Abkhazia

ABKHAZIA

The Shirvashidze (Chachba) Dynasty

GENEALOGY

fl. 1040 Otago I Shirvashidze, Prince of Abkhazia, son of Chacha Shirvashidze, Prince of Kvabuleti.

bf. 1184 - 1213 Otago II Shirvashidze, Prince of Sukhumi.

13xx - 1243 Dardan Shirvashidze, Prince of Abkhazia. General of the armies of the Sultan of Konia. He was k. in battle, 26^th June 1243.

fl. 1459 Rabia Shirvashidze, Prince of Abkhazia.

fl. 1491 Salomoni I Shirvashidze, Prince of Abkhazia. Established his independence in 1491. He d. after 1495, having had issue:

1) Arsqan Shirvashidze [Azra Khan], Prince of Abkhazia - see below.

fl. 1520 Arsqan Shirvashidze [Azra Khan], Prince of Abkhazia, son and heir of Salomoni I Shirvashidze, Prince of Abkhazia.

1625 Taimurazi Shirvashidze [Taimuraz Khan], Prince of Abkhazia. Confirmed as ruler of Abkhazia by the Sultan, for aiding the Turks against the Persians.

fl. 1637 Qara Bey Shirvashidze, Prince of Abkhazia.

fl. 1650 Kuapu Shirvashidze, Prince of Abkhazia.

fl. 1665 Salomoni II Shirvashidze, Prince of Abkhazia. He had issue, three sons:

1) Zurab Shirvashidze.
2) Jigetshi Shirvashidze, Prince of Abkhazia - see below.
3) Kuaf [Kuapu] Shirvashidze, Prince of Bedia. He d. after 1700, having had issue, two sons:
- a) Mirza Khan Shirvashidze, Prince of Bedia (or Samurzaqano). He d. ca. 1770, having had issue, a son:
  - i) Khutunica Shirvashidze, Prince of Bedia. A relative of Mancha [Manuchar] Shirvashidze, Prince of Abkhazia. Rebelled against the Turks, and established a semi-independent principality, 1757. He was k. in battle, 1758, having had issue, two sons:
    - (1) Levanti Shirvashidze, Prince of Bedia. Expelled by his nephew, Prince Manuchar, in 1798. m. a daughter of Prince Shirvashidze-Inalipa of Gulisti. He d. after 1798, having had issue, one son and one daughter, including:
      - (a) Khutuna Shirvashidze [Mahmud Beg], Prince of Bedia. Succeeded his cousin, 1813. fl. 1849. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    - (2) Prince Solomon Shirvashidze. He d. before 1798, having had issue:
      - (a) Manuchar Shirvashidze, Prince of Bedia. Expelled his uncle and seized the family domains, 1798. m. (first) (div.) a daughter of Prince Bulikuku Shirvashidze, Lord of Saberio-Kapiti. m. (second) H.S.H. Princess Kethavan (b. 1792; m. 1823, Prince Rustam Bey - see below), eldest daughter of His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Grigol [Gregori] VI Dadiani, Duke of Dukes of Mingrelia, by his second wife, H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Nina, third daughter of H.M. The Most Serene King Giorgi XII, King of Georgia. He was k. by his brother, Levanti, ca. 1813, having had issue, two sons:
        
        (i) Alexander Manucharovitch Shirvashidze, Prince of Bedia. He was k. by Prince Tariel Dadiani, 1829.
        
