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Mamia II Dadiani
Mamia II Dadiani ( ka, მამია II დადიანი; died 1414) was a member of the House of Dadiani and ''eristavi'' ("duke") of Odishi, latter-day Mingrelia, in western Georgia from 1396 until his death. Mamia was the son of Vameq I Dadiani, ''eristavi'' of Odishi, on whose death he succeeded in 1396. During his tenure, the Kingdom of Georgia was subjected to repeated attacks by the Turco-Mongol emir Timur, which devastated the country and shattered its unity. The western Georgian provinces were claimed by scions of the former kings of Imereti, but their attempts to bend the Dadiani into submission went in vain. Mamia continued his predecessors' efforts to aggrandize the duchy of Odishi. In 1414, he went to war against the Abkhazians, but was killed in battle. Mamia had two sons, Liparit I and Vameq II, both the future ''eristavi'' of Odishi. If Tedo Zhordania's identification, in 1902, of Mamia II with the ''eristavt-eristavi'' ("duke of dukes") and ''mandaturt-ukh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Dadiani
The House of Dadiani ( ka, დადიანი ), later known as the House of Dadiani- Chikovani, was a Georgian family of nobles, dukes and princes, and a ruling dynasty of the western Georgian province of Mingrelia. The House of Dadiani The first data about the family dates back to 1046 AD. Presumably, the Dadiani descended from a certain Dadi, of the House of Vardanisdze. Appointed as hereditary ''eristavi'' (dukes) of Odishi (Samegrelo) in reward for their military services, the family had become the most powerful feudal house in western Georgia by the 1280's. At that time, the branches of the family governed also Svaneti, Guria, and Bedia. In 1542 AD, Duke Levan I Dadiani became hereditary Prince (''mtavari'') of Mingrelia and established himself as an independent ruler. His descendant Prince Levan III Dadiani was forced to abdicate in 1691 AD and Dadiani’s relatives from the House of Chikovani, hitherto Princes of Salipartiano, inherited the title of Princes of Ming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liparit I Dadiani
Liparit I Dadiani ( ka, ლიპარიტ I დადიანი; died 1470) was a member of the House of Dadiani and ''eristavi'' ("duke") of Odishi, latter-day Mingrelia, in western Georgia from 1414 until his death. Under his rule, Mingrelia became largely independent from the disintegrating Kingdom of Georgia in the 1460s. Liparit I Dadiani succeeded on the death of his father, Mamia II Dadiani, in a war with the Abkhazians in 1414. His accession was confirmed by Alexander I of Georgia, who then moved on to pacify the conflict between the Mingrelian and Abkhazian princes. In the course of Liparit's lengthy rule, Mingrelia was embroiled in a series of internecine conflicts which dealt final blows to Georgia's unity. The civil war subsided, but only briefly, by 1460, when the Italian envoy Ludovico da Bologna acted as an intercessor between the Georgian dynasts to enable their participation in the proposed crusade of Pope Pius II against the Ottoman menace. Among the Easter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th-century People From Georgia (country)
As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was a century lasting from 1 January 1301 ( MCCCI), to 31 December 1400 ( MCD). It is estimated that the century witnessed the death of more than 45 million lives from political and natural disasters in both Europe and the Mongol Empire. West Africa experienced economic growth and prosperity. In Europe, the Black Death claimed 25 million lives wiping out one third of the European population while the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France fought in the protracted Hundred Years' War after the death of Charles IV, King of France led to a claim to the French throne by Edward III, King of England. This period is considered the height of chivalry and marks the beginning of strong separate identities for both England and France as well as the foundation of the Italian Renaissance and Ottoman Empire. In Asia, Tamerlane (Timur), established the Timurid Empire, history's third largest empire to have been ever establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Of Mingrelia
