Left: A seal of 9 or 10 years old royal prince Erekle (future King Erekle II), written in Asomtavruli script reading "Batonishvili Erekle".
Right: Batonishvili Nino, a granddaughter of King Erekle II.
Right: Batonishvili Nino, a granddaughter of King Erekle II.
Batonishvili (Georgian: ბატონიშვილი, lit. 'a child of a lord or sovereign') is a title for royal princes and princesses who descend from the Kings of Georgia from the Bagrationi dynasty.[1]
Batonishvili is suffixed after or before the given names e.g. David Batonishvili or Batonishvili Ioane, etc.
- ^ Alexander Mikaberidze (2015) Historical Dictionary of Georgia, ISBN 978-1-4422-4146-6, Rowman & Littlefield, p. 721