The House of Babadishvili ( ka, ბაბადიშვილი; also Babadishi, ბაბადიში) is a
Georgian noble family claimed to have sprung off the royal
Bagrationi dynasty
The Bagrationi dynasty (; ) is a royal family, royal dynasty which reigned in Georgia (country), Georgia from the Middle Ages until the early 19th century, being among the oldest extant Christianity, Christian ruling dynasties in the world. In ...
of
Kakheti
Kakheti (; ) is a region of Georgia. Telavi is its administrative center. The region comprises eight administrative districts: Telavi, Gurjaani, Qvareli, Sagarejo, Dedoplistsqaro, Signagi, Lagodekhi and Akhmeta.
Kakhetians speak the ...
in the 17th century.
History
Prince
Ioann of Georgia (1768–1830) reports that the Babadishvili descend from the Kakhetian ruler
Imām Qulī Khān (1678–1722),
[ Bagrationi, Ioane (1768-1830)]
Babadishvili (Princes of Kakheti)
''The Brief Description of the Georgian Noble Houses''. Retrieved on January 6, 2008. “corrected” by some modern genealogists to Joseph, a supposed grandson of
Teimuraz I of Kakheti
Teimuraz I ( ka, თეიმურაზ I; 1589–1663), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a Georgian monarch ('' mepe'') who ruled, with intermissions, as King of Kakheti from 1605 to 1648 and also of Kartli from 1625 to 1633. The eldest son of ...
(1589–1663). Professor
Cyril Toumanoff
Cyril Leo Toumanoff ( ka, კირილ თუმანოვი; ; 10 October 1913 – 4 February 1997) was a Georgian-American historian, and academic genealogist who mostly specialized in the history and genealogies of medieval Georgia, Armen ...
considers the family to be related to the Beburishvili (ბებურიშვილი), possible descendants of the medieval
House of Donauri.
Titles
The family were entitled as the princes (
tavadi
''Tavadi'' ( ka, თავადი, "prince", lit. "head/chief" an from ka, თავი ''tavi'', "head", with the prefix of agent ''-di'') was a feudal title in Georgia (country), Georgia first applied in the Late Middle Ages usually trans ...
) of the third rank in Georgia, and later incorporated into the
Russian nobility
The Russian nobility or ''dvoryanstvo'' () arose in the Middle Ages. In 1914, it consisted of approximately 1,900,000 members, out of a total population of 138,200,000. Up until the February Revolution of 1917, the Russian noble estates staffed ...
and confirmed the title of
Knyaz
A , also , ''knjaz'' or (), is a historical Slavs, Slavic title, used both as a royal and noble title in different times. It is usually translated into English language, English as 'prince', 'king' or 'duke', depending on specific historical c ...
of the
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...
in 1850.
Бабадышевы
Russian Biographic Lexicon. Retrieved on January 6, 2008.
See also
References
B
Noble families of Georgia (country)
Russian noble families
Georgian-language surnames
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