Bagration-Davitashvili
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Bagration-Davitishvili is a Georgian
family, a cadet branch of the Kakheti
an line of the Bagrationi royal dynasty.In turn, Kakhetian line descents from George VIII (I), last king of united Georgian kingdom and first king of Kakheti. Their ancestry traces back to the Kakhetian prince Davit whose father, Demetre, was blinded by his brother Avgiorgi after the latter killed his reigning father Alexander I of Kakheti
, and usurped the crown in 1511. The Bagration-Davitishvili fled Kakheti to the neighboring Georgian kingdom of Kartli
where they persisted as a princely family. After the annexation of Georgia by Imperial Russia, the family, in the person of Solomon Bagration-Davitishvili, was confirmed in princely dignity on December 21, 1849. As one can see, the Bagrationi-Davitishvili family is direct descendant of last king of united Georgian kingdom George VIII (a.k.a. George I of Kakheti) and, thus, its members may be considered as fair pretendents for Georgian throne.
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
family, a cadet branch of the Kakheti
Kakheti
Kakheti is a historical province in Eastern Georgia inhabited by Kakhetians who speak a local dialect of Georgian. It is bordered by the small mountainous province of Tusheti and the Greater Caucasus mountain range to the north, Russian Federation to the Northeast, Azerbaijan to the Southeast, and...
an line of the Bagrationi royal dynasty.In turn, Kakhetian line descents from George VIII (I), last king of united Georgian kingdom and first king of Kakheti. Their ancestry traces back to the Kakhetian prince Davit whose father, Demetre, was blinded by his brother Avgiorgi after the latter killed his reigning father Alexander I of Kakheti
Alexander I of Kakheti
Alexander I , of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 1476 to 1511. Alexander's pliancy and flexible diplomacy earned him security from the neighboring powers, only to be murdered by his own son George II "the Bad".- Biography :Alexander was appointed by his father...
, and usurped the crown in 1511. The Bagration-Davitishvili fled Kakheti to the neighboring Georgian kingdom of Kartli
Kartli
Kartli is a historical region in central-to-eastern Georgia traversed by the river Mtkvari , on which Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, is situated. Known to the Classical authors as Iberia, Kartli played a crucial role in ethnic and political consolidation of the Georgians in the Middle Ages...
where they persisted as a princely family. After the annexation of Georgia by Imperial Russia, the family, in the person of Solomon Bagration-Davitishvili, was confirmed in princely dignity on December 21, 1849. As one can see, the Bagrationi-Davitishvili family is direct descendant of last king of united Georgian kingdom George VIII (a.k.a. George I of Kakheti) and, thus, its members may be considered as fair pretendents for Georgian throne.