The Gochashvili ( ka, გოჩაშვილი) were a
Georgian noble family, a collateral branch of the royal
Bagrationi dynasty
The Bagrationi dynasty (; ) is a royal dynasty which reigned in Georgia from the Middle Ages until the early 19th century, being among the oldest extant Christianity, Christian ruling dynasties in the world. In modern usage, the name of the dyn ...
of
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 family of Gochashvili were 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-
Iranian
Iranian may refer to:
* Iran, a sovereign state
* Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran
* Iranian lan ...
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 the King of Kartli (eastern Georgia) from 1658 until his death, who ruled as a vas ...
, king of Kartli and member of the
house of Mukhrani
The House of Mukhrani is a 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 Kartli. The family ...
, 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 first applied in the Late Middle Ages usually translated in English as Pr ...
'') 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 a daughter of
Khosro Khosrow ( fa, خسرو; also spelled Khusrow, Khusraw, Khusrau, Khusro, Chosro or Osro) may refer to:
* Khosrow (word), a given name also used as a title
Iranian rulers
* Khosrow I, Sasanian ruler 531–579
* Khosrow II, Sasanian ruler 590–6 ...
, grandson of
Alexander II of Imereti
Alexander II ( ka, ალექსანდრე II) (died April 1, 1510) was a king of Georgia in 1478 and of Imereti from 1483 to 1510.
Life
In 1478, his father Bagrat VI died and Alexander became king of Georgia, initially ruling its two maj ...
**Melkisedek (fl. 1547–1560)
**Giorgi (fl. 1547–1560)
***Gocha (d. 1599)
****Giorgi (fl. 1638)
*****Ioram (fl. 1664)
******Gorgasal (fl. 1716)
*******Garsevan (fl. 1736)
References
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Noble families of Georgia (country)
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Georgian-language surnames