- Alexander Bagration of Mukhrani
Alexander Bagration of Mukhrani ( _ka. ალექსანდრე ბაგრატიონ-მუხრანელი, "Alek’sandre Bagration-Mukhraneli"; _ru. Александр Ираклиевич Багратион-Мухранский, "Aleksandr Iraklyevich Bagration-Mukhransky") (
July 20 1853 –October 30 1918 ) was a Georgian nobleman, and head of the princelyHouse of Mukhrani , a collateral branch of the former royal dynasty ofBagrationi . A general in theImperial Russia n service and member of thetsar Nicholas II ’s immediate circle, he was killed by theBolsheviks in the post-revolution turmoil in Russia.Alexander was born to Prince Irakli Bagration of Mukhrani and Princess Ketevan née
Argutinsky-Dolgorukov in the village of Mchadijvari, Georgia, then part of the Russian Empire. Educated at Nikolaevsky Cavalry School, he entered the Russian military service in 1874 and took part in theRusso-Turkish War (1877-1878) . He was promoted to colonel in 1893 and served in theCaucasus military district until 1902, when he was appointed commander of theNizhny Novgorod dragoon regiment.In 1903, Prince Alexander succeeded on the death of his cousin Konstantin as Head of the Princely House of Mukhrani. Next year, he was made
major-general and placed in command of theLeib Guard cavalry regiment. In 1905, he was appointed major-general "à la suite" to Tsar Nicholas II. He was a member of theState Duma of the Russian Empire and promoted tolieutenant-general in 1917. After the Bolshevik coup d’etat, he attempted to make his way to his native Georgia, but was captured by the Red Guards in theNorth Caucasus and killed during a mass murder of Imperial army officers inPyatigorsk in October 1918. [ka icon Mamaladze, Gaioz (2006-05-08 ), [http://www.geotimes.ge/index.php?m=home&newsid=1133&lang=geo ბაგრატიონებმა სამშობლოში დაბრუნების სამი წლისთავი აღნიშნეს (Bagrationis celebrate the third anniversary of their return to homeland)] . "The Georgian Times". Retrieved on2008-05-24 .]Alexander Bagration of Mukhrani survived by his wife Maria née Golovatcheva (1855-1932), who died as an émigré in
Nice ,France , and by his two children – Prince George and Princess Nina. He outlived two of his children – Prince Kyrion (died in infancy in 1898) and Princess Maria (1882-1893). His granddaughter
Leonida, widow ofVladimir Cyrillovich, Grand Duke of Russia , is the current titular Dowager Empress of Russia. [Buyers, Christopher (2008). [http://www.4dw.net/royalark/Georgia/mukhran4.htm The Bagration-Mukhrani dynasty.] "Royal Ark". Retrieved on2008-05-24 .]References
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