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65-627: The origins of the dynasty are disputed. The early Georgian Bagratids gained the Principality of Iberia through dynastic marriage after succeeding the Chosroid dynasty at the end of the 8th century. In 888 Adarnase IV of Iberia restored the Georgian monarchy; various native polities then united into the Kingdom of Georgia , which prospered from the 11th to the 13th century. This period of time, particularly

130-652: A biblical origin to the family. Toumanoff proposed instead that the Bagratunis were descended from the Orontids , the first identifiable ruling dynasty of ancient Armenia. After the 7th-century Arab conquest of Armenia , members of the Bagratuni house often held the title of ishkhan (prince) of Armenia, although they were subordinate to a Muslim governor ( ostikan ) appointed by the caliphs. The period of Arab rule in Armenia saw

195-673: A decade later. On April 25, 1804, the Imeretian king Solomon II , nominally an Ottoman vassal, was persuaded to conclude the Convention of Elaznauri with Russia, on terms similar to those of the Treaty of Georgievsk. Yet the Russian forces dethroned Solomon on February 20, 1810. Defeated during a subsequent rebellion to regain power, he died in exile in Trabzon , Ottoman Turkey, in 1815. Russian rule over Georgia

260-572: A degree of stability in Kartli-Kakheti and established political hegemony in eastern Transcaucasia . In the 1783 Treaty of Georgievsk , he placed his kingdom under the protection of Imperial Russia . The latter failed, however, to provide timely help when the Persian ruler Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar captured, sacked and ravaged Tbilisi in 1795 to compel severance of Georgian ties to Russia, as he sought to re-establish Persia's traditional suzerainty over

325-567: A divorced teacher and journalist with two daughters, married Prince Davit Bagrationi-Mukhraneli , on 8 February 2009 at the Tbilisi Sameba Cathedral . The marriage united the Gruzinsky and Mukhrani branches of the Georgian royal family , and drew a crowd of 3,000 spectators, officials, and foreign diplomats, as well as extensive coverage by the Georgian media . The dynastic significance of

390-734: A general acceptance until the early 20th century. The Jewish origin, let alone the biblical descent, of the Bagratids has been discounted by modern scholarship. Cyril Toumanoff 's research concluded that the Georgian Bagratids branched out of the Armenian Bagratid dynasty in the person of Adarnase , whose father Vasak (son of Ashot III the Blind , presiding prince of Armenia from 732 to 748) passed to Kartli following an abortive uprising against Arab rule in 775. Adarnase’s son, Ashot I , acquired

455-651: A given name of Iranian origin. The origins of the Bagratid dynasty is still matter of debate between Georgian and Armenian scholars. Georgian scholars argue that the Bagrationis were of Georgian origin, while Armenian and Western scholars believe them to be a branch of the Armenian Bagratunis . According to a tradition first recorded in the work of the 11th-century Georgian chronicler Sumbat Davitis-Dze and repeated much later by Prince Vakhushti Bagrationi (1696–1757),

520-513: A large polity conventionally known in modern history as Tao-Klarjeti . In 813, the new dynasty acquired, with Ashot I, the hereditary title of presiding prince of Iberia (Kartli), to which the emperor attached the honorific of kourapalates . Despite the revitalization of the monarchy, Georgian lands remained divided among rival authorities, with Tbilisi remaining in Arab hands . The sons and grandsons of Ashot I established three separate branches –

585-496: A number of territories for the Bagratuni family, which were divided between two of his sons: Bagrat II , who received Taron and Sasun along with the new title "Prince of Princes" ( ishkhan ishkhanats ), and Smbat "the Confessor" , who received the title sparapet and the holdings of Sper and Tayk . Meanwhile, Ashot Msaker's uncle, Vasak, established himself in the Georgian region of Iberia ; Vasak's grandson Ashot I became

650-561: A rival branch of the Bagrationi dynasty, and into five semi-independent principalities – Odishi - Mingrelia , Guria , Abkhazia , Svaneti , and Samtskhe – dominated by their own feudal clans. During the three subsequent centuries, the Georgian rulers maintained their perilous autonomy as subjects under the Turkish Ottoman and Persian Safavid , Afsharid , and Qajar domination, although sometimes serving as little more than puppets in

715-489: Is headed by Prince David Bagrationi (born 1948) (not to be confused with his younger namesake from the Mukhrani branch). The current claimant is Irakli Davitis Dze Bagrationi (Georgian: ირაკლი დავითის ძე ბაგრატიონი), head of the Georgian scion of the royal Bagrationi dynasty of Imereti, the direct male-line descendant of the kings of Imereti, the direct descendant of Alexander V (Georgian: ალექსანდრე V) (c. 1703/4 – March 1752), of

