George Bagration of Mukhrani

Prince George Bagration

Born| (1884-07-16)16 July 1884
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died| 29 September 1957(1957-09-29) (aged 73)
Madrid, Spain
Burial|

Svetitskhoveli Cathedral

Spouse| Helena Złotnicka h. Nowina
Issue| Prince Irakli Bagration of Mukhrani
Princess Maria Bagration of Mukhrani
Princess Leonida, Grand Duchess of Russia
Father| Prince Alexander Bagration of Mukhrani
Mother| Maria Golovatcheva

George Bagration of Mukhrani, Giorgi Bagration-Mukhraneli (Georgian: გიორგი ბაგრატიონ-მუხრანელი) or Prince Georgi Alexandrovich Bagration-Mukhranski (28 July [O.S. 16 July] 1884 – 29 September 1957) was a Georgian nobleman, and a titular head of the House of Mukhrani, a collateral branch of the former royal dynasty of Bagrationi.

## Biography[edit]

George was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, the son of Prince Alexander Bagration of Mukhrani and Princess Maria Bagration of Mukhrani née Golovatcheva. He was educated at the Page Corps. He married, in July 1908, Helena Sigismundovna Złotnicka-Nowina [or Złotnicka herbu Nowina] (Tiflis, 10 April [O.S. 29 March] 1886 – Madrid, 25 April 1979), daughter of Czeslaw-Zygmunt Dimitrievich Złotnicki h. Nowina (Borszczewka, Congress Poland, Empire of Russia, 2 June 1849 – ?), aka Count Złotnicki-Nowina,[1] and wife Princess Mariam Elisabarovna Eristova of Ksani (Georgia, Empire of Russia, 1858-1934), a remote descendant of the 18th-century Georgian king Erekle II,[citation needed], daughter of Prince Elisabar Giorgievich Eristov of Ksani (son of Prince Shanse Eristov-Ksansky and wife Princess Elena Ivanovna Orbeliani) and wife Princess Kethevan Shalvaevna Eristova (daughter of Prince Shalva Revazovich Eristov-Ksansky and wife Princess Ekaterina Aslanovna Orbeliani).[2][3]

George Bagration served as a marshal of the Council of Nobility of Dusheti in Georgia from 1916 to 1917. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, he hailed independent Georgia and fought against the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War. George chose to stay in Georgia rather than follow his wife and children in exile following the Sovietization of the country in 1921. He was, nevertheless, arrested by the Soviet authorities in 1930, but was soon released through the efforts of the Russian writer Maxim Gorky. George Bagration left the Soviet Union and joined his family in their European exile. He finally settled in Spain in 1944. His son, Irakli, was energetically involved in Georgian political émigré activities. One of his daughters, the second one, Leonida, married Vladimir Cyrillovich Romanov, Pretender to the Russian throne; the other, Maria, homesick, returned to Soviet Georgia, but was arrested in 1948 and had to spend eight years in exile in Magadan. She died in Tbilisi in 1992.

George Bagration of Mukhrani died in Madrid, Spain, in 1957. His remains were brought back to Georgia by his grandson Jorge de Bagration in 1995 and interred at the Cathedral of Living Pillar at Mtskheta.[4]

## Ancestors[edit]

Ancestors of George, Prince Bagration of Mukhrani

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| 8\. Constantine IV, Prince of Mukhrani|

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| 17\. Princess Ketevan of Georgia

| 4\. Prince Iraklij Konstantinovich Bagrationi of Mukhrani|

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| 9\. Princess Maria-Charoschan Zedginidze-Gouramischvili|

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| 2\. Prince Alexander Bagration of Mukhrani|

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| 10\. Prince Ivan Zakharovich Argutinsky-Dolgorukov|

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| 5\. Princess Katharina Ivanovna Argutinsky-Dolgorukov|

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| 11\. Princess Nina Tumanishvili|

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| 1\. George, Prince Bagration of Mukhrani|
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| 24\. Alexey Ivanovich Golovachev

| 12\. Zakhar Alexeievich Golovachev|

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| 6\. Dmitri Zakharovitch Golovachev|

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| 13\. Varvara Alexandrovna Ivina|

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| 3\. Maria Dmitrievna Golovacheva|

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| 28\. Friedrich Leonhard (Fedor) von Hessen

| 14\. Georg (Egor Fedorovich) von Hessen|

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| 29\. Elisabeth Sidonia von Toll

| 7\. Leonida Georgievna von Hessen|

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| 30\. Reinhold Peter (Roman Petrovic) van Scheltinga

| 15\. Elisaveta Reingoldovna van Scheltinga|

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| 31\. Wilhelmine Henriette (Mina Andreyevna) von Nettelhorst

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## References[edit]

1. ^ "Exiled Romanov princess goes home". The Sydney Morning Herald. June 5, 2010. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
2. ^ "Burke's Royal Families of the World: Europe and Latin America
3. ^ "Noble Families of the Russian Empire", Volume IV, The Princes of the Kingdom of Georgia
4. ^ (in Georgian) Mamaladze, Gaioz (2006-05-08), ბაგრატიონებმა სამშობლოში დაბრუნების სამი წლისთავი აღნიშნეს (Bagrationis celebrate the third anniversary of their return to homeland) Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine. The Georgian Times. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.

Georgian royalty

Preceded by

Alexander Bagration of Mukhrani (father)

|  Head of the House of Mukhrani
1918—1957  | Succeeded by

Irakli Bagration of Mukhrani (son)