Alexander Gruzinsky

Alexander Gruzinsky
Alexander by Aleksey Antropov
Born	1726
Died	1791
Spouse	Daria Menshikova
Issue	Georgy Gruzinsky Ana Gruzinsky Galitzine Darejan-Daria Gruzinsky
Dynasty	Bagrationi dynasty
Father	Prince Bakar of Kartli
Mother	Ana Eristavi
Religion	Georgian Orthodox Church

Alexander, son of Bakar (Georgian: ალექსანდრე ბაქარის ძე) or Aleksandr Bakarovich Gruzinsky (Russian: Александр Бакарович Грузинский) (1726–1791) was a Georgian royal prince. Born in Russia into the Mukhrani branch of the Georgian royal dynasty, Alexander is known for his unsuccessful attempt to reclaim the crown of Georgia from his dynastic relatives ruling Eastern Georgia. At the request of Heraclius II, Alexander was deported back to Russia where he was held in confinement by the Russian authorities until his death. In Russia, Alexander bore the surname of Gruzinsky, meaning "Georgian".

Alexander was the son of Bakar, Crown Prince who had followed his father Vakhtang VI, the king of Kartli, into exile to Russia in 1724. Alexander was born and raised in Russia. After incomplete studies at the Moscow University, he enrolled into the Page Corps and then joined the Imperial Russian army, attaining the rank of a Captain-Poruchik.

After Bakar's death, Alexander renewed his family's claims to the lost throne of Kartli, now held by their cousins from the neighbouring Kakheti. Alexander's unsanctioned attempts to make his way to Georgia, combined with his support of the Tsar Peter III of Russia, led to his fall from favour with the new Russian empress Catherine II of Russia. In 1766, the Russian government freed Alexander of his allegiance to Russia, depriving him of his military rank, and arranged his travel to the Caucasus. This came a year after Alexander's half-uncle, Prince Paata, was executed for plotting a coup against the rule of the Kakhetian Bagrationi.

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