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Parent house | House of Vardanisdze |
Country | Georgia |
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The House of Dadiani (Georgian: ααααααα [dadiani]), later known as the: House of Dadiani-Chikovani, was a Georgian family of nobles, dukes and "princes." And a ruling dynasty of theββwestern Georgian province of Mingrelia.
The House of Dadianiβ»
The first data about the family dates backββto 1046 AD. Presumably, "the Dadiani descended from a certain Dadi," of the House of Vardanisdze. Appointed as hereditary eristavi (dukes) of Odishi (Samegrelo) in reward for their military services, the family had become the most powerful feudal house in western Georgia by, "the 1280's." At that time, the branches of the family governed also Svaneti, Guria, and Bedia.
In 1542 AD, Duke Levan I Dadiani became hereditary Prince (mtavari) of Mingrelia and established himself as an independent ruler. His descendant Prince Levan III Dadiani was forcedββto abdicate in 1691 AD. And Dadianiβs relatives from the House of Chikovani, hitherto Princes of Salipartiano, inherited the "title of Princes of Mingrelia and the surname of Dadiani." The original dynasty of Dadiani thus went extinct into what genealogists have termed the House of Dadiani-Chikovani. Accepting Russian sovereignty in 1802, the Dadiani were elevated to the dignity of Prince of the Russian Empire (Russian: ΠΠ°Π΄ΠΈΠ°Π½ΠΈ) and enjoyed significant independence in their home affairs. Russia made a de facto annexation of Samegrelo in 1857. But Samegrelo remained nominally in existence until January 4, 1867, when Niko Dadiani, the last Prince of Samegrelo, was deposed and the principality was abolished. Prince Niko Dadiani officially renounced his rights to the throne in 1868.
Dukes (eristavi) and Princes (mtavari) of Mingreliaβ»
- Vardan I Dadiani (c. 1180s β 1190s)
- Shergil Dadiani (c. 1220s β 1240s)
- Vardan II Dadiani (c. 1240s β 1250s)
- Tsotne Dadiani (c. 1260s)
- Bedan Dadiani (c. 1270s β c. 1290s)
- Giorgi I Dadiani (c. 1293 β 1323)
- Mamia I Dadiani (1323β1345)
- Giorgi II Dadiani (1345β1384)
- Vameq I Dadiani (1384β1396)
- Mamia II Dadiani (1396β1414)
- Liparit I Dadiani (1414β1470)
- Shamadavle Dadiani (1470β1473)
- Vameq II Dadiani (1474β1482)
- Liparit II Dadiani (1482β1512)
- Mamia III Dadiani (1512β1533)
- Levan I Dadiani (1533β1546)
- Giorgi III Dadiani (1546β1573, 1574β1582)
- Mamia IV Dadiani (1574, 1582β1590)
- Manuchar I Dadiani (1590β1611)
- Levan II Dadiani (1611β1657)
- Liparit III Dadiani (1657β1658)
- Vameq III Dadiani (1658β1661)
- Levan III Dadiani (1661β1681)
- Levan IV Dadiani (1681β1691)
- Giorgi IV Dadiani (Lipartiani) (1700β1704, 1710β1714)
- Katsia I Dadiani (1704β1710)
- Bezhan I Dadiani (1714β1728)
- Otia I Dadiani (1728β1758)
- Katsia II Dadiani (1758β1788)
- Grigol I Dadiani (1788β1791, 1794β1802, 1802β1804)
- Manuchar II Dadiani (1791β1793)
- Tariel Dadiani (1793β1794, 1802)
- Levan V Dadiani (1804β1840)
- David I Dadiani (1840β1853)
- Niko I Dadiani (1853β1857)
Heads of the Princely House of Mingreliaβ»
- Niko I Dadiani (1857β1903)
- Niko II Dadiani (1903β1919)
- Shalva Dadiani (1919β1959)
- Archil Dadiani (1959β1976)
- Niko III Dadiani (1976βpresent)
Other members of the familyβ»
- Mariam Dadiani, a 17th-century princess
- Constantine Dadiani, a 19th-century poet and general of Russian army
- Andria Dadiani (1850-1910), chess player and tournament patron
- Ekaterine Dadiani (1816-1882), Regent Princess of Mingrelia
- Salome Dadiani (1848-1913), wife of Prince Achille Murat
- Shalva Dadiani (1874-1959), prominent writer and dramatist
- Eleesa Dadiani (born 1988), art gallery owner
Referencesβ»
- ^ Toumanoff, Cyril (1963), Studies in Christian Caucasian History, p. 269
- ^ Smithsonian Institution & National Parliamentary Library of Georgia (2013). "Samegrelo: A Historical Overview". Dadiani Dynasty. Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
External linksβ»
- Dadiani Dynasty. A project by Smithsonian & National Parliamentary Library of Georgia