Babadishvili
The House of Babadishvili (Georgian: ბაბადიშვილი; also Babadishi, ბაბადიში) is a Georgian noble family claimed to have sprung off the royal Bagrationi dynasty of Kakheti in the 17th century.
History[edit]
Prince Ioann of Georgia (1768–1830) reports that the Babadishvili descend from the Kakhetian ruler Imām Qulī Khān (1678–1722),[1] “corrected” by some modern genealogists to Joseph, a supposed grandson of Teimuraz I of Kakheti (1589–1663). Professor Cyril Toumanoff considers the family to be related to the Beburishvili (ბებურიშვილი), possible descendants of the medieval house of Donauri.[2]
The family were entitled as the princes (tavadi) of the third rank in Georgia, and confirmed as knyaz of the Russian Empire in 1850.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Bagrationi, Ioane (1768-1830). Babadishvili (Princes of Kakheti). The Brief Description of the Georgian Noble Houses. Retrieved on January 6, 2008.
- ^ Toumanoff, Cyril (1967). Studies in Christian Caucasian History, p. 269. Georgetown University Press.
- ^ (in Russian) Бабадышевы. Russian Biographic Lexicon. Retrieved on January 6, 2008.
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