Vakhvakhishvili

Vakhvakhishvili ( _ka. ვახვახიშვილი) was 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. [Toumanoff, Cyril (1967). "Studies in Christian Caucasian History", p. 271. Georgetown University Press.] Bagrationi, Ioane (1768-1830). [http://www.geogen.ge/indexen.php?id_menu=12&id_menu_up=2&lang=en&id_let=55&abc=1 Vakhvakhishvili (Princes of Kakheti)] . "The Brief Description of the Georgian Noble Houses". Retrieved on December 15, 2007.] [ru icon [http://www.rulex.ru/01030482.htm Вахваховы] . Russian Biographic Lexion. Retrieved on December 15, 2007.]

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