Vakhvakhishvili

The House of 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.

Princes Vakhvakhov in the Russian nobility book from 1892

History
Vakhvakhishvili fortress

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. (in Russian) Вахваховы. Russian Biographic Lexicon. Retrieved on December 15, 2007.
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