David of Kakheti | |
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Ruler of Mukhrani | |
Reign | 1626–1648 |
Predecessor | Kaikhosro |
Successor | Vakhtang II |
Born | c. 1612 |
Died | 1648 Magharo |
Burial | |
Spouse | Elene Diasamidze |
Issue among others... | Heraclius I of Kakheti Ketevan of Kakheti |
Dynasty | Bagrationi dynasty |
Father | Teimuraz I of Kakheti |
Mother | Khorashan of Kartli |
Religion | Georgian 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.