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780-544: Is the most senior patrilinear branch of the Bagrationi dynasty, descending directly from King Constantine II of Georgia . Originally a cadet branch of the former Royal House of Kartli , they became the genealogically seniormost line of the Bagrationi family in the early 20th century; and although this elder branch had lost the rule of Kartli by 1724, it retained the Principality of Mukhrani until its annexation by Russia, along with Kartli-Kakheti, in 1800. This branch of

845-620: The Abbasid preoccupation with their own civil wars and conflict with the Byzantine Empire . Although Arab rule did not allow them a foothold in the ancient capital of Tbilisi and eastern Kartli, the Bagratids successfully maintained their initial domain in Klarjeti and Meskheti and, under the Byzantine protectorate, extended their possessions southward into the northwestern Armenian marches to form

910-596: The Alan prince David Soslan , of reputed Bagratid descent. The invasions by the Khwarezmians in 1225 and the Mongols in 1236 terminated Georgia’s "golden age". The struggle against the Mongol rule created a dyarchy , with an ambitious lateral branch of the Bagrationi dynasty holding sway over western Georgia ( Imereti ). There was a brief period of reunion and revival under George V

975-529: The North Caucasus to northern Iran , and eastwards into Asia Minor . In spite of repeated incidents of dynastic strife, the kingdom continued to prosper during the reigns of Demetrios I (1125–1156), George III (1156–1184), and especially, his daughter Tamar the Great (1184–1213). With the death of George III the main male line became extinct and the dynasty continued through the marriage of Queen Tamar with

1040-648: The Patriotic War of 1812 . His brother Prince Roman Bagration also became a Russian general, distinguishing himself in the Russo-Persian War (1826–1828) , and was the first to enter Yerevan in 1827. Roman Bagration was also known for his patronage of the arts, literature and theatre. His home theater in Tbilisi was regarded as one of the finest in the Caucasus. His son Prince Pyotr Romanovich Bagration became governor of

1105-509: The Principality of Iberia in 813 and thus founded the last royal house of Georgia. Accordingly, the legend of the Davidic origin of the Georgian Bagratids was a further development of the earlier claim entertained by the Armenian dynasty, as given in the work of the Armenian author Moses of Khorene . Once the Georgian branch, which had quickly acculturated in the new environment, assumed royal power,

1170-745: The Tver region and later governor-general of the Baltic provinces . He was also a metallurgic engineer known for the development of gold cyanidation in Russia. Prince Dmitry Petrovich Bagration was a Russian general who fought in World War I in the Brusilov Offensive and later joined the Red Army . The majority of the Bagrationi family left Georgia after the Red Army took over Tbilisi in 1921. The House of Mukhrani

1235-453: The branch of Mukhraneli since 1658. In 1744, Erekle II and his father Teimuraz II were granted the kingships of Kakheti and Kartli respectively by their overlord Nader Shah , as a reward for their loyalty. Following Nader Shah's death in 1747, Erekle II and Teimuraz II capitalized on the eruption of instability, and declared de facto independence. After Teimuraz II died in 1762, Erekle II succeeded his father as ruler of Kartli, and united

1300-523: The medieval Kingdom of Armenia from c. 885 until 1045. Originating as vassals of the Kingdom of Armenia of antiquity , they rose to become the most prominent Armenian noble family during the period of Arab rule in Armenia , eventually establishing their own independent kingdom. Their domain included regions of Armenia such as Shirak , Bagrevand , Kogovit, Syunik , Lori , Vaspurakan , Vanand and Taron . Many historians, such as Cyril Toumanoff , Nicholas Adontz and Ronald Suny , consider them to be

1365-450: The 13th century Mongol conquest of Armenia. The dynasty of Cilician Armenia is believed to be a branch of the Bagratids, which later took the throne of an Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia . The founder, Ruben I , had an unknown relationship to the exiled king Gagik II . He was either a younger family member or kinsman. Ashot , son of Hovhannes (son of Gagik II), was later governor of Ani under

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1430-470: The 21st century. Aside from his unmarried elder brother Irakli, Davit is the heir male of the Bagrationi family, while the bride's father is the most senior descendant of the last Bagrationi to reign over the united kingdom of eastern Georgia . The marriage between Nugzar Gruzinsky's heiress and the Mukhrani heir may resolve their rivalry for the claim to the throne. Prince Davit and Princess Ana became

