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.

History

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 annexation of Georgia in 1801 by the Russian Empire, the family was admitted into the Russian nobility and confirmed their princely rank (knyaz Vakhvakhov, Вахваховы) in Russia by the decrees of 1825 and 1850.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

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

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[1] Toumanoff, Cyril (1967). Studies in Christian Caucasian History, p. 271. Georgetown University Press.

[Ioane-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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