Batonishvili

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Asomtavruli script reading "Batonishvili Erekle".
Right: Batonishvili Nino
, a granddaughter of King Erekle II.

Batonishvili (

Bagrationi dynasty.[1]

Batonishvili is suffixed after or before the

Batonishvili Ioane
, etc.

History

The title was eventually borne not only by the children of the reigning king (

mepe), but by all male-line descendants of past kings. The customary attribute or form of address for a batonishvili was "უგანათლებულესი" (uganatlebulesi) ("Most Brilliant" or "Most High").[2][3]

There were several types of

Caucasus, some exercising more or less sovereign authority at times, whose titles are prone to be confused with the title and rank of Batonishvili when translated from Georgian into other languages. This is partially because there were no precise Western equivalents for those titles, and partially because they all came to be translated by the Russian word for prince, Knyaz, as Russia
increasingly dominated the region.

A list of Georgian titled families was attached to the 1783

nobleman
in Russia.

In fact, members of the

Alexandre Batonishvili. Henceforth Georgia's royal heirs and their descendants were demoted to Knyaz, as Prince Gruzinsky and Prince Imeretinsky
, respectively.

See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-4422-4146-6, Rowman & Littlefield
    , p. 721
  2. ^ ხანთაძე შ., ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედია, ტომი 2, გვერდი 229—230, თბილისი, 1977 Khantadze Sh., Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, Volume 2, page 229-230, Tbilisi, 1977
  3. ^ უფლის-წული National Parliamentary Library of Georgia

Further reading

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