1495-604: The Armenians by Baghdad in 885. Recognition from Constantinople followed in 886. In an effort to unify the Armenian nation under one flag, the Bagratids subjugated other Armenian noble families through conquests and fragile marriage alliances. Eventually, some noble families such as the Artsrunis and the Siunis broke off from the central Bagratid authority, founding the separate kingdoms of Vaspurakan and Syunik , respectively. Ashot III

1560-799: The Bagrationi Dynasty, King of Imereti (western Georgia). Irakli is a son of David Bragationi and Irina Kobakhidze, born 10 July 1982 in Terjola, Imereti, Georgia. He is the future successor and head of the House of Bagrationi-Imereti. Irakli has been recognized by the Patriarch of Georgia , as well as the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople , as well as the Unione della Nobiltà Bizantina (Ένωση της Βυζαντινής ευγένειας). Prince Nugzar 's daughter, Princess Ana ,

1625-709: The Brilliant (1299–1302, 1314–1346), but the eight onslaughts of the Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur between 1386 and 1403 dealt a great blow to the Georgian kingdom. About a century later, its unity was finally shattered by two rival Turkic federations; the Kara Koyunlu , and the Ak Koyunlu . By 1490/91, the once powerful monarchy fragmented into three independent kingdoms – Kartli (central to eastern Georgia), Kakheti (eastern Georgia), and Imereti (western Georgia) – each led by

1690-681: The Byzantine and Seljuk empires throughout the 11th century, flourished under David IV the Builder (1089–1125), who repelled the Seljuk attacks and essentially completed the unification of Georgia with the re-conquest of Tbilisi in 1122. With the decline of Byzantine power and the dissolution of the Great Seljuk Empire, Georgia became one of the pre-eminent nations of the Christian East , her pan-Caucasian empire stretching, at its largest extent, from

1755-656: The Family Council and the Mukhraneli dynastic titles. The Bagration-Gruzinsky line, although junior to the Princes of Mukhrani genealogically, reigned over the kingdom of Kakheti , re-united the two realms in the kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti in 1762, and did not lose sovereignty until Russian annexation in 1800. Prince Nugzar Petrovich Bagration-Gruzinski (born 1950) is the most senior known patrilineal descendant of Kartli-Kakheti's last king, George XII , and is, as such, head of

1820-645: The Headship of the Royal House of Georgia. In 1942 Prince Irakli (Erekle) Bagrationi-Mukhraneli , of the genealogically senior branch of the dynasty, proclaimed himself head of the Royal House of Georgia. He founded the Union of Georgian Traditionalists in exile. His second wife, Maria Antonietta Pasquini, daughter of Ugo, Count di Costafiorita, bore him a son and heir , but died in childbirth in February 1944. In August 1946

1885-636: The Horse" or the commander of the cavalry (although this appears to have been purely ceremonial and not an actual military command), and tagadir , which indicated their privilege of crowning Arshakuni kings upon their accession to the throne. Their domain included the region of Sper in the Çoruh River valley of Upper Armenia , which was famous for its gold and silver, and Tayk . The medieval Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi claimed they had an ancestor, Smbat, who came to Armenia from Judea in 6th century BCE, but modern historians regard this as an invention to give

1950-547: The Kakhetian branch of the dynasty which, although genealogically junior to the Mukhranelis, has reigned more recently over a part of Georgia, not having lost the throne of a Georgian kingdom until 1800. Nugzar is a theatrical and cinema director, while his father, Prince Petre Bagration-Gruzinski (1920–1984), was a poet, and authored "Song of Tiflis". As Nugzar has no male issue, Prince Evgeny Petrovich Gruzinsky (1947-2018),

2015-498: The Merciful transferred their capital to the city of Ani , now famous for its ruins. They kept power by playing off the competition between the Byzantine Empire and the Arabs. They assumed the Persian title of "King of Kings" ( Shahanshah ). However, with the start of the 10th century and on, the Bagratunis broke up into different branches, fragmenting the kingdom in a time when unity

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2080-631: The Russians marched into Tbilisi. Negotiations of terms were still in process, when Paul signed a manifesto on December 18, 1800, unilaterally declaring the annexation of Kartli-Kakheti to the Russian Empire. This proclamation was kept secret until the death of King George on December 28. His eldest son, the Tsarevich Davit , had been formally acknowledged as heir apparent by Emperor Paul on 18 April 1799, but his accession as king after his father's death

