Prince Levan of Georgia (1756–1781)

Not to be confused with Prince Levan of Georgia (1786–1812).
Prince Levan
Born(1756-02-02)2 February 1756
Tbilisi, Kingdom of Kartli
Died5 February 1781(1781-02-05) (aged 25)
Vejini, Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti
SpouseNino Andronikashvili
DynastyBagrationi dynasty
FatherHeraclius II of Georgia
MotherDarejan Dadiani
ReligionGeorgian Orthodox Church
Khelrtva

Levan or Leon (Georgian: ლევანი, ლეონი; 2 February 1756 – 5 February 1781) was a Georgian royal prince (batonishvili) of the Bagrationi dynasty, born to King Heraclius II and Queen Darejan Dadiani. His career flourished in the 1770s, when he was an ambassador to the Russian Empire and then an army commander. Levan was a talented general and a major supporter of his father's military reforms which eroded irreversibly after Levan's mysterious death in 1781.

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