        (ii) Dimitri Manucharovitch Shirvashidze, Prince of Bedia. Succeeded his brother, 1829. He d. in Russia, 1832, having had issue, two sons:
        
        1. Prince Alexander Dimitrievitch Shirvashidze.
        
        2. H.H.E. Prince Giorgi Dimitrievitch Schervaschidze. b. 1847. Grand Master of the Imperial Court, Attached to the person of Empress Maria Feodorovna, Gentleman of the Bedchamber 1885. m. Princess Maria Alexandrovna, née Baroness Nicolay. He had issue, one son:
        
        a. Prince Dimitri Giorgievitch Schervaschidze. Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the Emperor of Russia 1913, Marshal of the Nobility of Sviantzany.
      - (b) Prince Levanti Shirvashidze. He had issue, a son:
        
        (i) Prince Outa Shirvashidze. He had issue:
      - (c) Prince Bejan Shirvashidze, Lord of Nabanevi. He had issue, one son and one daughter.
- b) Prince Avtandil Shirvashidze. He had issue, a son:
  - i) Prince Bulikuku Shirvashidze, Lord of Saberio-Kapiti. He had issue, two sons and one daughter:
    - (1) Prince Zurab Shirvashidze, Lord of Saberio.
    - (2) Prince Kukuloba Shirvashidze.
    - (1) A daughter. m. as his first wife (div.) Manuchar Shirvashidze, Prince of Bedia (k. by his brother, Levanti, ca. 1813), eldest son of Prince Solomoni Shirvashidze - see above.
4) Prince Khutunica Shirvashidze, Lord of Sukhumi. He had issue:
- b) Tulakh Shirvashidze. He left issue (the Princes Shirvashidze-Tulaqipa of Otkara).

1700 - 1730 Jigetshi Shirvashidze, Prince of Abkhazia. He d. before 1730, having had issue, two sons:

1) Hamid Bey Shirvashidze, Prince of Abkhazia - see below.
2) Inal Bey Shirvashidze, Lord of Gulisti. He left issue (the Princes Shirvashidze-Inalipa of Gulisti).

1730 - 17xx Hamid Bey Shirvashidze, Prince of Abkhazia, eldest son of Jigetshi Shirvashidze, Prince of Abkhazia. Installed as ruler of Abkhazia, 1730. He had issue, two sons:

1) Mancha I Shirvashidze [Manuchar Bey], Prince of Abkhazia - see below.
2) Levanti Shirvashidze [Muhammad Pasha], Prince of Abkhazia - see below.

17xx - 1757 Mancha I Shirvashidze [Manuchar Bey], Prince of Abkhazia, eldest son of Hamid Bey Shirvashidze, Prince of Abkhazia. Succeeded on the death of his father. Banished by the Sultan of Turkey during the middle of the eighteen century, 1757. He d. after 1757, having had issue, three sons:

1) H.H. Mancha II Shirvashidze [Manuchir Bey], Prince of Abkhazia - see below.
2) General Shirvan Bey Shirvashidze. Banished, with his father and brothers, but later entered the Turkish service and rose to high rank. He had issue:
- a) Bekir Bey Shirvashidze, Lord of Shuasopeli. m. a lady from the Antchabadze family (m. second, H.H. Kelesh-Ahmad Bey Shirvashidze [Kelem Bey], Prince of Abkhazia - see below). He had issue:
  - i) Soslan Bey Shirvashidze. b. before 1811. He had issue, two sons:
    - (1) Prince Alexander Soslanovitch Shirvashidze ['Ali Bey], Lord of Shuasopeli. m. Princess Kessaria Nikolaievna, youngest daughter of Major-General H.E. Prince Nikolaoz Dadiani [Nikolai Giorgievitch Dadianov], Lord of Kurdzu, sometime Ambassador to Russia, by his wife, Princess Mariami, daughter of Prince Rustam Eristov, of Guria. He d. 1833, having had issue:
      - (a) Princess Adil Begum. m. 1849, H.S.H. Prince Konstantini Dadeshkeliani, Prince of Svania (b. 1827; k. by the Russians, 5^th November 1858), eldest son of H.S.H. Prince Nikolaoz [Tsiokh Bey] Dadeshkeliani, Prince of Svania - see Georgia (Svania).
    - (2) Kuchuk Bey, Lord of Galisga.
3) H.H. Zurab Shirvashidze [Suraba Bey], Prince of Abkhazia - see below.

