Vakhvakhishvili

The Vakhvakhishvili (Georgian: ვახვახიშვილი) is a Georgian noble family, originally known, since the twelfth century, in the province of Samtskhe whence they later moved to the kingdom of Kakheti. In the mid-17th century, they acquired the hereditary office of the Grand Master of the Hunt of Kakheti, and were listed among the Kakhetian nobility in a special document attached to the Russo-Georgian Treaty of Georgievsk of 1783. After the Russian annexation of Georgia, the family was confirmed in the princely rank (knyaz Vakhvakhov, Вахваховы) by the decrees of 1825 and 1850.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Toumanoff, Cyril (1967). Studies in Christian Caucasian History, p. 271. Georgetown University Press.
  2. ↑ Bagrationi, Ioane (1768-1830). Vakhvakhishvili (Princes of Kakheti). The Brief Description of the Georgian Noble Houses. Retrieved on December 15, 2007.
  3. ↑ (Russian) Вахваховы. Russian Biographic Lexicon. Retrieved on December 15, 2007.
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