| House of Mukhrani | |
|---|---|
.svg) Coat of arms of the House of Mukhrani | |
| Parent house | Bagrationi dynasty |
| Country | Kingdom of Kartli Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti |
| Founded | 1512 |
| Founder | Bagrat I of Mukhrani |
| Current head | David Bagration of Mukhrani |
| Final ruler | Constantine IV of Mukhrani |
| Titles | Prince 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 — currently the seniormost genealogical line of the entire Bagrationi dynasty[1] — has since been known as Mukhranbatoni (Georgian: მუხრანბატონი lit. 'Princes (batoni) of Mukhrani').
An elder branch of the house of Mukhrani, now extinct, furnished five royal sovereigns of Kartli between 1658 and 1724. Its descendants bore the Imperial Russian titles of Prince Gruzinsky (Грузи́нский, გრუზინსკი) and Princes Bagration (Багратион, ბაგრატიონი). Another branch, presiding in Mukhrani as tavadi and received among the princely nobility of Russia under the name of Bagration of Mukhrani (Bagration-Mukhransky; Багратион-Мухранский; Bagration-Mukhraneli, ბაგრატიონ-მუხრანელი), still flourishes and has, since 1957, claimed to be the Royal House of Georgia by virtue of being the genealogically eldest surviving line of the Bagrationi dynasty.[1] David Bagration of Mukhrani has been the head of this house since January 16, 2008.[2][3]
- ^ a b Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. "Burke’s Royal Families of the World: Volume II Africa & the Middle East, 1980, pp. 58-67. ISBN 0-85011-029-7
- ^ Toumanoff, Cyril (1967). Studies in Christian Caucasian History, p. 269. Georgetown University Press.
- ^ Toumanoff, Cyril (1949–51). The Fifteenth-Century Bagratids and the Institution of Collegial Sovereignty in Georgia. Traditio 7: 201.