The House of Jorjadze ( ka, ჯორჯაძე) is an old Georgian noble family, which, in the 19th century, also became part of 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 ...

History

It is considered by a genealogical tradition to have been of

Caucasian Albania Caucasian Albania is a modern exonym for a former state located in ancient times in the Caucasus, mostly in what is now Azerbaijan (where both of its capitals were located). The modern endonyms for the area are ''Aghwank'' and ''Aluank'', among ...

n origin, settled in the southern Georgian province of

Meskheti Meskheti ( ka, მესხეთი ) or Samtskhe ( ka, სამცხე ), also known as Moschia in ancient sources, is a mountainous area in southwestern Georgia. History Ancient tribes known as the Mushki (or Moschi) and Mosiniks (or Mo ...

in 980 and removed to

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 eastern Georgia in 1466. The family was elevated to a princely dignity by the

kings of Kakheti Princes of Kakheti The Chosroids *–637 – Adarnase I, also prince of Iberia since 627. *637–650 – Stephen I, also prince of Iberia *650–684 – Adarnase II, prince of Iberia *685–736 – Stephen II *736–741 – Mirian *736–786 ...

and granted the office of

mouravi ''Mouravi'' ( ka, მოურავი ) was an administrative and military officer in early modern Georgia, translated into English as seneschal, bailiff, or constable. A ''mouravi'' was an appointed royal official who had a jurisdiction over pa ...

(

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) of

Gremi Gremi ( ka, გრემი) is a 16th-century architectural monument – the royal citadel and the Church of the Archangels – in Kakheti, Georgia. The complex is what has survived from the once flourishing town of Gremi and is located southwe ...

, and of Eniseli, the latter being hereditary in the line. Under Russian rule, the Jorjadzes were recognized as

princes A prince is a Monarch, male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary title, hereditary, in some ...

of the

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according to the decrees of 1829 and 1850. Bagrationi, Ioane (1768-1830)
Jorjadze (Princes of Kakheti)
. ''The Brief Description of the Georgian Noble Houses''. Retrieved on December 19, 2007. Presently, there are 154 Jorjadze family members in Georgia.Jorjadze
''Georgian Civil Registry''. Retrieved on February 9, 2012. There is one street named after Jorjadze in the capital of Georgia,

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი, ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), ( ka, ტფილისი, tr ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia ( ...

Notable members

* Barbare Jorjadze, Georgian poet, playwright, cookbook writer, and essayist * Dimitri Jorjadze, Georgian prince and race car driver * Nana Jorjadze, Georgian film director, scriptwriter and actress *

Tea Jorjadze Thea Djordjadze ( ka, თეა ჯორჯაძე; born 1971 in Tbilisi, Georgia (country), Georgia) is a contemporary German-Georgian artist based in Berlin, Germany. She is best known for sculpture and installation art, but also works in a v ...

, Georgian contemporary artist *

Zachary of Georgia Zachary, born Zakaria Jorjadze ( ka, ზაქარია ჯორჯაძე), was the Catholicos–Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church in the period 1623–1632. Before that Zachary was the bishop of Nekresi in 1613–1623 an ...

(born as Zakaria Jorjadze), Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia

References

Noble families of Georgia (country) Russian noble families Georgian-language surnames Patronymic surnames Surnames from given names {{Georgia-noble-stub