Family
Teimuraz I was married twice; first to Anna of the western Georgian princely house of Gurieli (1606), and then to Khorashan of the Bagrationi branch of Kartli (1612).
He fathered three sons and two daughters:
By Anna
- Prince Leon (Levan) (1606–1624)
- Prince Alexander (1609–1620)
Both of them were taken in hostage by Abbas I in 1614 and castrated in an act of revenge in 1620. The young princes did not survive the mutilation and died shortly thereafter.
By Khorashan
- Prince David (1612–1648), created Prince of Mukhrani in 1627. He died in the battle with the Iranian army, and the dynasty was continued by his son, Heraclius.
- Princess Darejan (died 1668), married successively to Duke Zurab of Aragvi (1623), Alexander III of Imereti (1630), and Vakhtang of Imereti (1661), and notorious for her controversial role in the politics of western Georgia.
- Princess T'inat'in (1611–1642). She married Shah Safi in 1637.
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