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{{Short description|Georgian princess (born 1976)}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Princess Ana Bagration-Gruzinsky
| title        = 
| image        = Anna Bagration-Gruzinsky.jpg
| caption      = 
| succession   = [[Bagrationi dynasty|Head of the Royal House of Georgia (disputed)]] <!-- Not sure the most neutral term here -->
| reign        = 1 March 2025 – present
| reign-type   = Tenure
| predecessor  = [[Nugzar Bagration-Gruzinsky]]
| successor    = 

| spouse       = {{marriage|Grigoriy Malania<br />|2001|2007|end=div}}<br />{{marriage|[[David Bagration of Mukhrani]]<br />|2009|2013|end=div}}
| issue        = Irina Bagration-Gruzinsky <br />Mariam Bagration-Gruzinsky <br />[[Giorgi Bagrationi (born 2011)|Giorgi Bagrationi]]
| full name    = Ana Nugzaris asuli Bagration-Gruzinsky
| house        = [[Bagrationi dynasty|Bagrationi]]
| father       = [[Nugzar Bagration-Gruzinsky]]
| mother       = Leila [[Kipiani]]
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1976|11|1|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Tbilisi]], [[Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic|Georgian SSR]], [[USSR]] (now [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]])
| religion     = [[Georgian Orthodox Church]]
| signature    = Ana Bagration-Gruzinsky signature.svg
| signature_type = [[Khelrtva]]|
}}

'''Princess''' '''Ana Bagration-Gruzinsky''' ({{lang-ka|ანა ბაგრატიონ-გრუზინსკი}}; born 1 November 1976) is a [[batonishvili|royal princess]] and senior heir of the [[Gruzinsky]] branch of the [[Bagrationi dynasty]], which is one of the two branches that claim the right to the crown of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]. The other claimant is her former husband [[David Bagration of Mukhrani]], with whom she had a son [[Giorgi Bagrationi (born 2011)|Giorgi]], who is their common heir apparent.

==Early life and career==

Princess Ana was the eldest child of the head of the Bagration-Gruzinsky family, Prince [[Nugzar Bagration-Gruzinsky]] (1950–2025), and his wife, Leila, scion of the noble [[Kipiani|Kipiani family]], and a former actress. Ana has one younger sister, Princess Maia Bagration-Gruzinsky,<ref>[http://shokoladi.ge/content/maia-bagration-gruzinski-me-uars-vambob-mepis-asulobaze მაია ბაგრატიონ-გრუზინსკი - მე უარს ვამბობ მეფის ასულობაზე] ცხელი შოკოლადი, 1 იანვარი, 2005</ref> born on 2 January 1978.

Originally a journalist, Princess Ana more recently worked as a teacher in a Tbilisi school.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wedding of the two royal dynasties members|url=http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/news/7197.html|date=9 February 2009|agency=Georgia Times|access-date=14 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827091821/http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/news/7197.html|archive-date=27 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Princess Ana attended [[Tbilisi State University]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The birthday of Princess Ana Bagrationi-Gruzinski|url=http://www.georoyal.ge/?MTID=2&TID=30&id=2801|date=31 October 2014|agency=GeoRoyal|language=ka}}</ref>

==Marriages and children==

{{unreliable sources|date=December 2014}}

===First marriage===

Princess Ana Bagration-Gruzinsky was firstly married civilly and religiously<ref name="sana.ge" /> on 17 May 2001 to Grigoriy Malania (born in 1970). Malania, an architect, is the son of Grigoriy Malania (1947-2009) and Nana Mgaloblishvili (born in 1951). Through his mother, Grigoriy Malania is a descendant of the last king of Georgia, [[George XII of Georgia|George XII]].<ref name="ptpress.ge">{{cite news|title=Exclusive interview with Ana Bagrationi's first husband|url=http://ptpress.ge/index.php?magazine_id=-1&topic_id=5232|date=10 October 2011|agency=Prime Time|language=ka|access-date=13 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114022620/http://ptpress.ge/index.php?magazine_id=-1&topic_id=5232|archive-date=14 January 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="sana.ge">{{cite news|title=Ana Bagration-Gruzinsky and David Bagration-Mukhraneli will not share the throne|url=http://sana.ge/address/news/cat/1/id/262514/ანა+ბაგრატიონ–გრუზინსკი+და+დავით+ბაგრატიონ–მუხრანელი+ტახტს+ვერ+იყოფენ|date=9 January 2014|agency=Sana|language=ka|access-date=18 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220121921/http://sana.ge/address/news/cat/1/id/262514/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90+%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%92%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E2%80%93%E1%83%92%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A3%E1%83%96%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A1%E1%83%99%E1%83%98+%E1%83%93%E1%83%90+%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%97+%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%92%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E2%80%93%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A3%E1%83%AE%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98+%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%AE%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A1+%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0+%E1%83%98%E1%83%A7%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A4%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C|archive-date=20 December 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He was accorded the day of his religious marriage the courtesy title of Prince and the status of member of the royal house of Bagrationi by his then-father-in-law.<ref name="sana.ge" />

