1824; d. at Marseille,
France, 27th April
1853, bur. St Petersburg),
only daughter of H.E. Count
Valerian Vendiktovitch
Strzemie-Strojnowski, Senator of
the Empire, by his wife, Countess
Ekaterina Alexandrovna, fourth
daughter of Lieutenant-General
H.E. Alexander Dimitrievitch
Butkevitch. He d. 18th
November 1845, having had issue,
two sons:
- (1)
Lieutenant-Colonel Prince
Aleksandri [Kniaz
Alexander Dmitrevitch
Bagration-Imeretinski]. b.
29th July
1843, educ. Corps
of Pages, St Petersburg.
Cmsnd. Cornet Narvskii
Hussars 1861, transf.
Hussars of the Guard
1863, retd. due to ill
health Oct. 1863, entered
the Civil Service and
served in the Caucasus
and Siberia, retd. 1865,
rejoined the colours as
Lieut. 1869, served in
Turkestan 1869-1870,
transf. Orenburg Cossacks
1870, prom. temp.
Lieut-Col. 1871, served
in expeds.to Khiva 1873
and Alai 1877, actg. cdt.
5th Orenburg
Cossacks 1877-1878, cdt.
12th Orenburg
Cossacks 1878, served in
Bessarabia 1878, prom.
Lieut-Col. 1879, cdt.
Orenburg mil. Region
1879, retd. due to ill
health. m.
Princess Lydia Alexievna,
Dir. Sch. for Young Girls
at Oufa 1879, daughter of
Alexei Rozanov, of
Orenburg. He d. at
Nervi, near Genoa, 17th
November 1880 o.s.,
having had issue, one son
and one daughter:
- (a) Prince Aleksandri [Kniaz Alexander Alexandrovitch Bagration-Imeretinski]. b. August 1879.
- (a) Princess Olga [Kniaza Olga Alexandrovna Bagration-Imeretinskaya]. b. 25th January 1876.
- (2) Prince Demetre [Kniaz Dimitri Dmitrevitch Bagration-Imeretinski]. b. posthumously, 1846. Exiled to Smolensk 1833. He d. 24th June 1885.
- (1)
Lieutenant-Colonel Prince
Aleksandri [Kniaz
Alexander Dmitrevitch
Bagration-Imeretinski]. b.
29th July
1843, educ. Corps
of Pages, St Petersburg.
Cmsnd. Cornet Narvskii
Hussars 1861, transf.
Hussars of the Guard
1863, retd. due to ill
health Oct. 1863, entered
the Civil Service and
served in the Caucasus
and Siberia, retd. 1865,
rejoined the colours as
Lieut. 1869, served in
Turkestan 1869-1870,
transf. Orenburg Cossacks
1870, prom. temp.
Lieut-Col. 1871, served
in expeds.to Khiva 1873
and Alai 1877, actg. cdt.
5th Orenburg
Cossacks 1877-1878, cdt.
12th Orenburg
Cossacks 1878, served in
Bessarabia 1878, prom.
Lieut-Col. 1879, cdt.
Orenburg mil. Region
1879, retd. due to ill
health. m.
Princess Lydia Alexievna,
Dir. Sch. for Young Girls
at Oufa 1879, daughter of
Alexei Rozanov, of
Orenburg. He d. at
Nervi, near Genoa, 17th
November 1880 o.s.,
having had issue, one son
and one daughter:
- a)
H.H. The Most Brilliant Prince Giorgi
[Kniaz Georgi Alexandrovitch
Bagration-Imeretinski]. b. 1779 (s/o
Princess Darejan). m. 1795, H.H.
The Most Brilliant Princess Darejan
[Daria Rustamovna] (b. 1779; d.
at St Petersburg, 16th January
1816 o.s., bur. St Alexander
Nevski Convent), youngest daughter of
General His Splendour The Pious Prince of
High Rank Rustam Chkheidze, Duke of
Radsha, by his wife, Her Splendour The
Pious Princess of High Rank Mariami,
daughter of Prince Beri Tzulukidze. He d.
at St Petersburg, 21st (or 24th)
November 1807 o.s. (bur. St
Alexander Nevski Convent), having had
issue, two sons:
- 1) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Darejan. b. 1756. Exiled to Penza by the Russians in 1820. m. 1768, Prince Kaikhushru Abashidze (d. 1805), son of His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Levanti Abashidze, sometime Governor and Regent of Imerati, by his wife, Her Splendour The Pious Princess of High Rank Tinatina, daughter of His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Zaal Sidamoni, Duke of Aragvi. She d. at Moscow, 24th January 1827 o.s. (bur. Pokroskoi Monastery), having had issue, three sons - see Georgia (Abashidze).
- 2) H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Mariami. b. 1769. m. Lieutenant- Colonel Prince Elizbar Kvenipneveli-Sidamoni (b. 1738; d. 26th August 1813, bur. Ikorta, Gori), second son of General His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Giorgi Kvenipneveli-Sidamoni, Duke of Ksani, sometime Cdr. of the Imperial Corps of Pages to Nadir Shah of Persia, by his wife, Princess Thamar, née Zedginidze-Amilakhvari. She d. 26th August 1845 o.s., having had issue, two sons.
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