Constantine I, Prince of Mukhrani

Constantine I was the son of Teimuraz I, Prince of Mukhrani, by his wife Ana, daughter of Nugzar, Duke of Aragvi. He was born between 1618 and 1622. In 1658, Constantine succeeded as Prince of Mukhrani his elder brother Vakhtang, who became King of Kartli on the death of his adopted father, Rostom, the last in the main male line of the Bagrationi of Kartli.^[2] On this occasion, Vakhtang, as a vassal of Safavid Persia, converted to Islam, but Constantine remained Christian. He is buried at the Cathedral of Mtskheta.

Constantine married Darejan (died 1667), daughter of Prince Ghuana Abashidze, and had the following children:^[1]

• Teimuraz II (1649–1688), Prince of Mukhrani (1668–1688);
• Papuna (1651–1717), Prince of Mukhrani (1692–1696);
• Kristepore (died 1700), Archbishop;
• David (Datuna) (died 1728), he had one daughter, Darejan;
• Heraclius II (1666–1723), Prince of Mukhrani (1717–1719);
• Tatia, who married Bagrat V of Imereti; he later divorced her in order to marry her sister Tamar;
• Tamar (died 1683), who first married Levan III Dadiani, Prince of Mingrelia, from whom she was divorced by King Bagrat V of Imereti, who subsequently married her. Her third husband was her son-in-law, George III Gurieli, Prince of Guria, who had long been passionately in love with her.