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Signature of Ioane on the Treaty of Georgievsk.

Ioane ( Georgian: იოანე მუხრანბატონი, Ioane Mukhranbatoni) (12 December 1755 – 1 October 1801) was a Georgian diplomat and military commander. As the head of the Mukhrani branch of the royal Bagrationi dynasty of Kartli, he was Prince ( batoni) of Mukhrani and ex officio commander of the Banner of Shida Kartli and Grand Master of the Household (msakhurt-ukhutsesi) at the court of Georgia from 1778 to 1801.

Biography

Ioane was a son of Prince Constantine III of Mukhrani. He succeeded to the headship of the House of Mukhrani on the retirement of his relative, Simon. He was a son-in-law and senior official of King Heraclius II of Georgia. In 1783, Ioane signed, together with Prince Garsevan Chavchavadze, the Treaty of Georgievsk whereby Georgia was promised Russian protection [1] and preservation of its throne under the House of Bagrationi. [2] From 1786 to 1795, he was a military governor of the Erivan Khanate, Georgia's tributary state. He was responsible for putting down a revolt against Heraclius' hegemony in the Nakhichevan Khanate in 1786 and commanded elements of Georgian troops at the disastrous battle against the Iranian invasion of Tbilisi in 1795. [3] [4]

Family

Prince Ioane was married to Princess Ketevan of Georgia, daughter of King Heraclius II. They had 7 children: [5]

  • Constantine IV of Mukhrani (1782–1842)
  • Teimuraz Bagration of Mukhrani (1784–1833)
  • Grigol Bagration of Mukhrani (1787–1861)
  • Barbare Bagration of Mukhrani (1790–1843)
  • David Bagration of Mukhrani (1793–1878)
  • Tamar Bagration of Mukhrani (1798–1851)
  • Irakli Bagration of Mukhrani (1800–1816)

References

  1. ^ Gvosdev, Nikolas K. (2000). Imperial policies and perspectives towards Georgia, 1760–1819. New York: Palgrave. p. 55. ISBN  0312229909.
  2. ^ Treaty of Georgievsk, 1783 Archived 2018-03-16 at the Wayback Machine. PSRZ, vol. 22 (1830), pp. 1013-1017. Translated from the Russian by Russell E. Martin, Ph.D., Westminster College.
  3. ^ Dumin, S.V., ed. (1996). Дворянские роды Российской империи. Том 3. Князья [Noble families of the Russian Empire. Volume 3: Princes] (in Russian). Moscow: Linkominvest. p. 58.
  4. ^ Gechua, V. (1984). "იოანე მუხრანბატონი [Ioane Mukhranbatoni]". ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედია, ტ. 7 [Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, Vol. 7]. Tbilisi. p. 231.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
  5. ^ Metreveli, Roin, ed. (2003). ბაგრატიონები. სამეცნიერო და კულტურული მემკვიდრეობა [Scientific and Cultural Heritage of the Bagrationis] (in Georgian and English). Tbilisi: Neostudia. p. Table 8. ISBN  99928-0-623-0.
Preceded by Prince of Mukhrani
1778–1801
Succeeded by