House of Dadiani

Dadiani (Georgian დადიანი ) is a Georgian rulers and princely family. She ruled 1557-1857 over the province of Samegrelo.

The house Dadiani

First records of the Dadiani family date back to the year 1046. Presumably, the family Dadiani comes from a Dadi, the Eristavi for his military services to the hereditary aristocracy, the Duke of Odishi ( Samegrelo ) was charged. The family rose by 1280 to become the most powerful dynasty in western Georgia. At this time the family ruled in Svaneti, and Guria.

1557 I. Levan Dadiani prince ( Mtavari ) of Samegrelo was raised and established himself as an independent ruler. His successor Levan III. Dadiani had in 1691 as ruler Chikovani (Georgian ჩიქოვანი ) abdicate, but the descendants continue to contribute to the family name and Dadiani the title Prince of Samegrelo.

1802 Russia forced the Dadiani Dynasty to accept the Russian annexation of Georgia and to swear an oath on the Imperial Russian crown. For this she was brought into the Russian nobility and maintained a degree of independence in Samegrelo. On January 4, 1857 Russia continued Niko Dadiani from as ruler Mingreliens and solved the principality. 1868 renounced Prince Nico Dadiani officially on the throne.

Dukes and princes Mingreliens

Vardan I. Dadiani (ca 1180-1190 )
Schergil Dadiani (ca 1220-1240 )
Vardan II Dadiani (ca 1240-1250 )
Tsotne Dadiani (ca 1260 )
Bedan Dadiani (ca 1270 -ca 1290 )
Giorgi I. Dadiani (ca 1293-1323 )
Mamia I. Dadiani (1323-1345)
Giorgi II Dadiani (1345-1384)
Wameq I. Dadiani (1384-1396)
Mamia Dadiani II (1396-1414)
Liparit I. Dadiani (1414-1470)
Shamandavle Dadiani (1470-1473)
Wameq Dadiani II (1474-1482)
Liparit Dadiani II (1482-1512)
Mamia III. Dadiani (1512-1533)
Levan Dadiani I. (1533-1546)
Giorgi III. Dadiani (1546-1573, 1574-1582)
Mamia IV Dadiani ( 1574, 1582-1590 )
Manuchar I. Dadiani (1590-1611)
Levan II Dadiani (1611-1657)
Liparit III. Dadiani (1657-1658)
Wameq III. Dadiani (1658-1661)
Levan III. Dadiani (1661-1681)
Levan Dadiani IV (1681-1691)
Giorgi IV Dadiani ( Lipartiani ) ( 1700-1704, 1710-1714 )
Kazia I. Dadiani (1704-1710)
Beschan I. Dadiani (1714-1728)
Otia I. Dadiani (1728-1758)
Kazia Dadiani II (1758-1788)
Grigol Dadiani I. (1788-1791, 1794-1802, 1802-1804)
Manuchar Dadiani II (1791-1793)
Tariel Dadiani (1793-1794, 1802)
Levan Dadiani V. (1804-1840)
David I. Dadiani (1840-1853)
Niko Dadiani (1853-1857)

Chiefs of the house Mingrelien

Niko Dadiani (1857-1903)
Niko Dadiani II (1903-1919)
Shalva Dadiani (1919-1959)
Archil Dadiani (1959-1976)
Niko III. Dadiani (1976 -present)

Other family members

Constantine Dadiani, poet and general of the Russian army
Andria Dadiani (1850-1910), Georgian chess player and Prince of Samegrelo
Ekaterine Dadiani (1816-1882), Princess of Samegrelo
Salome Dadiani, wife of Prince Achille Murat, Napoleon
Shalva Dadiani, novelist and playwright
Robert Dadiani, former professional boxer, the oldest still living descendant of the Dadiani Dynasty
Dudu Dadiani (1969-2002), Georgian athletes
Maka Dadiani, Georgian concert pianist and painter

List of Heads of State of Georgia

Others

The construction of the Great Abkhazian Wall is Prince Levan II Dadiani attributed, it is one of the largest fortifications in the Caucasus region and has an area of about 160 kilometers.

Caucasus Mountains

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