Ketewan Andronikashvili

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Ketewan Andronikaschwili ( Georgian ქეთევან ანდრონიკაშვილი, * 1754 ; † June 3, 1782 in Tbilisi ), was a Georgian noblewoman and the first wife of King Giorgi XII. from Kartlien-Kakheti . In 1778 she personally led the Georgian cavalry in a victorious battle against the Lesgier mountain people .

biography

Princess Ketewan was born as a child of the noble Andronikashvili family, one of the leading noble houses of the eastern Georgian kingdom of Kakheti, which referred to the origin of the Comnen dynasty. Her father, Prince Papuna Andronikashvili, ruled over the historical province of Heretia , whose name at that time was Kiziqi. She had three brothers, Melkizedek, Iese, and Rewaz.

In 1766, Ketewan married Giorgi, the eldest son of King Erekle II. This marriage helped the Andronikashvili family, and especially Ketewan's brother Rewaz, to gain more influence at the royal court against the rival noble family Dadiani , which was supported by Erecle 's wife Darejan Dadiani .

In October 1778, the then 24-year-old Ketewan played an important role in a battle at Ghartiskari that was part of a centuries-long conflict between the Georgians and the Lesgiians. On the road to Tbilisi she met a 500-strong Lesgier troop. She personally led her entourage, consisting of 300 cavalrymen, into the fight against the Lesgier and won. When Erekle heard the news, he received his daughter-in-law at the entrance to Tbilisi with full military honors . Due to complications in her last birth, she died in Tbilisi in 1782. She was buried in Dawit Gareja monastery .

children

Ketewan's 16-year marriage to Giorgi had 12 children:

  1. Prince David (July 1, 1767 - May 25, 1819), Prince Regent of Georgia (1800–1801).
  2. Prince Ioane (May 16, 1768 - February 15, 1819), scholar and writer.
  3. Princess Barbare (1769 or 1770-1801), who married Prince Simon Zosine Andronikaschwili in 1784 and had three children.
  4. Prince Luarsab (1771 - before 1798).
  5. Princess Sophio (1771 - September 28, 1840), bearer of the Russian Order of Saint Catherine , married Prince Luarsab Tarkhan-Mourawi in 1792.
  6. Princess Nino (April 15, 1772 - May 30, 1847), wife of Grigol Dadiani, Prince of Mingrelia, and Regent of Mingrelia (1804–1806).
  7. Princess Salome (around 1773 - after 1777), was married to Prince Alexander of Imeretia in 1777 .
  8. Prince Bagrat (May 8, 1776 - May 8, 1841), writer and senator of the Russian Empire .
  9. Princess Ripsime (1779 - May 27, 1847), bearer of the Order of Saint Catherine, married Prince Dimitri Cholokashvili in 1784 and had two sons.
  10. Prince Solomon (1780 - before 1798)
  11. Princess Gaiane (September 27, 1780 - July 22, 1820), married Giorgi, Prince Ksanis, in 1794.
  12. Prince Teimuraz (April 23, 1782 - October 25, 1846), historian.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ L. Tukhashwili, (1975). "რევაზ ანდრონიკაშვილი" [Revaz Andronikashvili]. Soviet Georgian Encyclopedia . (Georgian) Volume 1. Tbilisi. Page 451.
  2. ↑ A. Rogawa, (1975). "ქეთევან ანდრონიკაშვილი" [Ketewan Andronikashvili]. Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia (Georgian) Volume 1. Tbilisi. Page 451.
  3. ^ Hugh Montgomery, and other authors (1980). Burke's Royal Families of the World , Volume 2. London. Burke's Peerage. Pages 67-68. ISBN 0850110297 .
  4. ↑ SV Dumin, and other authors (1996). Дворянские роды Российской империи. Volume 3. (Russian). Moscow. Linkominvest. Page 122.
personal data
SURNAME Andronikashvili, Ketewan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Georgian nobles and the first wife of King Giorgi XII. from Kartlien-Kakheti
DATE OF BIRTH 1754
DATE OF DEATH June 3, 1782
Place of death Tbilisi