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5 unusual facts about Bagrationi dynasty


Ilia II of Georgia

On October 7, 2007, Ilia II he publicly called, in his sermon, to consider establishing a constitutional monarchy under the Bagrationi dynasty which had been dispossessed by the Russian Empire of the Georgian crown early in the 19th century.

Name of Georgia

The idea of all-Georgian unity also dominated history-writing of the early 18th-century Georgian scholar and a member of the royal family, Prince Vakhushti, whose Description of the Kingdom of Georgia (agtsera sameposa sakartvelosa) had a noticeable influence on the latter-day conception of Sakartvelo.

Nizam al-Mulk

Even after his death his family continued to play an important in the Seljuq Empire, one of these was his son, Ahmad ibn Nizam al-Mulk, who was born to a Georgian princess from the Bagrationi dynasty.

Salome Zurabishvili

In course of the Georgian presidential election in 2008, Salome Zurabishvili and many other politicians in opposition agreed to the Patriarch of Georgia Ilia II's indicated support to the establishment of a constitutional monarchy under the Bagrationi dynasty.

Zachary of Georgia

Before that Zachary was the bishop of Nekresi in 1613-1623 and was the bishop of the Georgian royal Bagrationi dynasty.


Constantine IX Monomachos

At the time of Constantine's death in January 1055, the emperor had another mistress, a certain "Alan princess", probably Irene, daughter of the Georgian Bagratid prince Demetrius.


see also

Alexander IV

Alexander IV of Imereti (died 1695), of the Bagrationi Dynasty, king of Imereti (western Georgia)

Nugzar Bagration-Gruzinsky

On 18 December 2007, Nugzar met with Kristiina Ojuland, the Vice-President of the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) at the Mariott-Tbilisi Hotel in which Ojuland "paid homage to the Bagrationi dynasty, which has made an extraordinary contribution in support of Georgia".