2145-510: The Safavid royal capital of Isfahan for an extensive period spanning over 100 years, from 1618 to 1722. Despite being seated in Kartli starting from 1632, Rostom Khan , in particular, served as Isfahan's darugha for 40 years. Additionally, he appointed deputies to represent him in the Safavid capital. The line of Imereti, incessantly embroiled in civil war, continued with many breaks in succession, and

2210-506: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.132 via cp1112 cp1112, Varnish XID 393456744 Upstream caches: cp1112 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 05:48:07 GMT Bagratuni dynasty The Bagratuni or Bagratid dynasty ( Armenian : Բագրատունի , Armenian pronunciation: [bagɾatuni] ) was an Armenian royal dynasty which ruled

2275-570: The decline of the power of the Mamikonians at the same time as the Bagratunis gained in prominence, as the Muslim governors favored the latter. During the collapse of Umayyad rule in 748, the Bagratuni ishkhan Ashot III reluctantly joined with the other Armenian nobles in a revolt against Arab rule. Ashot was blinded on the orders of Grigor Mamikonian after trying to withdraw from the rebellion, which failed after Grigor's death in 749. Ashot "the Blind"

2340-503: The dynasty claimed descent from the biblical king and prophet David and came from Israel around 530 AD . The tradition had it that of seven refugee brothers of the Davidic line , three of them settled in Armenia and the other four arrived in Kartli (also known as Iberia ), where they intermarried with the local ruling houses and acquired some lands in hereditary possession, with one of

2405-535: The early-19th century. While the 3rd article of the 1783 Treaty of Georgievsk guaranteed continued sovereignty for the Bagrationi dynasty and their continued presence on the Georgian throne, the Russian Empire later broke the terms of the treaty and fully annexed the protectorate. The dynasty persisted within the Russian Empire as an Imperial Russian noble family until the 1917 February Revolution . The establishment of Soviet rule in Georgia in 1921 forced some members of

2470-520: The failed rebellion, the Bagratunis lost control of their domains of Tmorik , Kogovit and their possessions in Vaspurakan, although their losses were less severe than those of the other Armenian noble families. Smbat VII's son Ashot Msaker restored the fortunes of the dynasty in the 9th century by waging war against the local Arab emir while remaining loyal to the Abbasid caliphs. Ashot Msaker (re-)acquired

2535-583: The family is related to the House of Borbón , the House of Wittelsbach , the House of Habsburg-Lorraine , and the House of Romanov . A member of this branch, Princess Leonida Georgievna Bagration-Moukhransky , married Vladimir Cyrillovich, Grand Duke of Russia , and became the mother of one of the claimants to the Romanov legacy, Maria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia . The overwhelming majority of regnant and non-regnant Royal Houses recognize Prince Davit's claim to

2600-571: The family to accept demoted status and loss of property in Georgia. Other members relocated to Western Europe , but some Bagrations repatriated after Georgia regained independence in 1991. The earliest Georgian forms of the dynastic name are Bagratoniani , Bagratuniani and Bagratovani , changed subsequently into Bagrationi. These names as well as the Armenian Bagratuni and the modern designation Bagratid mean "the children of Bagrat " or "the house of/established by Bagrat", Bagrat being

2665-423: The first ruler of Iberia from the Bagratuni dynasty c. 813. This branch of the dynasty would rule as kings of Georgia for centuries as the Bagrationis . Ashot I , nephew of Bagrat II , was the first member of the dynasty to rule as King of Armenia. He was recognized as prince of princes by the court at Baghdad in 861, which provoked war with local Arab emirs. Ashot won the war, and was recognized as King of

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2730-415: The four brothers, Guaram (died in 532), founding a line subsequently called Bagrationi after his son Bagrat. A successor, Guaram , was installed as a presiding prince of Iberia under the Byzantine protectorate, receiving on this occasion the Byzantine court title of Kouropalates in 575. Thus, according to this version, began the dynasty of the Bagrationis, who ruled until 1801. This tradition enjoyed

2795-505: The great-great-grandson of Bagrat's younger brother Ilia (1791–1854), who lived in the Russian Federation , was considered to be an heir presumptive within the same primogeniture principle. But he died without issue and no male descent (recorded and official) is left in the Gruzinsky branch except Nugzar himself. Despite basing his claim on male primogeniture, Nugzar argues in favor of having his eldest daughter, Anna , designated as his heir. Various sources present three different lines as

