Original sentence: Nonetheless, it was the agnatic seniority of the Mukhranbatoni’s descent from Georgia’s former kings, rather than the broken treaty, that Vladimir Kirilovich cited in a 1946 decree recognizing the Bagration-Mukhranskys as dynastic for marital purposes, probably so as to avoid contradicting the old Russian Empire’s irredentist policy toward Georgia
Edited sentence: Nonetheless, it was the agnatic seniority of the Mukhranbatoni’s descent from Georgia’s former kings, later disproved as it was discovered that senior members of the family existed, and Leonida descends from a junior branch of the family, rather than the broken treaty, that Vladimir Kirilovich cited in a 1946 decree recognizing the Bagration-Mukhranskys as dynastic for marital purposes,and to validify his own morgantic marriage.probably so as to avoid contradicting the old Russian Empire’s irredentist policy toward Georgia