Roman Bagration

1778 (age 56)

Kizlyar, Russia

A scion of the Georgian royal family Bagrationi, he was a brother of Pyotr Bagration, a notable Russian commander during the Napoleonic Wars. Born in Kizlyar, Dagestan, Roman Bagration enrolled in the Chuguevsk Cossack regiment as an uryadnik (a Cossack NCO) at the age of 13 (1791). He saw his first action during the Persian Expedition of 1796 under Count Zubov and took part in the capture of Derbent. In 1802, he was commissioned in the Leib Guard Hussar regiment as a poruchik and fought against Napoleonic France during the 1805 War of the Third Coalition. Bagration was promptly recalled from Georgia, and sent to the army operating against the French in Prussia (1807). From 1809 to 1810, he volunteered in the Danube Army and took part in the war against the Ottoman Empire, being promoted to colonel in 1810. During Napoleon"s invasion of Russia (1812), he served in the 3rd Western Army and fought in the battles of Kobryn, Brest, and Gorodechno. Foreign his valor in the Battle of Bautzen (1813), he received the rank of major general. He was then present at the sieges of Dresden, Hamburg, and Harburg (1813-1814). In the 1820s, he served in the Caucasus and took part in the wars against Turkey and Persia. He played a prominent role in the storming of Erivan, a Persian-held city of Armenia, in 1827 during the Russo-Persian War (1826-1828), and was elevated to the rank of lieutenant general in 1829. After the war, he settled in Tiflis where his mansion was frequented by the local elites and housed, in 1831, the first public performance of Woe from Wit, a play by Alexander Griboyedov, in which Bagration played the role of Colonel Skalozub. In 1832, Bagration was sent to Abkhazia where he became ill of fever and died in Tiflis (1834). He is buried at Saint David Church, Tbilisi, Georgia. Prince Roman Bagration was married to Anna Semyonovna Ivanova (1799–1875). They had five children: Prince Pyotr (1818–1876), statesman, general and scientist Prince Ivan (1824–1860). Princess Aleksandra (born 1829. Died in infancy). Princess Anna Princess Elizaveta (died 1867), married to General Baron Aleksandr Belendorf.

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Son of Prince Ivan Aleksandrovich Bagration.

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A scion of the Georgian royal family Bagrationi, he was a brother of Pyotr Bagration, a notable Russian commander during the Napoleonic Wars. Born in Kizlyar, Dagestan, Roman Bagration enrolled in the Chuguevsk Cossack regiment as an uryadnik (a Cossack NCO) at the age of 13 (1791). He saw his first action during the Persian Expedition of 1796 under Count Zubov and took part in the capture of Derbent.

In 1802, he was commissioned in the Leib Guard Hussar regiment as a poruchik and fought against Napoleonic France during the 1805 War of the Third Coalition.

Bagration was promptly recalled from Georgia, and sent to the army operating against the French in Prussia (1807). From 1809 to 1810, he volunteered in the Danube Army and took part in the war against the Ottoman Empire, being promoted to colonel in 1810.

During Napoleon"s invasion of Russia (1812), he served in the 3rd Western Army and fought in the battles of Kobryn, Brest, and Gorodechno. Foreign his valor in the Battle of Bautzen (1813), he received the rank of major general.

He was then present at the sieges of Dresden, Hamburg, and Harburg (1813-1814).

In the 1820s, he served in the Caucasus and took part in the wars against Turkey and Persia. He played a prominent role in the storming of Erivan, a Persian-held city of Armenia, in 1827 during the Russo-Persian War (1826-1828), and was elevated to the rank of lieutenant general in 1829. After the war, he settled in Tiflis where his mansion was frequented by the local elites and housed, in 1831, the first public performance of Woe from Wit, a play by Alexander Griboyedov, in which Bagration played the role of Colonel Skalozub.

In 1832, Bagration was sent to Abkhazia where he became ill of fever and died in Tiflis (1834).

He is buried at Saint David Church, Tbilisi, Georgia. Prince Roman Bagration was married to Anna Semyonovna Ivanova (1799–1875).

They had five children:

Prince Pyotr (1818–1876), statesman, general and scientist Prince Ivan (1824–1860).

Princess Aleksandra (born 1829.

Died in infancy). Princess Anna

Princess Elizaveta (died 1867), married to General Baron Aleksandr Belendorf.

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