Prince Leon of Georgia
Leon or Levan (; 1786 – 1812) was a grandson of King Heraclius II of Kartli and Kakheti, who led a Georgian-Ossetian rebellion against the Russian rule in 1810. He was killed by the Lesgian brigands in October 1812. Early life Leon was born into the family of Prince Iulon of Georgia and his wife Princess Salome, daughter of Revaz Amilakhvari, in 1786. The family lived in Tiflis, the capital of Heraclius II, until its sack by the Iranians in 1795. After that, Iulon moved his household to his princely domain in the Ksani valley, where the young Leon was educated privately by the respected dean Ioane Kartvelishvili. After the death of his half-brother George XII in December 1800, Iulon claimed the rights to the throne of Kartli and Kakheti, but the royal succession was disrupted by the Russian government, which went ahead with the plan of outright annexation of Georgia. In April 1801, in defiance to the Russian regime, Iulon retired to western Georgia, to his sisterly nephew, King Solomon II of Imereti. In June 1804, 18-year-old Leon accompanied his father, Iulon, and uncle, Parnaoz, in a futile attempt to join the rebellion by the Georgian highlanders against the