Princess Ana and Grigoriy Malania had two daughters, who, with the agreement of their father,<ref name="ptpress.ge"/> bear the surname of their mother:

#Princess Irina Bagration-Gruzinsky (born in 2003).

#Princess Mariam Bagration-Gruzinsky (born in 2007).<ref name="sana.ge"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Genealogical Table|url=http://theroyalhouseofgeorgia.org/downloads/Addendum_3.pdf|agency=Chancellery of Prince Nugzar Bagration-Gruzinsky|access-date=14 January 2014}}</ref>

The marriage of Princess Ana Bagration-Gruzinsky and Grigoriy Malania was dissolved by divorce in 2007.<ref name="sana.ge"/>

===Second and third marriages===

In a lavish ceremony attended by over 3,000 guests, Princess Ana Bagration-Gruzinsky was secondly married on 8 February 2009 at the [[Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi]] to a distant cousin, Prince [[David Bagration of Mukhrani]]. On the wedding day, Princess Ana told Georgian television channel [[Rustavi 2]] that "I hope that this (day) will be the happiest of my life." Her father, Prince Nugzar, was also quoted as saying, "The most important thing is that this day will be beneficial for Georgia's future."<ref>{{cite news|date=8 February 2009|title='Royal' wedding unites ancient Georgian dynasty|agency=AFP|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ja7Rg02G35Umqs7jCWfBoGd14qcg|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227083140/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ja7Rg02G35Umqs7jCWfBoGd14qcg|archive-date=27 February 2014}}</ref>

The wedding received the blessing of Patriarch [[Ilia II of Georgia]], who was very supportive of the joining of the Bagration-Gruzinsky and [[House of Mukhrani|Bagration-Mukhransky]] lines. Reports also surfaced that the Patriarch hoped that any son born of the union of Princess Ana and Prince David would become the first post-Soviet monarch of Georgia.<ref>{{cite news|title=Georgia's royal wedding|url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/sarahmarcus/8512694/Georgias_royal_wedding/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315072700/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/sarahmarcus/8512694/Georgias_royal_wedding/|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 March 2011|date=8 February 2009|agency=The Telegraph}}</ref> The marriage was also hailed by Georgian monarchists hoping for the establishment of a constitutional monarchy under the Bagrationi dynasty.<ref>{{cite news|title=Does the wedding ceremony signal Georgia's return to a monarchy?|url=http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/interview/6297.html|date=21 January 2009|agency=Georgia Times|access-date=14 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003339/http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/interview/6297.html|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Constitutional monarchy as a panacea for Georgia|url=http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/articles/7376.html|date=12 February 2009|agency=Georgia Times|access-date=14 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001409/http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/articles/7376.html|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Princess Ana and Prince David separated within months of their nuptials.<ref>{{cite news|title=Couple of Georgian royal heirs is on the verge of divorce|url=http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/news/10938.html|date=20 April 2009|agency=Georgia Times|access-date=14 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055718/http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/news/10938.html|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Allegations arose that members of the Georgian government conspired to thwart the patriarch's hopes by  encouraging Georgian model [[Shorena Begashvili]] to undermine the marriage by seducing Prince David, and she subsequently admitted having an affair with him.<ref>{{cite news|title=Géorgie: Eglise et Etat, vers un conflit inévitable?|url=http://religion.info/french/articles/article_484.shtml#.UtTVRfRDvwY|date=8 June 2010|agency=Religioscope|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Un altro divorzio reale|url=http://www.rainews.it/dl/rainews/articoli/divorzio-reale-in-georgia-problema-di-infedelta-coniugale-86791834-22da-4a5c-b877-189917363397.html|date=16 December 2013|agency=Rai News|language=it}}</ref> Their first marriage was dissolved in August 2009.<ref name="blagovest">{{cite web|url=http://www.blagovest-info.ru/index.php?ss=2&s=3&id=28876|script-title=ru:Династический брак представителей восьмого поколения фамилии Багратионов окончательно распался|date=8 March 2009|agency=Blagovest|language=ru}}</ref> The couple subsequently reconciled and contracted a civil marriage in Spain on 12 November 2010.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://orthodox-institute.org/news.html | title=News }}</ref>

