Princess Kristine de Bagration-Mukhrani (née Kristine Dzidziguri; 20 September 1989) is a Georgian sociologist, fashion model, and former beauty pageant contestant. She is a member of the House of Mukhrani, a branch of the Bagrationi dynasty, through her marriage to

Prince Juan de Bagration-Mukhrani Prince Juan Jorge de Bagration-Mukhrani (born 18 August 1977) is a Spanish-born Georgian prince and member of the House of Mukhrani of the Bagrationi dynasty and a distant relation to the Spanish royal family. Early life and family Prince J ...

Early life

Princess Kristine was born on 20 September 1989 in

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, Georgia.

Education and career

She studied French culture and civilization at the Sorbonne before returning to Tbilisi to study sociology. In 2008 she was awarded the title of Vice Miss Georgia. She was first-runner up at the 2010 Miss Georgia contest. After Miss Georgia she competed in the

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pageant. She is one of the highest paid models in Georgia, signed with City Models, and has frequently posed for

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Personal life

In 2014 she met

, a member of the House of Mukhrani, a branch of the Bagrationi dynasty which formally ruled Georgia until it was conquered by the

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. They were married in a civil ceremony on 10 May 2014 in

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. They began planning a religious ceremony, but were delayed due to a halt in political and social negotiations and because of Prince Juan's father, Prince Bagrat de Bagration y de Baviera,'s declining health. His father died on 20 March 2017, and the couple decided to allow a one-year mourning period before organizing the wedding. On 3 June 2018 they married in a

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ceremony at Svetitskhoveli Cathedral. The day before the wedding, they had received a blessing from Ilia II of Georgia, the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia. A reception was held at the

Palace of Mukhrani Palace of Mukhrani ( ka, მუხრანის სასახლე) was a seat of the princely House of Mukhrani. It is located in Mukhrani, in the eastern part of Georgia. History The main building was designed in 1873 by the French archi ...

. After their wedding the couple honeymooned in Indonesia, where they attended the Tomohon International Flower Festival. While in Indonesia they also made an official visit to the

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References

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