Princess Anna was born in 1730 into one of the leading noble houses of Imereti, a kingdom in western Georgia.
The former served as a governor (mouravi) of Borchalo and a chief of royal guards (kechikchibashi) from 1769 to 1799 and saw action against the Persians at Krtsanisi in 1795.
The marriage was arranged by Heraclius's maternal aunt, Princess Anuka, who was married to an Abashidze.
The wedding was first pompously celebrated at Anuka's house in Kvishkheti and then at the court of Heraclius's father, Teimuraz II of Kartli, in Tbilisi.
Anna died in Tbilisi at the age of 19 and was interred at the Cathedral of Living Pillar in Mtskheta.