Constantine I ( ka, კონსტანტინე I მუხრანბატონი, ''Konstantine I Mukhranbatoni'') ( – 1667) was a
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prince and the head of the
Mukhrani branch of the royal
Bagrationi dynasty of
Kartli. He was Prince (''
Mukhranbatoni'') of
Mukhrani and ''
ex officio
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'' commander of the
Banner
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of
Shida Kartli from 1658 to 1667.
Constantine I was the second son of
Teimuraz I, by his wife Ana, daughter of
Nugzar,
Duke of Aragvi of the
House of Sidamoni. He was born between 1618 and 1622. In 1658, Constantine succeeded as Prince of Mukhrani his elder brother
Vakhtang, who became King of Kartli on the death of his adopted father,
Rostom, the last in the main male line of the Bagrationi of Kartli.
On this occasion, Vakhtang, as a vassal of
Safavid Persia
Safavid Iran or Safavid Persia (), also referred to as the Safavid Empire, '. was one of the greatest Iranian empires after the 7th-century Muslim conquest of Persia, which was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty. It is often conside ...
, converted to Islam, but Constantine remained Christian. He is buried at the
Cathedral of Mtskheta.
Constantine married Darejan, daughter of Prince Ghuana
Abashidze (died 1667) and had the following children:
*
Teimuraz II (1649–1688), Prince of Mukhrani.
*
Papua (1651 – February 1717), Prince of Mukhrani.
* Davit (1667 – 5 November 1728). His only known daughter, Darejan, married Prince Parsadan
Tsitsishvili.
*
Erekle (1666–1723), Prince of Mukhrani.
* Kristepore (fl. 1683 – 1700), Archbishop.
* Tatia (fl. 1661–1664), second wife of
Bagrat V of Imereti
Bagrat V ( ka, ბაგრატ V) (1620–1681), of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Imereti, whose troubled reign in the years of 1660–61, 1663–68, 1669–78, and 1679–81, was marked by extreme instability and feudal anarchy in the k ...
.
*
Tamar (died 1683), married, successively,
Levan III Dadiani Levan III Dadiani ( ka, ლევან III დადიანი), born Shamadavle (შამადავლე) (died 1680) was Prince of Mingrelia, of the House of Dadiani, from 1661 to 1680. His reign unfolded against the background of a series ...
, Prince of Mingrelia, then Bagrat V of Imereti, her sister's former husband, and, finally,
Giorgi III Gurieli Giorgi III Gurieli ( ka, გიორგი III გურიელი; died 1684), of the Georgian House of Gurieli, was Prince of Guria from 1669 to 1684 and King of Imereti from 1681 to 1683. He was energetically involved in civil wars in western ...
, Prince of Guria and sometime King of Imereti.
References
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Year of birth unknown
1667 deaths
House of Mukhrani
17th-century people from Georgia (country)