Bagrat I, Prince of Mukhrani
| Bagrat | |
|---|---|
| Prince of Mukhrani | |
| Reign | 1512–1539 |
| Predecessor | Established |
| Successor | Vakhtang I |
| Died | c. 1540 |
| Spouse | Elene |
| Issue | Vakhtang I Dedisimedi Ashotan I Archil |
| House | House of Mukhrani |
| Father | Constantine II of Georgia |
| Mother | Tamar |
Bagrat, Prince of Mukhrani (Georgian: ბაგრატ I მუხრანბატონი, Bagrat I Mukhranbatoni), (c. 1487 – c. 1540) was the third son of King Constantine II of Georgia, of the Bagrationi dynasty, and the founder of the House of Mukhrani.
Biography
Constantine II, king of Georgia now reduced to that of Kartli, made all of his sons, Bagrat among them, his co-kings, as is indicated by the position of the royal style after his name in the royal acts.[1] Unlike his two elder brothers, however, David X and George IX, Bagrat never came to the throne of Kartli. Bagrat received in appanage the princedom of Mukhrani and the title of High Constable of Upper Kartli in reward for his vital assistance to his brother David X against the aggression from George II, a neighboring Georgian Bagratid ruler of Kakheti, in 1512. Bagrat withheld a Kakhetian siege of his fortress on the river Ksani and forced George II to withdraw. In 1513, he captured George in an ambush and put in prison where the king died, leaving Kakheti vulnerable to Bagrat's raids.[2][3]
In 1539, Bagrat resigned and took holy orders under the name of Barnaba. He authored a polemical work A Story of Religion of Ismaelite Infidels (მოთხრობაჲ სჯულთა უღმერთოთა ისმაილიტთაჲ), a Christian apology critical of Islam.[2]
Family
Bagrat was married to a certain Elene. He had ten children:
- Vakhtang I (c. 1510–1580), Prince of Mukhrani from 1539 to 1580 and regent of Kartli from 1569 to 1579;
- Archil (died 25 November 1582);
- Ashotan I (died 1561), co-Prince of Mukhrani from 1539 to 1561, and father of Saint Ketevan the Martyr;
- Heraclius (1527–1556), married Princess Elene, daughter of Levan of Kakheti;
- Ioanatan (fl. 1548–1572);
- Princess Guldapar (died c. 1572);
- Iotam (died after 1572);
- Alexander (fl. 1550–1604);
- Teodora (died after 1572);
- Dedisimedi (died c. 1595), married Kaikhosro II Jaqeli, Atabeg of Samtskhe.
References
- ^ Toumanoff, Cyril (1949–51). The Fifteenth-Century Bagratids and the Institution of Collegial Sovereignty in Georgia. Traditio 7: 215.
- ^ a b Guchua, V.; Oniani, Sh. (1977). "ბაგრატ მუხრანბატონი" [Bagrat Mukhranbatoni]. ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედია [Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia] (in Georgian). Vol. 2. Tbilisi. p. 132.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Rayfield, Donald (2012). Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia. London: Reaktion Books. p. 165. ISBN 978-1780230306.