Prince Archil of Imereti
| Prince Archil of Imereti | |
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| Died | 6 October 1775 |
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| Father | Alexander V of Imereti |
| Mother | Tamar Abashidze |
| Religion | Georgian Orthodox Church (Catholicate of Abkhazia) |
Archil (Georgian: არჩილი, romanized: archili; died 6 October 1775) was a Georgian royal prince (batonishvili) of the Bagrationi dynasty of Imereti.[1]
Biography
[edit]Prince Archil was a younger son of King Alexander V of Imereti by his wife, Tamar Abashidze and a brother of King Solomon I of Imereti. From 1769 to 1770, he commanded an Imeretian force against the Mingrelians around Khoni and, in July 1775, raided Atskuri in the Pashalik of Akhaltsikhe.[1] Archil died at Kaskhi in 1775.[2]
Family
[edit]In 1772 Archil married Princess Helen of Georgia, a daughter of King Heraclius II of Georgia.[1] The marriage was political, forced upon Helen, who was in love with Prince Zakaria Andronikashvili.[2] Archil and Helen had three children.[1]
- Princess Barbare (1771–1815), who was married to Prince David Tsulukidze;
- Solomon II of Imereti (born David) (1772–1815), the last King of Imereti (r. 1789–1790, 1792–1810);
- Princess Mariam (1775–1854). She married, first, in 1795, Prince Melkisedek (Malkhaz) Andronikashvili (1773–1822) and had a son, Ivane, the future general in the Russian service. Mariam's second husband was Prince Leon Aleksandrovich Dadiani (1774–1847); they had no children.
Archil also had an illegitimate son:
- Prince Mamuka (fl. 1796–1840). He took part in an Imeretian revolt against the Russian rule in 1819 and then fled to Turkey. His children were: Mariam (born 1805), Alexander (fl. 1835), Archil (fl. 1815–1851), and Tekle (born 1817).
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 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. 90.
- 1 2 Tukhashvili, Lovard (1975). "ზაქარია ანდრონიკაშვილი [Zakaria Andronikashvili]" [Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia]. ქართული საბჭოთა ენცილოპედია (in Georgian). Vol. 1. Tbilisi. p. 450.
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