Princess Ana Bagration-Gruzinsky and Prince David Bagration-Mukhransky had one son:

#Prince [[Giorgi Bagrationi (born 2011)|Giorgi Bagrationi]] (27 September 2011).<ref>{{cite news|title=Giorgi Bagration-Bagrationi Has Arrived|url=http://www.georgianews.ge/society/5901-giorgi-bagration-bagrationi-has-arrived.html|date=6 October 2011|agency=Georgian Journal|access-date=14 January 2014|archive-date=20 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020122605/http://www.georgianews.ge/society/5901-giorgi-bagration-bagrationi-has-arrived.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The second divorce of Princess Ana and Prince David took place on 15 December 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=Georgian Royal Family Divorce|url=http://www.georgianews.ge/society/25730-georgian-royal-family-divorce.html|date=19 December 2013|agency=Georgian Journal|access-date=14 January 2014|archive-date=7 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107081934/http://www.georgianews.ge/society/25730-georgian-royal-family-divorce.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Princess Ana received custody of their son, Prince Giorgi.<ref>{{cite news|title=Interview with Nugzar Bagrationi|url=http://life.mediamall.ge/?id=94879|date=14 March 2014|agency=Media Mall|language=ka|access-date=13 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402163436/http://life.mediamall.ge/?id=94879|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Recent activities==

Princess Ana has shown an interest in the socioeconomic issues affecting vulnerable segments of the Georgian population. Working with [[Heifer International]] and other local NGOs, she is seeking to ameliorate the living conditions of [[internally displaced person]]s, especially those affected by the [[Russo-Georgian War]]. The humanitarian efforts of Princess Ana have met with cooperation from members of the governments of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] and the [[Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia|Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Meeting Supported by Ana Bagration–Gruzinsky Royal Princess at the Government of the A/R of Abkhazia|url=http://abkhazia.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=36&info_id=5001|date=3 July 2014|agency=Government of the A/R of Abkhazia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Meeting with representation of "Heifer" International Organization of United States|url=http://abkhazia.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=36&info_id=5001|date=5 September 2014|agency=Government of the A/R of Abkhazia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=What issues were discussed during the meeting of David Narmania and Ana Bagrationi?|url=http://www.netgazeti.ge/GE/105/News/38230/|date=12 November 2014|agency=Net Gazeti|language=ka}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=David Narmania met Ana Bagrationi|url=http://www.tabula.ge/ge/story/89726-davit-narmania-ana-bagrations-shexvda|date=12 November 2014|agency=Tabula|language=ka}}</ref>

== Gruzinsky Heiress ==

Her father died on 1 March 2025<ref>{{Cite web |title=გარდაიცვალა რეჟისორი და მსახიობი ნუგზარ ბაგრატიონ-გრუზინსკი |url=https://1tv.ge/news/gardaicvala-redjisori-da-msakhiobi-nugzar-bagrationi-gruzinski/ |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=Georgian Public Broadcaster |language=ka-GE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ნუგზარ ბაგრატიონ-გრუზინსკი (1950-2025) |url=http://www.nplg.gov.ge/bios/en/00004029/ |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=National Parliamentary Library of Georgia; Biographical dictionary}}</ref> as the last male member of the dynastically senior reigning line from King George XII. Prior to his death he named Ana as his designated successor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Royal House of Georgia {{!}} Documents of the Royal House |url=https://www.theroyalhouseofgeorgia.org/documents_of_the_Royal_House.html |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=www.theroyalhouseofgeorgia.org}}</ref> she is therefore the head of the Royal House of Georgia (Gruzinsky branch), a position counterclaimed by her former husband Prince David Bagration of Mukhrani, whose assertion represents a parallel claim from the cadet Mukhrani line. 