Principalities Princes and dukes of Guria * Kakhaber I Gurieli c. 1385–1410 *Mamia Gurieli c. 1450–1469 *Kakhaber II Gurieli 1469–1483 * Giorgi I Gurieli 1483–1512 *Mamia I Gurieli 1512–1534 *Rostom Gurieli 1534–1564 *Giorgi II Gurieli 1564–1583 *Vakhtang I Gurieli 1583–1587 *Giorgi II Gurieli 1587–1600 *Mamia II Gurieli 1600–1625 * Simon I Gurieli 1625 *Kaikhosro I Gurieli 1625–1658 * Demetre Gurieli 1659–1668 *Giorgi III Gurieli 1669–1684 *Kaikhosro II Gurieli 1685–1689 *Mamia III Gurieli 1689–1712 * Giorgi IV Gurieli 1712 *Kaikhosro III Gurieli 1716 * Mamia IV Gurieli 1726–1756 * Giorgi V Gurieli 1756–1758 *Simon II Gurieli 1788–1792 *Vakhtang II Gurieli 1792–1797 *Mamia V Gurieli 1797–1826 *Kaikhosro IV Gurieli, 1797–1809 *David Gurieli 1826–1829 Princes of Svaneti * Konstantine Dadeshkeliani (born 1826– died 1857) ** Tsiokh Dadeshkeliani ** Tengis Dadeshkeliani ** Isam Dadeshkeliani Princes of Meskheti * Botso Jaqeli c. 1184 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamia III Dadiani
Mamia III Dadiani ( ka, მამია III დადიანი; died 31 January 1533) was a member of the House of Dadiani and ''eristavi'' ("duke") of Odishi, that is, Mingrelia, in western Georgia from 1512 until his death. Mamia was a son and successor of Liparit II Dadiani, who had emerged as a semi-independent ruler in the process of dissolution of the Kingdom of Georgia. Mamia was culturally active in Abkhazia and continued his predecessors' efforts to secure borders against the North Caucasian mountainous tribes of Zygia. His naval expedition against them and landing in Zygia ended in a fiasco and Mamia was killed in battle. Biography Accession Mamia was a son of Liparit II Dadiani on whose death he succeeded—according to the early 18th-century Georgian scholar Prince Vakhushti—in 1512. This traditionally accepted date was challenged, in 2001, by the historian Bezhan Khorava, who dates Mamia's accession to on account of his being styled as Dadiani, that is, the ruler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urbnisi
Urbnisi ( ka, ურბნისი) is a village in Georgia’s Shida Kartli region, in the district of Kareli. Situated on a high left bank of the Mtkvari river, it was an important city in ancient and early medieval Iberia as Georgia was known to the Greeks and Romans. It was the second most important city in Iberian Kingdom after the capital Mtskheta. Archaeological studies have demonstrated that the place was inhabited in the 3rd millennium BC. A type of wattle and daub buildings, covered in clay outside and inside, were discovered in the area, which had rounded shape or square with rounded corners, and had a window in the roof. The whole structure was held by central pillar. The settlement grew larger and, in the 4th century BC became a city with thriving commerce and culture. In graves were found locally produced and imported golden, silver, ceramic, class and bone artifacts of artistic value. The city borders are hard to define, but it was clearly surrounded by wide ston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vardzia
Vardzia ( ka, ვარძია ) is a cave monastery site in southern Georgia, excavated from the slopes of the Erusheti Mountain on the left bank of the Kura River, thirty kilometres from Aspindza. The main period of construction was the second half of the twelfth century. The caves stretch along the cliff for some five hundred meters and in up to nineteen tiers. The monastery was an important cultural center, a place of significant literary and artistic work. The Church of the Dormition, dating to the 1180s during the golden age of Tamar and Rustaveli, has an important series of wall paintings. The site was largely abandoned after the Ottoman takeover in the sixteenth century. Now part of a state heritage reserve, the extended area of Vardzia-Khertvisi has been submitted for future inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List. History Soviet-era excavations have shown that the area of Vardzia was inhabited during the Bronze Age and indicated the reach of Trialeti cul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mokvi Cathedral
