Prince David of Georgia

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Prince David of Georgia
Alexander Nevsky Monastery
SpouseElene Abamelik
HouseBagrationi
FatherGeorge XII of Georgia
MotherKetevan Andronikashvili
ReligionGeorgian Orthodox Church
KhelrtvaPrince David of Georgia's signature

David Bagrationi (

Kartl-Kakheti
, eastern Georgia, from December 28, 1800 to January 18, 1801.

The eldest son of the last Kartli-Kakhetian, King

Heir Apparent by his father on February 22, 1799 and confirmed by the Russian Tsar Paul I, an official protector of Georgia, on 18 April 1799. In 1800, he attempted to modernize the law and administration. He became a lieutenant general
the same year.

On his father's death in December 1800, David became the head of the Royal House of

St Petersburg under a military escort on February 18, 1803. From 1812 to 1819, he held a seat in the Senate
of the Russian Empire.

He married in 1800 Princess Elene

Alexander Nevsky Monastery
.

Influenced by the ideas of French Enlightenment, he was the first Georgian translator of Voltaire. He was also an author of a research on Georgian history (Georgian, 1814), Review of the Georgian Law (Russian, 1811—1816), Abridged Manual of Physics (Georgian, 1818), and several poems.

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