Career
Alexander was born to Prince Irakli Bagration of Mukhrani and Princess Ketevan née Argutinsky-Dolgorukov in the village of Mchadijvari, Georgia, then part of the Russian Empire. Educated at Nikolaevsky Cavalry School, he entered the Russian military service in 1874 and took part in the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). He was promoted to colonel in 1893 and served in the Caucasus military district until 1902, when he was appointed commander of the Nizhny Novgorod dragoon regiment.
Next year, he was made major-general and placed in command of the Leib Guard cavalry regiment.
In 1905, he was appointed major-general à la suite to Tsar Nicholas World War II After the Bolshevik coup d’etat, he attempted to make his way to his native Georgia, but was captured by the Red Guards in the North Caucasus and killed during a mass murder of Imperial army officers in Pyatigorsk in October 1918.