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Bagratuni/Bagrationi family


Bagratuni/Bagrationi family


The origin of Bagratuni/Bagrationi family is lost in the darkness of time. Early Georgian historians describe its descent from Vakhtang I Gorgasal, King of Iberia in 446-502, through his great grandson Gurgen I, whose royal title was acknowledged by the Emperor Justinian I in 575. According to Price Toumanoff, first Bagratid prince was chronicled as early as 314 AD. Certain history of the family begins only in the 8th century.

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