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Prince David of Georgia
Regent of Georgia
Reign	28 December 1800 – 18 January 1801
Head of the Royal House of Georgia
Tenure	28 December 1800 – 13 May 1819
Predecessor	George XII of Georgia
Successor	Ioane Bagrationi
Born	(1767-07-01)1 July 1767 Tbilisi,Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti
Died	13 May 1819(1819-05-13) (aged 51) St Petersburg,Russian Empire
Burial	Feodorovskaya Church,Alexander Nevsky Monastery
Spouse	Elene Abamelik ​ (m. 1800)​
House	Bagrationi
Father	George XII of Georgia
Mother	Ketevan Andronikashvili
Religion	Georgian Orthodox Church
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David Bagrationi (Georgian:დავით ბაგრატიონი,Davit Bagrationi), also known asDavid the Regent (Georgian:დავით გამგებელი,Davit Gamgebeli) (1 July 1767 – 13 May 1819), was aGeorgian royal prince (batonishvili), writer, scholar, andregent of the Kingdom ofKartl-Kakheti from 28 December 1800 to 18 January 1801.

The eldest son of the last Kartli-Kakhetian, KingGeorge XII by his first wifeKetevan Andronikashvili, he was educated inRussia (1787–1789), and served there as a colonel of theRussian army from 1797 to 1798. He was proclaimed asHeir Apparent by his father on 22 February 1799 and confirmed by the RussianTsarPaul I, an official protector of Georgia, on 18 April 1799. In 1800, he attempted to modernize the law and administration. He became alieutenant general the same year.

On his father's death in December 1800, David became the head of the Royal House ofBagrationi but was not allowed to ascend the throne of Kartli-Kakheti. David ruled briefly between the time of his father's death (28 December 1800) and the arrival of General Knorring (24 May 1801).^[1] In November 1800 the Russian Tsar had prohibited him from doing that without Russian consent. On 18 January 1801, he was surprised by a decree of Paul I declaring the annexation of the Kingdom to theRussian Empire. He tried to remain in power as de facto head of state. In May 1801, Russian GeneralKarl Knorring removed him from power and established a provisional government headed by General Ivan Petrovich Lasarev. Prince David was brought toSt Petersburg under a military escort on 18 February 1803. From 1812 to 1819, he held a seat in theSenate of the Russian Empire.

He married in 1800 Princess EleneAbamelik (1770—1836), and died childless in 1819. He was buried at theAlexander Nevsky Monastery.

Influenced by the ideas ofFrenchEnlightenment, he was the first Georgian translator ofVoltaire. 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.

• Takaishvili, E. Chronological list written by Davit Batonishvili, son of King Giorgi.Historical materials. Book two . Vol., 1912, p. 54-55;
• Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, Vol.3, ch., 1978. — p. 338.
• Sikharulidze F., Potskhishvili A., Encyclopedia "Georgia", vol. 2, ch., 2012. — p. 279.

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