2860-445: The hands of their powerful suzerains. In this period, in order to receive investiture from their suzerains, as a necessary prequisite, many Georgian rulers converted to Islam. Individuals from the Georgian royal family and nobility were frequently chosen for prominent administrative roles within the Safavid state. Members of the Muslim royals from the Bagrationi dynasty, amongst others, held the esteemed position of darugha ("prefect") of

2925-424: The head of the House of Imereti, potential claimants to the long-defunct Kingdom of Imereti , the last of the three Georgian kingdoms to lose its independence in 1810. The male line descending from the deposed David II of Imereti became extinct in 1978 when Prince Constantine Imeretinski died. He was survived by three daughters of his older brother. However, Prince Nugzar Petrovich Bagration-Gruzinski claims that

2990-408: The headship of the Imereti branch had – for one reason or another – transferred in the early 20th century to a cadet branch descending from an older son of Prince Bagrat of Imereti . Regardless, this branch died out in the male line in 1937 and in the female line in 2009. The third claim names another branch descending from Prince Bagrat's younger natural son. This line survives in the male line and

3055-412: The hereditary nobility of Armenia—in the early 4th century. The Arshakuni (Arsacid) dynasty , which ruled Armenia from 52 to 428, granted the family heritable rights. The first Bagratuni prince identified by Toumanoff, Smbat I, lived at the time of the Armenian conversion to Christianity ( c.  314 ). Starting with Smbat, the Bagratunis held the hereditary titles of aspet , meaning "Master of

3120-437: The kingdom was only relatively spared from the encroachments of its Ottoman suzerains, while Kartli and Kakheti were similarly subjected to its Persian overlords, whose efforts to annihilate the fractious vassal kingdoms were in vain, and the two eastern Georgian monarchies, survived to be reunified in 1762 under King Erekle II , who united in his person both the Kakhetian and Kartlian lines, the latter surviving in male descent in

3185-514: The lines of Kartli , Tao , and Klarjeti – frequently struggling with each other and with neighboring rulers. The Kartli line prevailed; in 888, with Adarnase I , it restored the indigenous Iberian royal authority dormant since 580. His descendant Bagrat III was able to consolidate his inheritance in Tao-Klarjeti and the Abkhazian Kingdom , due largely to the diplomacy and conquests of his energetic foster-father David III of Tao . This unified monarchy maintained its precarious independence from

3250-399: The myth of their biblical origin helped to maintain their legitimacy and became a major ideological pillar of their millennium-long rule of Georgia. The generation-by-generation history of the Bagrationi dynasty begins only in the late 8th century. Toumanoff claimed that the first Georgian branch of the Bagratids may be traced as far back as the 2nd century AD, when they were said to rule over

3315-508: The old dynasty's princes and supporters, as historians and jurists debated which Bagrationi has the strongest hereditary right to a throne that has been vacant for two centuries. Although some monarchists support the Gruzinsky branch's claim, others — including most Royal Houses — support that of the re-patriated Mukhraneli branch. Both branches descend from the medieval kings of Georgia down to Constantine II of Georgia who died in 1505, and continue as unbroken, legitimate male lines into

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3380-526: The parents of a boy on 27 September 2011, Prince Giorgi Bagration Bagrationi , who, in his person, potentially unites the Mukhraneli and Gruzinsky claims. If no other Bagrationi prince is born in either the Gruzinsky or Mukhraneli branch who is of senior descent by primogeniture, and he survives those now living, Prince Giorgi will become the heir male of the House of Bagrationi and the heir general of George XIII of Kartli-Kakheti . Principality of Iberia Too Many Requests If you report this error to

3445-459: The princedom of Odzrkhe in what is now southern Georgia. The Odzrkhe line, known in the medieval annals as the Bivritianis, lasted until the 5th century AD. They cannot, however, be considered the direct ancestors of the later Bagratids who eventually restored Georgian royal authority. Pavle Ingorokva suggested that the Bagrations were a branch of the Pharnavazid dynasty of the Kingdom of Iberia . The Bagrationi family had grown in prominence by

3510-444: The progenitors of the Georgian royal Bagrationi dynasty . The name "Bagratuni" derives from Bagarat (Բագարատ), a Parthian variant of the Old Iranian name Bagadata ("God-given"). Historian Cyril Toumanoff speculated that a general of King Tigranes II of Armenia ( r.  95 – 55 BCE ) named Bagadates may have been the earliest known member of the Bagratuni family, which first emerged as nakharars —members of

