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The nobility of Georgia was the social and legal grouping of individuals and families with a special status in the former Kingdom of Georgia (along with its successor states). The Georgian nobility has always been split across two main groups: the princely and ducal Houses, which were in the minority, and the untitled noble Houses which were ...
This is the alphabetic list of the upper class noble houses of Georgia. They were entitled as tavadi ( Georgian : თავადი ), roughly translated in English as " prince " and in Russian as " knyaz ", a title which was eventually conferred upon most of these families under the Imperial Russian rule (1801–1917).
Pages in category "Noble families of Georgia (country)" The following 105 pages are in this category, out of 105 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
By virtue of their power and the royal weakness, princes and nobles were able to break with their sovereign and became sovereigns in their own provinces. The dependent nobility, the aznauri, split into three groups: vassals of the king, vassals of the tavadi, and vassals of the catholicoi; they stood between the peasantry and the great nobility.
Both the Tavadi, the Eristavi and the Mtavari kept their noble rights and registered them abroad as well, along with the Royal branches of the Bagrationi dynasty, especially in Russian books of nobility such as the "Velvet Book", reserved to only the highest ranks of Georgian nobility, the Russian Imperial List of Princely Families of Georgia ...
William Few Jr. (June 8, 1748 – July 16, 1828) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, politician and jurist. He represented the U.S. state of Georgia at the Constitutional Convention and signed the U.S. Constitution .
Pages in category "Noble titles of Georgia (country)" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
A member of a Mingrelian (Western Georgia) princely family, son of prince David Dadiani and his wife princess Ekaterine Chavchavadze, Andria Dadiani was born in Zugdidi, W. Georgia. He graduated from Heidelberg University Faculty of Law in 1873. Later, he served as a lieutenant-general of the Russian army.