Bagrationi dynasty
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The Bagrationi dynasty is a royal dynasty which reigned in Georgia from the Middle Ages until the early 19th century, being among the oldest extant Christian ruling dynasties in the world. In modern u
David III of Tao depicted on a bas-relief from the Oshki Monastery.
King David IV.
General Pyotr Bagration
Giorgi Bagrationi in 2025.
George XII
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George XII, contemporaneously known as George XIII, of the Bagrationi dynasty, was the second and last king of the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 1798 until his death in 1800.
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…Russia, as he sought to re-establish Persia's traditional suzerainty over the region. After the death of Erekle in 1798, his son and successor, King George XII, renewed a request for protection from Emperor Paul I of Russia, and urged him to intervene in the bitter dynastic feud among the numerous sons and…
Portrait by Joseph Goetting, c. 1800
Mariam Tstitsishvili, second wife of King George XII
Drawing of King George XII in a book given to servants exempting them from taxes, 1799. Picture taken from exhibit at the Museum of Gremi, Georgia
Crown of George XII, made of gold and decorated with 145 diamonds, 58 rubies, 24 emeralds and 16 amethysts. It took the form of a circlet surmounted by ornaments and eight arches. A globe surmounted by a cross rested on the top of the crown.