17xx - 1770 H.H. Mancha II Shirvashidze [Manuchir Bey], Prince of Abkhazia, eldest son of Mancha I Shirvashidze [Manuchar Bey], Prince of Abkhazia. Succeeded on the death of his father. He had issue:

1) H.H. Kelesh-Ahmad Bey Shirvashidze [Kelem Bey], Prince of Abkhazia - see below.
2) Prince Bakar Bey Shirvashidze.
3) A son, who had issue:
- a) Kuchuk Bey Chachba. Cdt. of the Fortress of Poti 1808-1811. He had issue, a daughter:
  - i) Asma Khanum. m. H.H. Prince Aslan Bey Shirvashidze, Prince of Abkhazia, second son of H.H. Kelesh-Ahmad Bey Shirvashidze [Kelem Bey], Prince of Abkhazia. She d. 1825 - see below.

1770 - 1779 H.H. Zurab Shirvashidze [Suraba Bey], Prince of Abkhazia, youngest son of Mancha I Shirvashidze [Manuchar Bey], Prince of Abkhazia. Banished, with his father and brothers, by the Sultan of Turkey 1757. Joined his brother in the revolt against Turkish rule, and was deposed, 1779.

1779 - 1789 H.H. Levanti Shirvashidze [Muhammad Pasha], Prince of Abkhazia. Rebelled against the Turks, 1771. Converted to Christianity, taking the name, Levanti.

1789 - 1806 H.H. Kelesh-Ahmad Bey Shirvashidze [Kelem Bey], Prince of Abkhazia. b. 1747, educ. Constantinople. Banished, with his father and brothers, by the Sultan of Turkey 1757. Entered Mingrelia and seized the Heir Apparent, Levanti Dadiani 1802. m. (first) at Sukhumi, ca. 1771 (div. 1789), a lady from the Ziapsh-Ipa family of Gumasti. m. (second) Leiba Khanum, a lady from the Mgudzrikhva family. m. (third) Rabia Begum, a lady from the Marshania family of Tselebi. m. (fourth), a lady from the Antchabadze damily, widow of his cousin, Bekir Bey Shirvashidze, Lord of Shuasopeli. He was k. at the Fortress of Sukhumi, 2^nd May 1806 o.s., having had issue, at least ten sons:

1) Prince Khalil Bey.
2) H.H. Prince Aslan Bey Shirvashidze, Prince of Abkhazia (s/o the Zjapsh-Ipa lady) - see below.
3) H.S.H. Prince Giorgi Shirvashidze [Safar 'Ali Bey], Prince of Abkhazia - see below.
4) Prince Batal Bey Shirvashidze [Batam-teer]. He d. after 1835.
5) Prince Hasan Bey Shirvashidze, Lord of Tsebelda and Kelassur. m. (first) a lady from the Shirvashidze-Inalipa family of Gulisti. m. (second) a daughter of Narchuk, an Abkhazi lord. He had issue:
- a) Prince Demetre Shirvashidze [Saud Bey]. Converted to the Christian faith and was baptised with the name of Dimitri, 1838. m. at the Chapel of Sukhumi Fortress, 1838, H.S.H. Princess Kethavan [Ekaterina Levanovna] (d. before 1839), younger daughter of Major-General H.H. The Pious Prince of High Rank Levanti V Dadiani, Duke of Dukes of Mingrelia, etc. He d. 1858, having had issue:
6) Prince Tatar Bey Shirvashidze.
7) Prince Rustam Bey Shirvashidze. m. 1823, H.S.H. Princess Kethavan (b. 1792), widow of Manuchar Shirvashidze, Prince of Bedia, and eldest daughter of His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Grigol [Gregori] VI Dadiani, Duke of Dukes of Mingrelia, by his second wife, H.H. The Most Brilliant Princess Nina, third daughter of H.M. The Most Serene King Giorgi XII, King of Georgia.
8) Prince Sulaiman Bey Shirvashidze. He was k. at Sukhumi, by Aslan Bey, 1808.
9) Prince Mahmud Bey Shirvashidze, Prince of Samuzaqano (cre. 1813). He had issue, a son:
- a) Prince Levanti Shirvashidze. He had issue:
10) Prince Sekir Bey Shirvashidze. He d. after 1811.
1) Rustam Khanum. She was k. at Sukhumi, by Aslan Bey, 1808.

