Vakhtang VI of Kartli
Prince Georgy Gruzinsky was born into the family of Alexander Gruzinsky of the House of Mukhrani, claimant to the throne of Georgia, and his wife Daria Menshikova. Georgy was, thus, grandson of Bakar of Kartli and great-grandson of King Vakhtang VI of Kartli on his father's side and great-grandson of the Russian statesman Aleksandr Menshikov on his mother's side.