Pyotr Aleksandrovich Gruzinsky

Prince Petre (Georgian: პეტრე), known in Russia as the tsarevich Pyotr Aleksandrovich Gruzinsky (Russian: Пётр Александрович Грузинский) (26 April 1857 – 3 February 1922) was a Georgian prince (batonishvili).

Pyotr Aleksandrovich Gruzinsky
Head of the Royal House of Kartli-Kakheti
Successor	Petre Gruzinsky
Born	(1857-04-26)26 April 1857
Died	3 February 1922(1922-02-03) (aged 64)
Spouse	Tamara Dekanozishvili
Issue	Prince Konstantin Prince Petre
Names Petre Aleksandres dze Bagrationi Gruzinsky
House	Bagrationi dynasty
Father	Alexander Bagratovich Gruzinsky
Mother	Princess Elena Tarkhan-Mouravi
Religion	Georgian Orthodox Church

For the Georgian painter, see Pyotr Nikolayevich Gruzinsky.

Early life and ancestry

Born a descendant of the Kartli-Kakhetian branch of the Bagrationi dynasty, the former royal house of Georgia, Petre was the son of Prince Alexander Gruzinsky and his first wife, Princess Elena Tarkhan-Mouravi (1831-1903).

Marriage and issue

Prince Petre married Tamara Dekanozishvili (1897–1977), at an unknown date by the historians (certainly during the war turmoil). She was born into a family of a Georgian nobility, whose family held the title of Aznauri.^[1][2] Tamara Dekanozishvili, who was 40 years his junior, was firstly [or secondly] married to Aleksandr Timofeevich Oboladze (1884–1923).^[3]

They had two sons:

1. Konstantin (1915–1939).
2. Petre (28 March 1920 – 13 August 1984).