1806 - 1810 H.H. Prince Aslan Bey Shirvashidze, Prince of Abkhazia. Succeeded on the death of his father, 2^nd May 1806 (confirmed by the Sultan of Turkey). Accused by the Russians of patricide. Fled to Turkey when the Russian army stormed and captured the citadel at Sukhumi, 10^th June 1810. Returned in 1821 and seized most of the country, excepting Sukhumi and other Russian occupied forts. Forced to retreat into Turlish territory by the Russians, August 1824. m. (first) Giachba [Gech], a princess from the Sadzian [Zhigetian] family. m. (second) Dido (d. 1809). m. (third) at Sukhumi, 1809, Asma Khanum (d. 1825), daughter of his cousin, Kuchuk Bey Chachba, cdt. of the Fortress of Poti. He may have left issue in Turkey?

1810 - 1821 General H.S.H. Prince Giorgi Shirvashidze [Safar 'Ali Bey], Prince of Abkhazia. Encouraged by the Regent of Mingrelia to rebel against his borther, he signed a petition for protection from Russia 12^th August 1808. Recognised by the Emperor of Russia as the hereditary prince of the Abkhazian domains, under Russian protection, 17^th February 1810. Proclaimed at Sukhumi, 10^th June 1810. Converted to Christianity and baptised into the Orthodox faith under the name of Giorgi 1810. Col. Russian service. Rcvd: Knt. of the Order of St Anne 1^st class of Russia. m. before May 1808, H.S.H. Princess Thamar (b. 1790; d. 1^st March 1818 o.s.), second daughter of H.H. Katsia II Dadiani, Duke of Dukes of Mingrelia. He was k. by his brother Hassan Bey, at Sukhumi, 7^th February (or 13^th November) 1821, having had issue, four sons and six daughters:

1) H.S.H. Prince Dimitri Giorgievitch Shirvashidze [Umar Bey], Prince of Abkhazia (s/o Thamar) - see below.
2) H.S.H. Prince Mikhail Giorgievitch Shirvashidze [Hamid Bey], Prince of Abkhazia (s/o Thamar) - see below.
3) Prince Konstantin Giorgievitch Shirvashidze. b. 1811. m. Princess Natalia, née d'Enloy de la Garde. He d. 1866, having had issue:
4) Prince Alexander Giorgievitch Shirvashidze. He had issue:
1) Princess Maria. m. Prince Eristov.
2) Princess Elisaveta. m. Prince Dadiani of Mingrelia.
3) Princess Rusudan. m. Prince Marshania of Tselebi.
4) Princess Ekaterina. m. Prince Marshania of Tselebi.
5) Princess Anna. m. Prince Tsulukidze.
6) Princess Nina. m. Prince Gurieli.

1821 - 1822 Colonel H.S.H. Prince Dimitri Giorgievitch Shirvashidze [Umar Bey], Prince of Abkhazia, educ. Corps de Pages, St Petersburg. Col. Russian service. Converted to Christianity and baptised into the Orthodox faith under the name of Dimitri. Succeeded on the death of his father, 7^th February (or 13^th November) 1821. He was k. (poisoned) at Lykhny, 16^th October 1822.

