Kavkasidze
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Kavkasidze later Kavkasidzev (Кавкасидзевы), was a Georgian
-Russian
noble house, founded by a Georgian nobleman Eprem Kalatozishvili who accompanied the crown prince Bak’ar
in his Russian exile in 1724.
The Kalatozishvili family was known in Georgia since the 15th century, and were listed as royal aznauri
, i.e., the petite nobility directly under the king’s vassalage. It was already in emigration that they were conferred with the title of prince and assumed the surname of Kavkasidze. In 1741, the family became Russian subjects, and received a hereditary estate in the Chernigov Governorate
.
The family should not be confused with the medieval Georgian noble house of Kavkasi(s)dze known in Tao-Klarjeti
in the 11th century, and whose castle still stands in what is now northeastern Turkey
.
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
-Russian
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
noble house, founded by a Georgian nobleman Eprem Kalatozishvili who accompanied the crown prince Bak’ar
Bakar of Georgia
Bakar was a Georgian prince of the Mukhrani branch of the Bagrationi dynasty....
in his Russian exile in 1724.
The Kalatozishvili family was known in Georgia since the 15th century, and were listed as royal aznauri
Aznauri
Aznauri was a class of Georgian nobility; the term that was first applied to all nobles, but in the later Middle Ages narrowed to designate the petty nobles....
, i.e., the petite nobility directly under the king’s vassalage. It was already in emigration that they were conferred with the title of prince and assumed the surname of Kavkasidze. In 1741, the family became Russian subjects, and received a hereditary estate in the Chernigov Governorate
Chernigov Governorate
The Chernigov Governorate , also known as the Government of Chernigov, was a guberniya in the historical Left-bank Ukraine region of the Russian Empire, which was officially created in 1802 from the disbanded Malorossiya Governorate with an administrative centre of Chernigov...
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The family should not be confused with the medieval Georgian noble house of Kavkasi(s)dze known in Tao-Klarjeti
Tao-Klarjeti
Tao-Klarjeti is the term conventionally used in modern history writing to describe the historic south-western Georgian principalities, now forming part of north-eastern Turkey and divided among the provinces of Erzurum, Artvin, Ardahan and Kars...
in the 11th century, and whose castle still stands in what is now northeastern Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
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