Giorgi Bagrationi ( ka, გიორგი ბაგრატიონი; (born 27 September 2011), is a

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

prince of the

Bagrationi dynasty The Bagrationi dynasty (; ) is a royal dynasty which reigned in Georgia from the Middle Ages until the early 19th century, being among the oldest extant Christian ruling dynasties in the world. In modern usage, the name of the dynasty is sometim ...

, which reigned until the early 19th century in Georgia and its successive realms.

Family

Born in Spain, Giorgi is the only child of Prince David Bagration-Mukhrani and Princess

Anna Bagration-Gruzinsky Princess Ana Nugzaris asuli Bagration-Gruzinsky ( ka, ანა ნუგზარის ასული ბაგრატიონი გრუზინსკი; born 1 November 1976) is a batonishvili, royal princess of the Gruzinsky branch o ...

, born to their (only) civil marriage in 2010 (their religious marriage had been contracted in February 2009 and was dissolved in August 2009). He potentially unites in his person the claims of the Mukhraneli and

Gruzinsky Gruzinsky (russian: Грузинский; ka, გრუზინსკი) was a title and later the surname of two different princely lines of the Bagrationi dynasty of Georgia, both of which received it as subjects of the Russian Empire. The n ...

branches of the House of Bagration to the former throne of the

Kingdom of Georgia The Kingdom of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს სამეფო, tr), also known as the Georgian Empire, was a medieval Eurasian monarchy that was founded in circa 1008 AD. It reached its Golden Age of political and economic ...

. If no other Bagrationi prince is born in either the Gruzinsky or Mukhraneli branch who is of senior descent in the

male line Patrilineality, also known as the male line, the spear side or agnatic kinship, is a common kinship system in which an individual's family membership derives from and is recorded through their father's lineage. It generally involves the inheritan ...

, and he survives those now living, he will become the

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of the Bagrationi dynasty as well as the

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of Georgia's last monarch, King George XII. He is also the direct descendant of

Mirian III of Iberia Mirian III ( ka, მირიან III) was a king of Iberia or Kartli (Georgia), contemporaneous to the Roman emperor Constantine the Great ( r. 306–337). He was the founder of the royal Chosroid dynasty. According to the early medieval Geo ...

, the first Christian king of Georgia. Since the divorce of Giorgi's parents, he has been pictured in attendance at several civic and religious events with his father. On 2 April 2016, accompanying Prince David, Giorgi visited and was photographed in Tbilisi with the

Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia '' Catholicos-Patriarch'' has been the title of the heads of the Georgian Orthodox Church since 1010. The first Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia was Melkisedek I (1010–1033). In the 15th century the Georgian Orthodox Church was divided into t ...

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, who had christened him.

Succession dispute

Prince

Nugzar Bagration-Gruzinsky Prince Nugzar Petres dze Bagration-Gruzinsky ( ka, ნუგზარ პეტრეს ძე ბაგრატიონ-გრუზინსკი) (born 25 August 1950, in Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic) is the head of the depo ...

has, however, yet to officially recognize his grandson as the heir to the Georgian throne or to the Gruzinsky branch. Nugzar has demanded that David sign a written agreement recognizing Nugzar and the Gruzinsky branch as the sole rightful heirs to the Georgian throne and to the legacy of the Georgian kings.

Christening

Giorgi's christening was held on 3 November 2013 by Patriarch Ilia II, primate of the

Georgian Orthodox Church The Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს სამოციქულო ავტოკეფალური მართლმადიდებელი ეკლესია, tr), commonly ...

, in

Svetitskhoveli Cathedral The Svetitskhoveli Cathedral ( ka, სვეტიცხოვლის საკათედრო ტაძარი, ''svet'icxovlis sak'atedro t'adzari''; literally the Cathedral of the Living Pillar) is an Orthodox Christian cathedral located ...

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 ...

. His godfathers are the patriarch himself, his uncles Irakli and

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, Levan Vasadze, said to be closely associated with ex-Prime Minister

Bidzina Ivanishvili Bidzina Ivanishvili ( ka, ბიძინა ივანიშვილი, also known as Boris Grigoryevich Ivanishvili ; born 18 February 1956) is a Georgia (country), Georgian politician, billionaire businessman and philanthropist, who serv ...

and the President

Giorgi Margvelashvili Giorgi Margvelashvili ( ka, გიორგი მარგველაშვილი; born 4 September 1969) is a Georgian academic and politician who was the fourth President of Georgia, in office from 17 November 2013 to 16 December 2018. ...

, and Mikheil Akhvlediani, the honorary consul of Spain. Government ministers

Irakli Alasania Irakli Alasania ( ka, ირაკლი ალასანია) (born 21 December 1973) is a Georgian politician, soldier and former diplomat who served as the Minister of Defense of Georgia from 2012 to 2014. He was Georgia's Ambassador to th ...

and Nodar Khaduri were also present during the ceremony as well as guests from Russia, Serbia, Spain, Portugal, Italy, United States, Austria and Romania. Patriarch

Ilia II of Georgia Ilia II ( ka, ილია II, tr), also transliterated as Ilya or Elijah (born 4 January 1933), is the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia and the spiritual leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church. He is officially styled as ''Catholicos-Patriar ...

stated: Prince

after the christening of his grandson said: Giorgi's godfather Mr Levan Vasadze made a statement after his christening:

Honours

*Grand Collar of the Order of the Eagle of Georgia and the Seamless Tunic of Our Lord Jesus Christ (at birth). *Grand Cross of the Order of th
Royal Order of the Crown of the Georgia Kingdom
(27 September 2013). *Honorary Inspector of the

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.Грузинский принц стал почетным инспектором испанской полиции
Грузия Online

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bagrationi, Giorgi 2011 births Nobility from Madrid Living people Georgian princes Royal children Bagrationi dynasty of the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti House of Mukhrani Pretenders to the Georgian throne Eastern Orthodox Christians from Georgia (country)

Family

Succession dispute

Christening

Honours

See also

References