Machabeli
The House of Machabeli (
Inner Kartli (central Georgia) called Samachablo
after their family name.
History
Tiri monastery
mentioning Machabel Tavkhelidze, a purported forefather of the family.The origin of the family is not clear. According to a traditional account, they descended from one of the princes of the Abkhaz-Georgian feudal clan of
Imperial Russia.[3] The Machabeli house was confirmed in princely dignity by the Russian Tsar in 1850.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Dolgorukov (1856)
- ^ (in Georgian) J. Gvasalia, მაჩაბლები (Machablebi). In: ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედია (Encyclopedia Georgiana), Vol. 6, page 509. Tbilisi, 1983.
- ^ Origin of the Princes: Machabeli. Georgian Genealogy. Retrieved on April 1, 2007.
- ^ (in Russian) Мачабели. Russian Biographic Lexicon. Retrieved on April 1, 2007.
- (in Russian) Хаханов А. С. (Alexander Khakhanov), князья Мачабели. In: Грузинские дворянские акты и родословные росписи. М. 1893.
- (in Russian) Pyotr Dolgorukov. Russian genealogy book. – Saint Petersburg: Типография Э. Веймара, 1856. – Vol. 3. – p. 480.
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