Saturday 20 February 2010

GEORGIA

The Bagrationi are probably the most ancient European noble family and trace their ancestry to Armenian nobles who lived in the 3rd century. Possibly Bagarata, a general of King Tigranes the Great of Armenia (+ 56 BC) is their oldest ancestor. In the 9th century the family became Kings of Armenia (until 1045) and Iberia, which was united with the kingdom of Abkhazeti and named Georgia after King Giorgi I (+ 1027). In the 13th century the country was split in the kingdoms of Imereti, Kakheti and Kartli. The last two were only reunited in 1762 by King Irakli II. Only to be annexed by Russia in 1800. Imereti was ceded to Russia by its last King Solomon II in 1810.
The line of the Kings of Georgia (Kakheti and Kartli) was believed to be extinct with the death of Aleksandré Mikhailovitch Prince Grouzinsky in 1931 and Prince Giorgi Alexandrovitch Bagration-Moukhransky of a junior line claimed the headship of the Royal House of Georgia. The last Prince Imeretinsky died in 1978. However after the fall of communism it became clear that descendants of Irakli II had survived in Georgia. The senior male representative is Nugzar Petrovitch Prince Grouzinsky. In 2009 the two main royal lines joined through the marriage of David Giorgievitch Prince Bagration-Moukhransky and Anna, the elder of the two daughters of Nugzar.

1. Giorgi Davidovitch Prince Bagration-Moukhransky * 27-9-2011

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2. David Giorgievitch Prince Bagration-Moukhransky, since 2008 Head of the Royal family of Georgia * Madrid 24-6-1976
x Tbilissi 8-2-2009 (separated ..-12-2013)
3. Anna Nugzarovna Princess Grouzinskaya * Tbilissi 1-11-1976

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4. Giorgi Iraklievitch Prince Bagration-Moukhransky, since 1977 Head of the Royal family of Georgia * Rome 22-2-1944 + Tbilissi 16-1-2008
xI Nice 10-3-1968 (divorced 1977)
5. Maria de las Mercedes de Zornoza y Ponce de León * Madrid 14-8-1942 + 17-3-2020
6. Nugzar Petrovitch Prince Grouzinsky * Tbilissi 25-9-1950; Pretender to the Georgian throne as representative of the oldest line of the family
x 10-2-1971
7. Leyla Georgievna Kipiani * Tbilissi 16-7-1947

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8. Irakly Giorgievitch Prince Bagration-Moukhransky, since 1957 Head of the Royal family of Georgia* Tiflis 21-3-1909 + Madrid 28-11-1977
xII Rome 20-6-1940
9. Maria Antonietta dei Conti Pasquini * San Angelo in Vado 26-4-1911 + Rome 22-2-1944
10. José de Zornoza * ...
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11. Maria de las Mercedes Ponce de León y Puicercus * ... + Madrid 28-2-2008
12. Petr Petrovitch Prince Grouzinsky * 28-3-1920 + 13-8-1984; Poet
xII 14-9-1944
13. Liya Dmitrievna Mgeladze * 19-8-1926
14. Georgi Kipiani * …
x …
15. N.N.

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16. Giorgi Alexandrovitch Prince Bagration-Moukhransky, since 1931 Head of the Royal family of Georgia * St.Petersburg 16/28-7-1884 + Madrid 1-10-1957
x Tiflis ..-7-1908
17. Elena Złotnicka * Tiflis 29-3/10-4-1886 + Madrid 25-4-1979
18. Ugo since 17-5-1934 Conte Pasquini * San Angelo in Vado 19-3-1890 + Massa Cozzile 13-9-1963
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19. Enrichetta Gastaldi * ... + 28-11-1971
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25. Tamara Alexandrovna Dekanozishvili/Dekanozova * 1897 + 1977
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32. Aleksandré Iraklievitch Prince Bagration-Moukhransky * Tiflis 20-7/1-8-1853 ++ Piatigorsk 30-10/12-11-1918
x Tiflis 25-10/6-11-1881
33. Maria Dimitrievna Golovatcheva * Tiflis 11/23-10-1855 + Nice 12/25-6-1932
34. Czeslaw-Zygmunt Złotnicki * ... + ...
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35. Maria Elisabarovna Princess Eristova * ... + ...
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49. Elena Zakharievna Princess Tarkhan-Moouravi * ... + Tiflis 1903
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64. Irakli Konstantinovitch Prince Bagration-Moukhransky * 1813 + 1892; Zn van Konstaniné Ivanovitch Prince B.-M. en Maria Khorashan Zaalovna Princess Guramova
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65. Ekaterina Ivanova Princess Argoutinskaja-Dolgoroukaja (Mkhardgrdzéli-Arghoutashvili) * 1813 + 1880?; Dr van Ivan Zakharovitch Prince A.-D. en Nina Princess Tumanova
66. Dimitri Zakharovitch Golovatchev * 13-1-1822 + 4-11-1886; Zn van Zakhar Alexeievitch G. en Varvara Alexandrovna Ivina
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67. Leonida Egorovna Hessen * ... + ...; Dr van Egor von H. en Elisaveta Reingoldovna van Scheltinga
68. Dimitri Antonovitch Złotnicki * 1805 + 14-12-1865; Zn van Anton Z. en Elisaveta Dmitrievna Norova
x …
69. Celestina Trzeciak * … + …; Dr van Celestin Melchiorovitch T. en Elisaveta Beinarovicza
70. Elisbar Giorgievitch Prince Eristov * … + …; Zn van Shanse Prince E. en Elena Ivanovna Vorstin Orbeliani
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71. Kethevan Princess Eristova-Ksanskaya * … + …; Dr van Shalva Revazovitch Prince E.-K. en Ekaterina Aslanovna Princess Orbeliani
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96. Bagrat Prince of Georgia * 8/20-5-1776 + St.Petersburg 8/20-5-1841; Zn van Giorgi XII King of G. and Kethevan Princess Andronikachvili
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97. Ekaterina Princess Iroubakidze-Tcholokaieva * 1780 + St.Petersburg 30-6/12-7-1831; Dr van Dourmchikhan Prince I.-T.
98. Zakhar Prince Tarkhan-Moouravi * ...; Zn van
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Sources:
Burke´s Royal Families of the World: Africa and the Middle East
Libro d´Oro della Nobilta Italiana

3 comments:

  1. We have a handwritten letter and russian notes given to my Grandad when serving in the Engliah cavalry in Jerusalem and dated 1944, it is written and signed by Prince Michael N Grouzinsky. How would we find out more about him?

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  2. Burke´s Royal Families of the World Vol. II mentions on page 68 a Mikhail Nikolaievitch Prince Grouzinsky who was born on 28-11/10-12-1886 and married a lady Brojozovska. No more details are given, just that he went into exile.

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  3. Apparently he died in Jeruzalem on January 1st 1945, source a newspaper clipping, acessible through ancestry.com.

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