The House of Gochashvili ( ka, გოჩაშვილი) was an old Georgian noble family, a collateral branch of the royal

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Kartli Kartli ( ka, ქართლი ) is a historical region in central-to-eastern Georgia traversed by the river Mtkvari (Kura), on which Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, is situated. Known to the Classical authors as Iberia, Kartli played a crucial rol ...

, which flourished from the sixteenth century to the eighteenth century. It is now extinct.

History

The House of Gochashvili has descended from Alexander (), a younger son of Constantine II, the last king of a united Georgia and the first king of the independent kingdom of Kartli. The surname itself derives from Alexander's grandson Gocha, a notable military commander, who was killed in a battle with the Ottoman army at Gori in 1599. In the middle of the seventeenth century, the family were in opposition to their reigning pro-

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cousins, and the two Gochashvili, Giorgi and Ioram, the father and the son, were blinded in 1638 and 1664, respectively. Ioram had even aspired to become king of Kartli and, relying on the support of the Duke of Aragvi, had plotted the overthrow of

Vakhtang V Vakhtang V ( ka, ვახტანგ V), born Bakhuta Mukhranbatoni ( ka, ბახუტა მუხრანბატონი) (1618 – September 1675), was List of monarchs of Georgia, king (''mepe'') of Kingdom of Kartli (1484-1762), Kart ...

, king of Kartli and member of the

House of Mukhrani The House of Mukhrani is a Georgia (country), Georgian princely family that is a branch of the former royal dynasty of Bagrationi, from which it sprang early in the 16th century, receiving in appanage the domain of Mukhrani, in the Kingdom of Kart ...

, who, like the Gochashvili, were collaterals of the royal Bagrationi. Following these setbacks, the Gochashvili declined to become one of numerous princely (''

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 ...

'') families and became extinct with the death of Ioram's grandson Garsevan sometime after 1736.

Genealogy

*Alexander (fl. 1530) **Gorgasal (fl. 1540) **Constantine (fl. 1540–1560), married Princess of

Imereti Imereti ( Georgian: იმერეთი, ) is a region of Georgia situated in the central-western part of the republic along the middle and upper reaches of the Rioni River. Imereti is the most populous region in Georgia. It consists of 11 mun ...

, a daughter of

Prince Khosro of Imereti Khosro ( ka, ხოსრო; died c. 1570) was a Georgian prince of the Bagrationi dynasty of the Kingdom of Imereti, who led an abortive revolt against King George II of Imereti in 1568. Family background The 18th-century Georgian historian P ...

, grandson of

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**Melkisedek (fl. 1547–1560) **Giorgi (fl. 1547–1560) ***Gocha (d. 1599) ****Giorgi (fl. 1638) *****Ioram (fl. 1664) ******Gorgasal (fl. 1716) *******Garsevan (fl. 1736)

References

{{Reflist Noble families of Georgia (country) G Georgian-language surnames

History

Genealogy

See also

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