Konstantine Dadeshkeliani
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Constantine Dadeshkeliani Prince of Svaneti | |
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კონსტანტინე ციოყის ძე დადიშქელიანი | |
 Portrait of Dadeshkeliani. | |
| Born | 1826 |
| Died | 1857 |
| Cause of death | Stabbing |
| Occupation | Mtavari |
| Years active | 1841-1857 |
| Known for | Last prince of svaneti |
Konstantine (Murzakan) Dadeshkeliani (Georgian: კონსტანტინე (მურზაყან) ციოყის ძე დადიშქელიანი; 1826–1857) was the last prince (mtavari) of the western Georgian mountainous region of Svaneti from 1841 to 1857.
The eldest son of Prince Mikheil (Tsiok) Dadeshkeliani, he succeeded on his father’s death in September 1841. He ruled under the regency of his grandmother Digorkhan, who died in an armed conflict between the two branches of Dadeshkeliani of Svaneti in 1843.
Konstantine assumed full ruling powers in 1846. He remained a nominal vassal of the
Erivan. On a farewell audience in Kutaisi on October 27, 1857, he quarreled with a local Russian administrator, Alexander Gagarin, and stabbed to death him and three of his staff. When captured, Konstantine was summarily tried by court martial and shot on.[1]
References
- ^ Lang, David Marshall (1962), A Modern History of Georgia, pp. 96-97. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
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