Abstract:
The research is based on relevant sources and literature and specifies the chronological order of the representatives of Bagratid (in Georgian – Bagrationi) dynasty, who ruled in Kartli kingdom during two centuries, specifically from the 60s of the 16th century to 60s of 18th century when the kingdom was abolished. They were given the Persian title and rank of “molq-i-mourus”, which means “owner of the hereditary land (kingdom)”, but from the 30s of the 17th century they had the title of “vali” (matched with king) or “janishini” (governor). This is the first attempt in Georgian historiography to establish the proper numbers with the precise chronological timeline to five rulers: 1) Levan I (ruled first in 1676-1677 and later in 1703-1704), 2) Svimon III (ruled from 1712 to1714), 3) Konstantine III (reigned from May 4, 1723 till June 10), 4) Aleksandre II (reigned from 1735 to 1736) and 5) Archil III (reigned from 1736 to 1737). Out of these five above mentioned Bagrationis only three were the kings, while two were just governor, but besides that giving the order number to the last two is of great importance for the author.
Moreover, it should be mentioned, that the eldest son of Kartli-Kakheti King Giorgi XII (1746-1800) and his legal heir, Prince David Bagrationi (1767-1819), who was the ruler of the same kingdom after the death of his father (28 December of 1800) until the end of May of 1801, is named as Davit XII in the scientific literature published in the last period, but there is also a note, that he was in fact a governor – “David XII (governor of kingdom)”. Thus, besides the fact that David Bagrationi was only a governor of Kartli-Kakheti kingdom, he is given an order number by the part of modern scientists-genealogists like a sovereign monarch which he in fact was not. The research has three parts. Its second part contains several subsections.
