Amirejibi ( ka, ამირეჯიბი) is a

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family, formerly a prominent noble house, which branched off the House of

Palavandishvili Palavandishvili ( ka, ფალავანდიშვილი) is a Georgian aristocratic family, known from the 12th/13th century and received among the princely nobility of Imperial Russia as Princes Palavandov (russian: Палавандов� ...

and rose in prominence in the late 14th century. The family name comes from a Georgian courtier title of ''amirejibi'' (derived from

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: ''

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'', أمير + ''

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'', الحاجب) that was hereditary in one of the Palavandishvili lines and roughly corresponded to the office of

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History

The Amirejibi were in the immediate circles of the ruling

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. For example, King

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( r. 1405-1412) married Natia, daughter of

Kutsna Amirejibi Kutsna Amirejibi (), also known as Kutsna the Chamberlain ( fl. 1350–1415 Dumin SV, Chikovani YK (1998). Дворянские роды Российской империи ("Noble families of the Russian Empire"), vol. 4, p. 114. Moscow: Likominve ...

, sometime

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. After the fragmentation of the Kingdom of Georgia into three independent kingdoms (

Kartli Kartli ( ka, ქართლი ) is a historical region in central-to-eastern Georgia traversed by the river Mtkvari (Kura), on which Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, is situated. Known to the Classical authors as Iberia, Kartli played a crucial role ...

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, and

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), the family was confirmed in princely dignity by King

Luarsab II of Kartli Luarsab II the Holy Martyr ( ka, ლუარსაბ II) (1592 – 21 June (Julian calendar, O.S.), 1 July (Gregorian calendar, N.S.), 1622), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a List of the Kings of Georgia, king of Kingdom of Kartli (1484-1762), ...

in 1613. After the

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of Georgia, the family was enlisted among the Russian noble houses as Princes Amiredzhibi (Амирэджиби) or Amiredzhibov (Амиреджибов) by the

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’s decree of February 2, 1824.

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* {{Commons category-inline, House of Amirejibi Noble families of Georgia (country) Nobility of Georgia (country) Surnames Georgian-language surnames

History

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