3575-466: The region. After the death of Erekle in 1798, his son and successor, King George XII , renewed a request for protection from Emperor Paul I of Russia , and urged him to intervene in the bitter dynastic feud among the numerous sons and grandsons of the late Erekle. Paul offered to incorporate the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti into the Russian Empire, while reserving to its native dynasty a degree of internal autonomy – essentially, mediatisation , and in 1799

3640-453: The reigns of David IV the Builder (1089–1125) and of his great-granddaughter Tamar the Great (1184–1213) inaugurated the Georgian Golden Age in the history of Georgia. After fragmentation of the unified Kingdom of Georgia in the late 15th century, the branches of the Bagrationi dynasty ruled the three breakaway Georgian kingdoms, the Kingdom of Kartli , the Kingdom of Kakheti , and the Kingdom of Imereti , until Russian annexation in

3705-408: The time the Georgian monarchy ( Caucasian Iberia ) fell to the Sassanid Persian Empire in the 6th century, and the leading local princely families were exhausted by Arab attacks. The rise of the new dynasty was made possible by the extinction of the Guaramids and the near-extinction of the Chosroids , the two earlier dynasties of Iberia with whom the Bagratids extensively intermarried, and also by

3770-448: The two kingdoms in a personal union as the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti , becoming the first Georgian ruler to preside over a politically unified eastern Georgia in three centuries. At about the same time, Karim Khan Zand had ascended the Iranian throne; Erekle II quickly tendered his de jure submission to the new Iranian ruler, however, de facto , he remained autonomous throughout the entire Zand period. Erekle II ( Hercules ) achieved

3835-404: The wedding lay in the fact that, amidst the turmoil in political partisanship that has roiled Georgia since its independence in 1991, Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia publicly called for the restoration of the monarchy as a path toward national unity in October 2007. Although this led some politicians and parties to entertain the notion of a Georgian constitutional monarchy , competition arose among

3900-468: The widower married Princess María Mercedes de Baviera y Borbón , a granddaughter of King Alfonso XII , and daughter of Don Fernando de Baviera y Borbón , who had renounced his royal rights in Bavaria to become a naturalised infante in Spain. Beginning in the 1990s, senior members of the Bagrationi-Mukhraneli descendants began re-patriating to Georgia from Spain, ending generations of exile. Irakli's elder son, Prince Georgi Bagrationi-Mukhraneli ,

3965-428: Was eventually acknowledged in various peace treaties with Iran and the Ottomans and the remaining Georgian territories were absorbed by the Russian Empire in a piecemeal fashion in the course of the 19th century. In the Russian Empire , the Bagrationis became a prominent family of aristocrats. The most famous was Prince Pyotr Bagration , a great-grandson of King Jesse of Kartli who became a Russian general and hero of

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4030-459: Was needed in the face of Seljuk and Byzantine pressure. The rule of the Ani branch ended in 1045 with the conquest of Ani by the Byzantines. The Kars branch of the family held out until 1064. The junior Kiurikian branch of the Bagratunis continued to rule as independent kings of Tashir-Dzoraget until 1118 and Kakheti-Hereti until 1104, and thereafter as rulers of smaller principalities centered on their fortresses of Tavush and Matsnaberd until

4095-431: Was not recognized. On September 12, 1801, Emperor Alexander I of Russia formally re-affirmed Paul’s determination, deposing the Bagrationi dynasty from the Georgian throne. Although divided among themselves, some of the Bagrationi princes resisted Russian annexation, trying to instigate rebellion. Most of them were subsequently arrested and deported from Georgia. The reign of the House of Imereti came to an end less than

4160-474: Was officially recognized by government and church leaders when he brought his father's remains from Spain to rest with those of his ancestors in Svetitskhoveli Cathedral at Mtskheta in 1995, and moved to Tbilisi in 2005, where he died. His eldest son, Prince Irakli ( Erekle ), born in 1972, deferred his dynastic claim to his younger brother, Prince Davit (born 1976). Thus, Prince Davit — who moved to Tbilisi and reclaimed his Georgian citizenship — became Head of

4225-414: Was restored to nominal rule as ishkhan after the Abbasids reestablished Arab rule of Armenia in 750. In 774-775 sparapet Smbat VII Bagratuni led the Armenian nobility in an unsuccessful revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate , although part of the Bagratuni house opposed the rebellion. Smbat was killed at the Battle of Bagrevand along with Mushegh Mamikonian and many other Armenian nobles. After

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