Ioane ( ka, იოანე მუხრანბატონი, ''Ioane Mukhranbatoni'') (12 December 1755 – 1 October 1801) was a Georgian diplomat and military commander. As the head of the

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branch of the royal

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, he was Prince ('' batoni'') of

and ''

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'' commander of the

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and Grand Master of the Household (''msakhurt-ukhutsesi'') at the court of Georgia from 1778 to 1801.

Biography

Ioane was a son of Prince Constantine III of Mukhrani. He succeeded to the headship of the House of Mukhrani on the retirement of his relative,

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. He was a son-in-law and senior official of King

Heraclius II of Georgia Heraclius II, also known as Erekle II ( ka, ერეკლე II) and The Little Kakhetian ( ka, პატარა კახი, link=no ; 7 November 1720 or 7 October 1721 Cyril_Toumanoff.html" ;"title="ccording to Cyril Toumanoff">C. Touman ...

. In 1783, Ioane signed, together with Prince

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, the

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whereby Georgia was promised

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protection and preservation of its throne under the House of Bagrationi.
Treaty of Georgievsk, 1783
''. PSRZ, vol. 22 (1830), pp. 1013-1017. Translated from the Russian by Russell E. Martin, Ph.D., Westminster College. From 1786 to 1795, he was a military governor of the

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, Georgia's tributary state. He was responsible for putting down a revolt against Heraclius' hegemony in the

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in 1786 and commanded elements of Georgian troops at the disastrous battle against the Iranian invasion of Tbilisi in 1795.ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედია, ტ. 7/ Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, Vol. 7
(1984), იოანე მუხრანბატონი oane Mukhranbatoni(in Georgian). Tbilisi. p. 231.

Family

Prince Ioane was married to Princess Ketevan of Georgia, daughter of King Heraclius II. They had 7 children: *

Constantine IV of Mukhrani Constantine IV ( ka, კონსტანტინე IV მუხრანბატონი, ''Konstantine IV Mukhranbatoni''; , ''Konstantin Ivanovich Bagration-Mukhransky'') (1782 – 7 September 1842) was the head of the House of Mukhrani, Mu ...

(1782–1842) *Teimuraz Bagration of Mukhrani (1784–1833) * Grigol Bagration of Mukhrani (1787–1861) *Barbare Bagration of Mukhrani (1790–1843) *David Bagration of Mukhrani (1793–1878) *Tamar Bagration of Mukhrani (1798–1851) *Irakli Bagration of Mukhrani (1800–1816)

References

{{s-end 1755 births 1801 deaths House of Mukhrani Diplomats for Georgia (country) Generals from Georgia (country)