Prince Ashotan was son of Kaikhosro[1] (or of Constantine I, according to the genealogist Cyril Toumanoff[2]).
Ashotan was allied with his relative, King George XI of Kartli, who was deposed by the Safavid shah of Iran Suleiman I in 1688.
The rival Georgian royal, Heraclius I, of the Kakhetian Bagrationi, acceded to the throne of Kartli and began demoting the associates of George XI.
The leading nobles of Kartli, Ashotan of Mukhrani included, lost their fiefs and privileges.
[3] Ashotan was married to a certain Anna and had three children:[1] This article about a member of the Georgian nobility is a stub.