Background
Prince David was a son of Prince Bagrat of Imereti by his wife Mariam, née Eristavi of Guria. He was, thus, a grandson of King Alexander V of Imereti, a nephew of King Solomon I, and a cousin of King Solomon World War II
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Prince Prince David of Imereti
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Career
He was killed in a rebellion against the Russian rule in Imereti. He was the ancestor of the now-extinct line of Princes and Serene Princes Bagration. By the time of the Russian conquest of Imereti in 1810, he lived in his family estate in Argueti.
General Simonovich, a Russian commander in Imereti, interceded and asked Tormasov to allow Prince David to remain in homeland on account of his being "mentally retarded and not having any influence on the people".
Tormasov refused with contempt and ordered that David be deported to Tiflis, noting that "the Imeretian people are even more retarded and, out of their insanity, can follow anyone." The uprising then spread to Guria and Mingrelia. Prince David became on the leaders of the movement in which the clerics, nobles, and peasants were involved.
By July 1820, the Russian army under General Velyaminov was able to contain the revolt in Imereti. David and some other rebels withdrew into the mountains of Racha, where suffered a major defeat at the castle of Kvara.
David was killed in the fighting.
"the tsarevich David, son of Bagrat, one of the evilest brigands, is killed", the Russian commander-in-chief in the Caucasus, General Yermolov, reported to the Chief of General Staff Prince Volkonsky on 8 October 1820.
Membership
The Russian commander-in-chief in the Caucasus, General Tormasov, ordered to remove from Imereti all members of the royal family, who might have had "pernicious influence on the people".
