Gruzinsky (russian: Грузинский; ka, გრუზინსკი) was a title and later the surname of two different princely lines of the

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, both of which received it as subjects of the

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. The name "Gruzinsky" (also spelled Gruzinski or Gruzinskii) derives from the Russian language, originally and literally meaning "of Georgia". Of the two lines, the younger one is the only line that still exists.

Elder line

The "Elder House" of Princes Gruzinsky was an offshoot 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 — ...

that was dispossessed of the throne of

Kartli Kartli ( ka, ქართლი ) is a historical region in central-to-eastern Georgia traversed by the river Mtkvari (Kura), on which Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, is situated. Known to the Classical authors as Iberia, Kartli played a crucial role ...

in 1726. The line descended from Prince

Bakar of Georgia Bakar ( ka, ბაქარი) (June 11, 1699 or April 7, 1700 – February 1, 1750) was a Georgian royal prince (''batonishvili'') of the Mukhrani branch of the Bagrationi dynasty and served as regent of the Kingdom of Kartli (eastern Georgia) ...

(1699/1700-1750), who had removed to Russia in 1724, and it became extinct with the death of

Pyotr Gruzinsky Prince Pyotr Nikolayevich Gruzinsky ( ka, პეტრე ნიკოლოზის ძე გრუზინსკი; russian: Пётр Николаевич Грузинский; literally "Peter of Georgia"; 1837–1892) was a Georgian ...

(1837–1892). The family had estates in the

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and Nizhegorod, and it was confirmed among the princely nobility of Russia in 1833.

Toumanoff, Cyril Cyril Leo Toumanoff (russian: Кирилл Львович Туманов; 13 October 1913 – 4 February 1997) was a Russian-born Georgian historian and genealogist who mostly specialized in the history and genealogies of medieval Georgia, Armenia, ...

(1967). ''Studies in Christian Caucasian History'', p. 269.

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Younger line

The "Younger House" of Princes Gruzinsky (Bagrationi-Gruzinski) is an offshoot of the House of

Kakheti Kakheti ( ka, კახეთი ''K’akheti''; ) is a region (mkhare) formed in the 1990s in eastern Georgia from the historical province of Kakheti and the small, mountainous province of Tusheti. Telavi is its capital. The region comprises eigh ...

(after 1462) and of Kartli (after 1744). The title of Prince(ss) Gruzinsky (Serene Prince safter 1865) was conferred upon the grandchildren of the penultimate 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 ...

(1720/1-1798), after the

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in 1801. Descendants of Prince

Bagrat Bagrat ( hy, Բագրատ, in Western Armenian pronounced Pakrad, ka, ბაგრატ) is a male name popular in Georgia and Armenia. It is derived from the Old Persian ''Bagadāta'', "gift of God". The names of the Armenian Bagratuni and ...

(1776–1841), grandson of Erekle II and son of the last king of Georgia,

George XII George XII ( ka, გიორგი XII, ''Giorgi XII''), sometimes known as George XIII (November 10, 1746 – December 28, 1800), of the House of Bagrationi, was the second and last King of the Kingdom of Kartl-Kakheti in eastern Georgia from ...

(1746–1800), still survive in Georgia. The current head of this family,

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 ...

(born 1950), claims the legitimate headship of the

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(also claimed by the genealogically senior line of Bagrations of Mukhrani) based on male

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descent from the last king of Kartli-Kakheti in eastern Georgia. As Nugzar has no male issue,

Yevgeny Petrovich Gruzinsky Yevgeni, Yevgeny, Yevgenii or Yevgeniy (russian: Евгений), also transliterated as Evgeni, Evgeny, Evgenii or Evgeniy, is the Russian form of the masculine given name Eugene. People with the name include: :''Note: Occasionally, a person may b ...

(born 1947-died 17 July 2018), the great-great grandson of

's younger brother Ilia (1791–1854), who lived in the

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, was considered to be Nugzar's

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within the primogeniture principle. Yevgeny died without issue. Nugzar himself argues in favor of having his eldest daughter, Ana, designated as his heir in accordance with the Georgian dynastic law of "''Zedsidzeoba''" according to which every child of Princess Ana would inherit eligibility for dynastic succession through their mother, thus continuing the elder line of George XII.The Legal Heir to the Royal Throne of the Georgian Bagrationi Dynasty
Retrieved 2013-08-02.

References

External links

* {{Commons category-inline, Gruzinsky
Bagrationi-Gruzinski website
Bagrationi dynasty of the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti Russian noble families Branches of the Bagrationi dynasty House of Mukhrani