Agiashvili

Coat of Arms of The Agiashvili[1]

The House of Agiashvili (Georgian: აგიაშვილი) is a Georgian noble family,[2] whose roots can be traced back to the 12th century noble family House of Omatmatidze (ომათმათიძე).[3] The Omatmatidze-Agiashvili family were entitled as the joint-High Constables (ციხისთავი) from the mid XV century.[4] In XVII century they got the commander title and since 1753 — Heads of Royal Guard (ქეშიქთუხუცსეი) of the Kingdom of Imereti.[3] House of Agiashvili held the key fortress of Q’araula, Ts'uts'khvat'i )near Kutaisi) and church of t’q’achiri and monastery of ch’alistavi in western Georgia.[3] In 1810, they were actively fighting for independence of Kingdom of Imereti, for which their land incurred losses.[3] After the Russian annexation of Imereti, they were received among the princely nobility of the Empire on the 6th December, 1850 (Russian: Агиашвили, Агияшвили).[5][1]

  1. ^ a b S.V. Dumin, Noble Families of Russian Empire. Vol. 4, The Georgian Kingdom (Дворянские Роды Российской Империи. Том 4 Князья Царства Грузинского), 1998, p. 28 and 102.
  2. ^ Agiashvili Family Coat of Arms
  3. ^ a b c d O. Soselia, Essays from the Social-Political History of Western Georgia of the Feudal Age (States), Vol. I, p.209-262, Tb., 1973.
  4. ^ Toumanoff, Cyril (1963), Studies in Christian Caucasian History, p. 272. Georgetown University Press.
  5. ^ Wikisource This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Агиашвили" . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.