Alexander Bagration-Imeretinsky
(
Georgian
:
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,
Alek'sandre Bagration-Imeretinski
;
Russian
:
Александр Георгиевич Багратион-Имеретинский
,
Aleksandr Georgyevich Bagration-Imeretinsky
; 1796 ? 5 February 1862) was a
Georgian
royal prince of the
Bagrationi dynasty
of
Imereti
and a general in
Imperial Russian
service.
Prince Alexander was a son of
Prince George of Imereti
, grandson of King
Solomon I of Imereti
, by his wife, Princess Darejan, of the
Eristavi
of
Racha
. From July to September 1810, the young prince Alexander fought under the Russian general Simonovich against his relative, King
Solomon II of Imereti
, who had held Alexander's father captive for nine years. Alexander's services were duly rewarded; The Russian government granted a pension to his mother and allowed him and his brother,
Dimitri
, to enlist in the
Page Corps
. In 1811, Prince Alexander received a commission as a
cornet
of the
Imperial Guard
's
Uhlans
. He fought against
Napoleon
's
Grande Armee
in 1812, the
Decembrist
revolutionaries in 1825, and
Ottomans
in 1828. His promotions were those to the rank of colonel in 1827, major-general in 1835, lieutenant-general in 1844, adjutant-general in 1852, and general of cavalry in 1860. In 1855, he was a commander of the reserve light cavalry division. He was awarded
Order of St. George
and a gold sword. Alexander Bagration-Imeretinsky died in St. Petersburg and was buried in the
Alexander Nevsky Lavra
.
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] (in Georgian). Tbilisi: Georgian National Academy of Sciences. pp.?320?321.
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Yudin, P. (1897).
"Судьба князей Багратионов-Имеретинских в России"
[Fate of Princes Bagration-Imeretinsky in Russia].
Russkiy Arkhiv
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3
(10). Moscow: 299?311.