Prince David of Kakheti

David of Kakheti
David in sketch by the contemporary Italian missionary Cristoforo Castelli.
Ruler of Mukhrani
Reign1626–1648
PredecessorKaikhosro
SuccessorVakhtang II
Bornc. 1612
Died1648
Magharo
Burial
SpouseElene Diasamidze
Issue
among others...
Heraclius I of Kakheti
Ketevan of Kakheti
DynastyBagrationi dynasty
FatherTeimuraz I of Kakheti
MotherKhorashan of Kartli
ReligionGeorgian Orthodox Church
Khelrtva

David, (Georgian: დავითი) also known by the hypocorism Datuna (Georgian: დათუნა) (c. 1612 – 1648), was a prince (batonishvili) of the royal house of Kakheti, a kingdom in eastern Georgia. He was the only son of King Teimuraz I of Kakheti to have survived into adulthood. He fathered the future King Heraclius I of Kakheti, who continued the royal line of the Kakhetian Bagrationi. From 1627 until his death in battle with the pro-Persian Georgian ruler Rostom of Kartli, he held sway over the fief of Mukhrani, whose princely rulers had been dispossessed by Teimuraz I.