Mdivani

The house Mdivani (Georgian მდივანი ) came from a lower Georgian nobility. Kluge marriage policy and the clear recognition of political opportunities allowed them a tremendous upward social mobility under the reign of Empresses Elizabeth Petrovna Romanova and Catherine II

Family members

Zaxharias Mdivani (1867-1933) was a general of the Tsarist Russian army in World War I and commander in chief of the Caucasian Military District from April to September 1917. Thereafter, he served in the army of the Democratic Republic of Georgia and later emigrated with his family to Paris. His ambitious wife, Elisabeth Mdivani, had risen further ado the princesses title and thus made their children into princes or princesses. All sons made ​​" shiny " Marry, so they came to the reputation of dowry hunters, although the family had not left destitute Georgia. In the company of the five siblings were known only as the " marriage funny Mdiwanis ".

• Serge Mdivani (1903-1936 fatal accident at polo match )

• Alexis Mdivani (1905-1935 fatal car accident )

• Isabelle Roussadana Mdivani (1906-1938)

• David Mdivani (1907-1984)

• Nina Mdivani († 1987)

Other family members

• Archil Mdivani (1911-1937), tennis player
• Andrei Mdivani ( b. 1937 ), composer