George Bagration of Mukhrani, Giorgi Bagration-Mukhraneli ( ka, გიორგი ბაგრატიონ-მუხრანელი) or Prince Georgi Alexandrovich Bagration-Mukhranski ( – 29 September 1957) was a

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nobleman, and a titular head of the

House of Mukhrani The House of Mukhrani is a Georgian princely family that is a branch of the former royal dynasty of Bagrationi, from which it sprang early in the 16th century, receiving in appanage the domain of Mukhrani, in the Kingdom of Kartli. The family — ...

, a collateral branch of the former royal dynasty of Bagrationi.

Biography

George was born in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

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, the son of Prince

Alexander Bagration of Mukhrani Prince Alexander Bagration, The Prince of Mukhrani ( ka, ალექსანდრე ბაგრატიონ-მუხრანელი, tr, ''Alek’sandre Bagration-Mukhraneli''; russian: Александр Ираклиевич Багр� ...

and Princess Maria

née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...

Golovatcheva. He was educated at the

Page Corps The Page Corps (russian: Пажеский корпус; french: Corps des Pages) was a military academy in Imperial Russia, which prepared sons of the nobility and of senior officers for military service. Similarly, the Imperial School of Jurisprud ...

. He married, in July 1908, Helena Sigismundovna,'' née'' Złotnicka-Nowina (

Tiflis Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million pe ...

, – Madrid, 25 April 1979), daughter of Czeslaw-Zygmunt Dimitrievich Złotnicki ( Borszczewka,

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

, Russia, 2 June 1849 - ?) and wife Princess Mariam Elisabarovna Eristova of

Ksani The Ksani (, , ''Ĉysandon'') is a river in central Georgia, which rises on the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range in South Ossetia and flows into the Kura (''Mtkvari''). It is long, and has a drainage basin of .

(Georgia, Russia, 1858 - 1934), a remote descendant of the 18th-century Georgian king

Erekle II Heraclius II ( ka, ერეკლე II), also known as Erekle II and The Little Kakhetian ( ka, პატარა კახი ) (7 November 1720 or 7 October 1721 C. ToumanoffHitchins, KeithHeraclius II. ''Encyclopædia Iranica Online edit ...

, paternal granddaughter of Dimitri Antonovich Złotnicki (1805 - 14 December 1865, son of Antoni Polikarp Złotnicki and wife Elisaveta Dmitrievna Norova) and wife Celestina Celestinovna Trzeciak (daughter of Celestin Melchiorovich Trzeciak and wife Elisaveta Beinarovicza), maternal granddaughter of Prince Elisabar Giorgievich Eristov of Ksani (1810 - 1872, son of Prince Shanse Eristov-Ksansky and wife Princess Elena Ivanovna Orbeliani) and wife Princess Kethevan Shalvaevna Eristova (1826 - ?, daughter of Prince Shalva Revazovich Eristov-Ksansky and wife Princess Ekaterina Aslanovna Orbeliani). George Bagration served as a marshal of the Council of Nobility of

Dusheti Dusheti () is a town in Georgia (country), Georgia, the administrative center of Dusheti Municipality, in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti mkhare, region, 54 km northeast of the nation's capital of Tbilisi. History Dusheti is on both banks of the small ...

in Georgia from 1916 to 1917. After the

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, he hailed independent Georgia and fought against the

Bolsheviks The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...

during the

Russian Civil War , date = October Revolution, 7 November 1917 – Yakut revolt, 16 June 1923{{Efn, The main phase ended on 25 October 1922. Revolt against the Bolsheviks continued Basmachi movement, in Central Asia and Tungus Republic, the Far East th ...

. George chose to stay in Georgia rather than follow his wife and children in exile following the

Sovietization Sovietization (russian: Советизация) is the adoption of a political system based on the model of soviets (workers' councils) or the adoption of a way of life, mentality, and culture modelled after the Soviet Union. This often included ...

of the country in 1921. He was, nevertheless, arrested by the

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authorities in 1930, but was soon released through the efforts of the Russian writer

Maxim Gorky Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (russian: Макси́м Го́рький, link=no), was a Russian writer and social ...

. George Bagration left the Soviet Union and joined his family in their

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an exile. He finally settled in

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in 1944. His son,

Irakli Irakli, Irakly ( ka, ირაკლი), or Erekle ( ka, ერეკლე) is a Georgian version of the Greek name Heracles, and is a popular masculine name in Georgia. Notable people with these names include: Erekle *Erekle I, Prince of Mukhra ...

, was energetically involved in Georgian political émigré activities. One of his daughters, the second one,

Leonida Leonida is a given name and a surname which may refer to: * Leonida Bagration of Mukhrani (1914-2010), wife of Vladimir Kirillovich, Grand Duke of Russia, a pretender to the Russian throne * Leonida Barboni (1909–1970), Italian film cinematogra ...

, married Vladimir Cyrillovich Romanov, Pretender to the Russian throne; the other, Maria, homesick, returned to

Soviet Georgia The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Georgian SSR; ka, საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, tr; russian: Грузинская Советская Соц� ...

, but was arrested in 1948 and had to spend eight years in exile in

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. She died in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the ...

in 1992. George Bagration of Mukhrani died in

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, Spain, in 1957. His remains were brought back to Georgia by his grandson

Jorge de Bagration Jorge de Bagration y de Mukhrani or Giorgi Bagration-Mukhraneli or George Bagration of Mukhrani ( ka, გიორგი (ხორხე) ბაგრატიონ-მუხრანელი, tr; 22 February 1944 – 16 January 2008) was a S ...

in 1995 and interred at the Cathedral of Living Pillar at

Mtskheta Mtskheta ( ka, მცხეთა, tr ) is a city in Mtskheta-Mtianeti province of Georgia. It is one of the oldest cities in Georgia as well as one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the World. Itis located approximately north of T ...

. Mamaladze, Gaioz (2006-05-08)
ბაგრატიონებმა სამშობლოში დაბრუნების სამი წლისთავი აღნიშნეს (Bagrationis celebrate the third anniversary of their return to homeland)
. ''The Georgian Times''. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.

Ancestors

References

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George Bagration of Mukhrani George Bagration of Mukhrani, Giorgi Bagration-Mukhraneli ( ka, გიორგი ბაგრატიონ-მუხრანელი) or Prince Georgi Alexandrovich Bagration-Mukhranski ( – 29 September 1957) was a Georgia (country), Georg ...

Nobility of Georgia (country) Nobility from Saint Petersburg Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Spain