1822 - 1864 Lieutenant-General H.S.H. Prince Mikhail Giorgievitch Shirvashidze [Hamid Bey], Prince of Abkhazia. Succeeded on the death of his elder brother, 16^th October 1822. Converted to Christianity and baptised into the Orthodox faith under the name of Mikhail. Installed at Sukhumi fortress, 14^th February 1823. Deposed by the Russians and his principality annexed to the Russian Empire, 24^th June 1864. Deported to Voronezh, November 1864. m. (first) before 1845, H.S.H. Princess Menika [Maria Nikolaevna], former wife of Prince Tsereteli or Tsulukidze, and only child of Prince Niko Giorgievitch Dadiani of Mingrelia, Chief of Police at Javari. m. (second) 1846, H.S.H. Princess Alexandra Giorgievna (b. 1829; d. 1898), eldest daughter of Captain-Lieutenant Prince Giorgi Nikolaevitch Dadiani, of Mingrelia, by his wife, Princess Varvara, daughter of Prince Dadeshkeliani of Svaneti. He d. at Voronezh, April 1866 (bur. Sukhumi), having had issue, three sons and four daughters:

1) Prince Nikolai Mikhailovitch Shirvashidze. He d. young.
2) H.S.H. Prince Giorgi Mikhailovitch, Prince of Abkhazia - see below.
3) H.S.H. Prince Mikhail Mikhailovitch Shirvashidze. Granted the personal style of His Serene Highness by Imperial ukase 21^st August 1834. He d. 1899.
1) Princess Ana. m. ca. 1836, Prince Giorgi Levanovitch Gurieli (k. during the siege of St Nicholas Fort, 15^th/16^th November 1853), 2^nd-Lieut. Russian Army, eldest son of Prince Levanti Gurieli, by his wife, Princess Elizabed, daughter of Prince Antchabazde. She had issue, one son - see Georgia (Guria).
2) Princess Nino Mikhailovna. m. Prince Marshania of Tselebi [Shereem Bey]. She d. 1867.
3) H.S.H. Princess Tamara Mikhailovna. b. at Lykhny, Abkhazia, 1846. m. 1860, Prince Nikolai Elizbarovitch Dadiani (b. at Chkhepi, 1829; d. 22^nd January 1879 o.s.), sometime Capt-Lieut. Russian service, only son of Prince Elizbar Giorgievitch Dadiani, Chief Justice of Mingrelia and Mbr. of the Committee of Govt., by his wife, Princess Sophia Paatovna, daughter of Prince Paata Tzulukidze. She d. at Tiflis, 1926, having had issue, one son and three daughters - see Georgia (Mingrelia).
4) Princess Varvara [Barba] Mikhailovna. b. at Lichni, Abkhazia, 22^nd July 1859. Maid of Honour to the Empress of Russia. m. at St Petersburg, 3^rd June 1907, as his second wife, H.E. Baron Alexander Felixovitch von Mayendorff (b. at Baden-Baden, 10^th April 1869; d.s.p. at London, 20^th February 1964), of Klein-Roop, educ. St Petersburg Univ., civil servant 1893-1907, Mbr. Duma 1907-1917, Vice-Presdt. of the Duma, Senator of the Empire 1917-1918, went into exile in Latvia 1918-1919, emigrated to the UK 1919, Reader in Russian Institutional Politics at the LSE 1922-1934, youngest son of Baron Friedrich Adeldagus Felix von Mayendorff, Russian diplomatic service, by his wife, Princess Olga Michaelovna, daughter of General of Artillery H.H.E. Prince Mikael Dimitrievitch Gortchakov, sometime Viceroy of Poland and Adj-Gen. to the Emperor of Russia. She d.s.p. 27^th March 1946.

1866 H.S.H. Prince Giorgi Mikhailovitch, Prince of Abkhazia. b. 1846, educ. Corps of Pages, St Petersburg. ADC to Grand Duke Mikhail 1866. Granted the personal style of His Serene Highness by Imperial ukase 21^st August 1834. Proclaimed at Sukhumi, by the people after an uprising against the Russians, 29^th July 1866. Arrested and deported to Orenburg.

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ABASHIDZE	DADÁNYI	DAVITISHVILI	GEORGIA
GURIA	IMERETI	KAKHETI	KARTLI
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