Example of Dynastic Intra-marriage
Prince David Bagration of Mukhrani married Princess Anna Bagration-Gruzinsky on 8 February 2009 at the Tbilisi Sameba Cathedral. The marriage united the Bagration-Gruzinsky (Kakheti) and Bagration-Moukhransky (Mukhraneli) branches of the former royal family of Georgia, and drew a crowd of 3,000 spectators, officials, and foreign diplomats, as well as extensive coverage by the Georgian media.
The dynastic significance of the wedding lay in the fact that, amidst the turmoil in political partisanship that has roiled Georgia since its independence in 1991, Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia publicly called for restoration of the monarchy as a path toward national unity in October 2007. Although this led some politicians and parties to entertain the notion of a Georgian constitutional monarchy, competition arose among the old Bagrationi dynasty's princes and supporters, as historians and jurists debated which Bagrationi has the strongest hereditary right to a throne that has been vacant for two centuries.
Aside from his unmarried elder brother, Prince David is the heir male of the Bagration family, while the bride's father, Prince Nugzar Bagration-Gruzinsky, is the most senior descendant of the last Bagrationi to reign over the united kingdom of Georgia. But the marriage between the Gruzinsky heiress and the Mukhrani heir resolves their rivalry for the claim to the throne, which has recently divided Georgian monarchists. The couple's first child, Prince Giorgi Bagration Bagrationi was born on September 27, 2011.
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