George, Prince of Georgia
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George, Prince of Georgia (Georgian: გიორგი ბატონიშვილი, Giorgi Batonishvili; Russian: царевич Георгий Вахтангович Грузинский, Tsarevich Georgi Vakhtangovich Gruzinsky) (August 2, 1712 – December 19, 1786) was a Georgian royal prince and a general in the Russian service.Born to the king Vakhtang VI of Kartli of the House of Bagrationi-Mukhrani, George followed his father into a Russian exile following the Ottoman occupation of Georgia in 1724. He established himself at Moscow and entered the Russian military service. During the Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743), he became a major-general and commanded a Squadron (naval)squadron of galleys. He distinguished himself in the campaign of the Rhine during the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748) and was promoted to lieutenant general in 1750.
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