Mokvi Cathedral ( ka, მოქვის ეკლესია) is a Georgian Orthodox Cathedral located in Mokvi, in the Ochamchira District of the de facto independent Republic of Abkhazia, internationally recognized to constitute a part of Georgia. Mokvi Cathedral consists of five naves, built in the third quarter of the 10th century, during the reign of king Leon III of Abkhazia. According to a non-extant inscription (found by Patriarch Dositheos II of Jerusalem who visited Mokvi in 1659) the church was painted during the reign of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and David IV of Georgia.Акты собранные Кавказскою Археографическою Комиссиею (''Acts of Caucasian Archeographic Commission''), v. 5, pp. 1056-1057, cited by In the Catholicate of Abkhazia Mokvi was the seat of a Bishop at least until the 17th century. Historical -architectural description Over the centuries, Mokvi was a significant centre of the Georgian culture, where manus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omophorion
In the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic liturgical tradition, the ''omophorion'' ( grc-gre, ὠμοφόριον, meaning " omethingborne on the shoulders"; Slavonic: омофоръ, ''omofor'') is the distinguishing vestment of a bishop and the symbol of his spiritual and ecclesiastical authority. Originally woven of wool, it is a band of brocade decorated with four crosses and an eight-pointed star; it is worn about the neck and shoulders. By symbolizing the lost sheep that is found and carried on the 's shoulders, it signifies the bishop's |
Tedo Zhordania
Tedo Zhordania ( ka, თედო ჟორდანია; 10 April 1854 – 22 October 1916) was a Georgian historian, philologist, and educator. Born in an Orthodox priest's family in the village of Mokvi, then part of the Russian Empire, Zhordania studied theology in Kutaisi, Tbilisi, and Moscow. The leading Russian historian of that period, Vasily Klyuchevsky, recommended the young Georgian student to pursue his career in Moscow, but Zhordania returned to Tbilisi, where he taught geography at a theological college and supervised church schools. An amateur historian, Zhordania revealed, studied, and published a number of hitherto unknown historical records. Many of these sources were subsequently lost and are known to us exclusively from Zhordania's publications. He died in Kaspi. He was subsequently buried at the Didube Pantheon The Didube Pantheon ( ka, დიდუბის მწერალთა და საზოგადო მოღვაწეთა პანთ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vameq II Dadiani
Vameq II Dadiani (also Vamiq; ka, ვამეყ ამიყII დადიანი; died 1482) was a member of the House of Dadiani and ''eristavi'' ("duke") of Odishi ( Mingrelia) in western Georgia from 1474 until his death. Vameq was the younger son of Mamia II Dadiani, brother of Liparit I, and a paternal uncle of Shamadavle, on whose death he succeeded as duke of Mingrelia in 1474. The circumstances of Vameq's accession are not specifically mentioned in the Georgian sources, but the Venetian patrician Ambrogio Contarini, arriving in Mingrelia in July 1475, found the country in troubles occasioned by the death of its ruler. According to Prince Vakhushti's chronicle, Vameq's status was confirmed by his royal suzerain, King Bagrat II of Imereti. As Bagrat grew stronger by expanding his sway into eastern Georgia, over Kartli, Vameq was anxious to protect his autonomy from the crown. In 1477, he took advantage of Bagrat's absence in Kartli and, in alliance with the Ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Principality Of Abkhazia
The Principality of Abkhazia ( ka, აფხაზეთის სამთავრო, tr) emerged as a separate feudal entity in the 15th-16th centuries, amid the civil wars in the Kingdom of Georgia that concluded with the Triarchy and collapse of the Kingdom of Georgia, dissolution of the unified Georgian monarchy. The principality retained a degree of autonomy under the Ottoman empire, Ottoman, and then the Russian empire, Russian rule, but was eventually absorbed into the Russian Empire in 1864. Background Abkhazia, as a duchy (''saeristavo'') within the Kingdom of Georgia, was previously referred as the Duchy of Tskhumi was ruled by the clan of House of Shervashidze, Shervashidze (aka Sharvashidze, Chachba, or Sharashia) since the 12th century. The sources are very scarce about the Abkhazian history of that time. The Genoa, Genoese established their trading factories along the Abkhazian coastline in the 14th century, but they functioned for a short time. When the Georgia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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