Kaikhosro ( ka, ქაიხოსრო მუხრანბატონი, ''K'aikhosro Mukhranbatoni''; died 3 October 1629) was a Georgian ''

tavadi ''Tavadi'' ( ka, თავადი, "prince", lit. "head/chief" an from ka, თავი ''tavi'', "head", with the prefix of agent ''-di'') was a feudal title in Georgia (country), Georgia first applied in the Late Middle Ages usually trans ...

'' ("prince") of the

House of Mukhrani The House of Mukhrani is a Georgia (country), 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 Kart ...

, a collateral branch of the royal

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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 rol ...

. He was Prince ('' Mukhranbatoni'') of

Mukhrani Mukhrani ( ka, მუხრანი, originally Mukhnari ��უხნარი i.e., "oak-grove") is a historical lowland district in eastern Georgia (country), Georgia, currently within the borders of Mtskheta-Mtianeti mkhare, region, north o ...

, ''

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'' commander of the

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, and regent of Kartli from 1625 to 1626. During the

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in 1626, Kaikhosro sided with Giorgi Saakadze against Teimuraz I of Kakheti and followed him into exile in the

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, where they both, after three years of military service, were accused of treason and put to death.

Biography

Kaikhosro was a son of Vakhtang I, and a younger brother of Teimuraz I, on whose death at the battle of Marabda against

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he succeeded to the fief of Mukhrani in 1625. Kaikhosro was allied with the warlord Giorgi Saakadze, who helped him to become regent of Kartli during the anti-Iranian rebellion to the chagrin of his rival Zurab, Duke of Aragvi. Zurab, suspicious of the tandem's designs and inclined to believe that his brother Giorgi, who was married to Kaikhosro's daughter, was part of a plot against him, had Giorgi blinded and made an alliance with Teimuraz I of Kakheti, whom Saakadze tried to prevent from acceding to the throne of Kartli. The split in the ranks of Georgian nobility degenerated to a civil war in 1626. Saakadze and Kaikhosro were defeated by Teimuraz and his party at Bazaleti and fled to the Ottoman Empire, where they entered the sultan's military service. Mukhrani was taken over by Teimuraz I and given in possession to his son

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, while children and nephews of Kaikhosro took refuge in western Georgia, in the

Kingdom of Imereti The Kingdom of Imereti ( ka, იმერეთის სამეფო, tr) was a Georgian monarchy established in 1455 by a member of the house of Bagrationi when the Kingdom of Georgia was dissolved into rival kingdoms. Before that time, I ...

. Saakadze and Kaikhosro both fell victim to intrigues at the Ottoman court. They were accused of treason and beheaded at the order of

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in 1629.

Marriage and children

Prince Kaikhosro was married to Tinatin (died 1627), daughter of Mamia II Gurieli, Prince of Guria. They had three sons and three daughters: * Prince Ashotan (died 1697), Prince of Mukhrani (1688–1692). * Prince Bagrat (). He was married to Ketevan, daughter of Prince Paremuz Amilakhvari, with two sons, Svimon and Nikoloz (the future bishop of

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). His posterity flourished until 1795. * Prince Domenti (died 1676), Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia as Domentius III (1660–1676). * Princess Dedisimedi (died 1671). She was married to Papuna Tsitsishvili (died 1663), Prince of Lower Satsitsiano. * Princess Elene (died after 1675). She was married to Giorgi (died after 1647), son of Nugzar I, Duke of Aragvi. * Princess Tinatin. She was married to Prince Elizbar Davitishvili.

References

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