As of March 2025 Georgian monarchist sources have not yet issued a formal response to Crown Prince Nugzar's death or to Princess Ana's presumed succession [citation needed] Their son Prince Giorgi Bagration-Bagrationi is now considered the heir apparent to both principal branches of the Bagrationi dynasty, symbolizing the potential reunification of Georgia’s royal legacy.

Princess Anna Bagration is acknowledged as head of Royal House of Georgia. On May 12, 2025, in Tbilisi, Anna Bagrationi-Gruzinski was officially recognized as Head of the Royal House of Georgia. The event took place on St. Andrew's Day at the Tbilisi City Assembly. The conference was opened by Metropolitan Shio Mujiri and Metropolitan Daniel (Datuaashvili). With the consent and in the presence of Georgia's spiritual and academic elite, Metropolitan Anania (Japaridze) confirmed Decree No. 2 (2009) issued by Crown Prince Nugzar Bagrationi. This recognition marks strong support for Anna's position from both the Church and the scholarly community.<ref>{{Cite web|access-date=2025-06-27|first=Marlene Eilers|last=Koenig|date=2025-05-19|title=Royal Musings: Princess Anna Bagration is acknowledged as head of Royal House of Georgia|url=https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2025/05/princess-anna-bagration-is-acknowledged.html|website=Royal Musings}}</ref>

==Honours and awards==

===Honours===

====Dynastic honours====

* {{flagicon|Georgia}} [[Bagrationi dynasty|House of Bagrationi]]: 
** Grand Master Knight Grand Cross with Chain of the Royal Order of the Crown<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cawamedia.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/dsc_00923.jpg|title=Cawamedia|accessdate=3 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.royal-houseofgeorgia.org/1229996_1426719777559147_2045356372_n.jpg |title=The Royal House of Georgia |access-date=7 December 2016 |archive-date=16 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216215338/http://www.royal-houseofgeorgia.org/1229996_1426719777559147_2045356372_n.jpg |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.royal-houseofgeorgia.org/apps/blog/show/43116472-stockholm-sweden-held-royal-winter-ball-|title=The Royal House of Georgia|access-date=7 December 2016|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330172311/http://www.royal-houseofgeorgia.org/apps/blog/show/43116472-stockholm-sweden-held-royal-winter-ball-|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://royal-houseofgeorgia.org/apps/blog|title=News|website=Home|accessdate=3 May 2023}}</ref>
** Knight Grand Collar of the [[Order of the Eagle of Georgia|Order of the Eagle of Georgia and the Seamless Tunic of Our Lord Jesus Christ]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://studylib.es/doc/5791164/elenco-de-caballeros-y-damas-de-la-orden-del-águila-de-ge...|title=elenco de caballeros y damas de la orden del águila de georgia y la|website=studylib.es|accessdate=3 May 2023}}</ref>

====Foreign honour====

* {{flagicon|Kingdom of Rwanda}} [[Kingdom of Rwanda|Rwandan Royal Family]]: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Crown<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theroyalhouseofgeorgia.org/images/News/Princess_Anna_and_Kigeli_V.jpg|title=Princess Ana and King Kigeli V|accessdate=3 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.royal-commission.org/0e7c07e0.jpg |title=Royal Commission |access-date=7 December 2016 |archive-date=20 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220075314/http://www.royal-commission.org/0e7c07e0.jpg |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Award===

* {{flag|Sweden}}: Grand Commander of the [[Order of the Amaranth|Social Order of the Amaranth]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://kungahusetavgeorgien.se/2009/10/14/brollop-mellan-hkh-davit-bagration-mukhrani-och-hkh-anna-bagration-gruzinsky/ |title=Bröllop mellan H.K.H. Davit Bagration-Mukhrani och H.K.H. Anna Bagration-Gruzinsky &#124; Kungahuset av Georgien |access-date=7 December 2016 |archive-date=30 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330172310/https://kungahusetavgeorgien.se/2009/10/14/brollop-mellan-hkh-davit-bagration-mukhrani-och-hkh-anna-bagration-gruzinsky/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kungahusetavgeorgien.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/img_2001-1.jpg|title=Image|website=kungahusetavgeorgien}}</ref>

==References==
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