Nino, Princess of Mingrelia

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Nino
Princess of Mingrelia
Tenure1791/94–1802
1802–1804
Born15 April 1772
Tiflis, Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti
Died30 May 1847
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Burial
Church of St. John Chrysostom, Alexander Nevsky Lavra
SpouseGrigol Dadiani
Issue
among others...		Levan V Dadiani
DynastyBagrationi dynasty
FatherGeorge XII of Georgia
MotherKetevan Andronikashvili
ReligionGeorgian Orthodox Church

Nino (

King George XII of Georgia and princess consort of Mingrelia as the wife of Grigol Dadiani, Sovereign Prince of Mingrelia. After the death of her husband in 1804, Nino was a regent for her underage son, Levan until 1811, and helped bring Mingrelia and Abkhazia, a neighboring principality of her in-laws, under the hegemony of the Russian Empire. In 1811, she retired to Saint Petersburg
, where she died at the age of 75.

Early life

Princess Nino was born in

arshins (7.1 m or 23.3 ft) of crimson velvet as the imperial gifts.[3]

Regency

Upon Grigol Dadiani's sudden death on 23 October 1804, Princess Nino became more prominently involved in the politics of Mingrelia. She immediately accused the rival nobles of having poisoned the prince and requested from the Russian commander in Georgia, Prince

Kelesh Ahmed-Bey Shervashidze, Prince of Abkhazia, in return for his help to Grigol in the power struggle in Mingrelia. In March 1805 the Russian troops moved into Abkhazia, restored the fort of Anaklia to Mingrelia, and rescued Levan.[4]

The regency council under the presidency of Princess Nino also included Prince

Chichua family. These power struggles would continue throughout the period of regency.[5]

Princess Nino followed the pro-Russian policy of her late husband. During the

Prince Aslan-Bey, and brought Abkhazia under the Russian protectorate.[4]

Retirement to Russia

Princess Nino's grave plate at the Blagoveschenskaya Church of Alexander Nevsky Lavra

In 1811, Nino was sidelined from the government of Mingrelia. She was recalled to St. Petersburg, where she was appointed a

Order of St. Catherine. Her younger son, Giorgi, and the Abkhazian heir, Dimitri, accompanied her to the imperial capital and were enlisted in the Cadet Corps for military education. Early in 1820, when Nino was vacationing at Georgiyevsk, Giorgi fell under the suspicion of collaborating with the rebels in Imereti, whom his elder brother, Levan, fought in the Russian ranks. Nino was escorted to Ryazan, but she was later allowed to return to St. Petersburg, where she spent the rest of her life and died on 31 May 1847. She was interred at the Church of St. John Chrysostom, Alexander Nevsky Lavra.[3]

Princess Nino's only surviving portrait, produced by an unknown artist during her St. Petersburg years, was purchased in 2010 by the

Dadiani Palaces Museum in Zugdidi, Georgia.[6]

Children

Prince Grigol and Princess Nino had six children, two sons and four daughters:[7]

  • Princess Ketevan (born 1792), who married first Manuchar Shervashidze, Prince of Samurzakano (died 1813), and then, in 1823, Rostom-Bey, son of Kelesh Ahmed-Bey Shervashidze, Prince of Abkhazia. A grandson of her first marriage was Prince Giorgi Shervashidze (1847–1918), Governor of Tiflis, known for his persecution of the doukhobors in 1895.
  • Prince Levan (1793–1846), Sovereign Prince of Mingrelia (1804–1840).
  • Princess Mariam (born 1794), who was married firstly to Prince Giorgi Eristavi of Guria and secondly, c. 1810, to Prince Rostom (Tato), son of Beri Gelovani, Lord of Lechkhumi.
  • Princess Elene (born 1795), who was married firstly to Prince David Gurieli (died 1833), son of Giorgi V Gurieli, and secondly to Prince Giorgi Mikeladze.
  • Princess Ekaterine (born 1797), who married in 1810 Colonel Prince Beglar (Petre)
    Jambakur-Orbeliani
    (1776–1819), son of Prince Zaal Orbeliani.
  • Prince Giorgi (1798–c. 1851), Major-General of the Russian army. He married, at Ryazan in 1839, Countess Elizaveta Pahlena, daughter of General Count Pavel Pahlen, and had no issue.

Ancestry

References

  1. ISBN 0850110297
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  2. ISSN 1512-3154
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  3. ^ a b Polovtsov (2009). "Дадиан, княгиня Нина Георгиевна" [Dadian, Princess Nina Georgiyevna]. Большая биографическая энциклопедия [Great Biographical Encyclopaedia] (in Russian).
  4. ^
    ISBN 0312229909
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  5. ^ "Nikolas (Didi Niko) Dadiani (1764-1834)". Dadiani Dynasty. Smithsonian Institution in association with National Parliamentary Library of Georgia. 2009. Archived from the original on 18 October 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  6. ^ Lomidze, Eka (23 August 2010). "დედოფლის დაბრუნება" [The Queen's return]. Kviris Palitra (in Georgian). Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  7. ^ Dumin, S.V., ed. (1996). Дворянские роды Российской империи. Том 3. Князья [Noble families of the Russian Empire. Volume 3: Princes] (in Russian). Moscow: Linkominvest. p. 54.

Further reading

  • მ. დუმბაძე, დასავლეთ საქართველო XIX საუკუნის პირველ ნახევარში, თბილისი, 1957
  • მ. ბერძენიშვილი, მასალები XIX საუკუნის პირველი ნახევრის ქართული საზოგადოებრიობის ისტორიისათვის, ტომი II, თბილისი, 1983
  • მ. რეხვიაშვილი, იმერეთი XVIII საუკუნეში, თბილისი, 1982
  • თამარ პაპავა, დიდი სახეები პატარა ჩარჩოებში, თბილისი, 1990
  • Акты, собранные Кавказской Археографической Комиссией, ред. Ад. Берже, т.I, Тифлис, 1866
  • Акты, собранные Кавказской Археографической Комиссией, ред. Ад. Берже, т.III, Тифлис, 1869
  • Акты, собранные Кавказской Археографической Комиссией, ред. Ад. Берже, т.IV, Тифлис, 1870
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