Kherkheulidze ( ka, ხერხეულიძე) was a Georgian noble family, originally in the southern province of

Samtskhe Meskheti ( ka, მესხეთი) or Samtskhe ( ka, სამცხე) (Moschia in ancient sources), is a mountainous area in southwestern Georgia. History Ancient tribes known as the Mushki (or Moschi) and Mosiniks (or Mossynoeci) were the ...

where they held the locale called Kherkheti.

History

At the end of the 12th century, one of the members of this house is said to have appointed to the

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district of Nar where he married a local noblewoman and produced a new line of the family. Under the

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rule, the Kherkheulidze were confirmed in the dignity of

knyaz , or ( Old Church Slavonic: Кнѧзь) is a historical Slavic title, used both as a royal and noble title in different times of history and different ancient Slavic lands. It is usually translated into English as prince or duke, dependi ...

(1825, 1850, 1864). Bagrationi, Ioane (1768-1830)
Kherkheulidze
''The Brief Description of the Georgian Noble Houses''. Retrieved on January 5, 2008.

Toumanoff, Cyril Cyril Leo Toumanoff (russian: Кирилл Львович Туманов; 13 October 1913 – 4 February 1997) was a Russian-born Georgian historian and genealogist who mostly specialized in the history and genealogies of medieval Georgia, Armenia, ...

(1967). ''Studies in Christian Caucasian History'', p. 271.

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. The Kherkheulidze family was made famous by the 17th-century military commander Aghatang and his nine sons who bore the Georgian battle flag and all died at the

Battle of Marabda The Battle of Marabda took place on 30 June 1625, or July 1, 1625, "Marabda, Battle of (1625)", in ''Historical Dictionary of Georgia'', by Alexander Mikaberidze (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015) p. 454 "Iranian Conflict 1609-25", in ''Early Modern War ...

in 1625.

Notable members

* Baaka Kherkheulidze, Georgian noblewoman *

Nine Brothers Kherkheulidze Nine Brothers Kherkheulidze ( ka, ცხრა ძმა ხერხეულიძე), along with their mother and sister, were killed at the Battle of Marabda on 1 July 1625. All of them were canonized as martyrs. Gallery File:The grave of ...

References

Georgian-language surnames {{Georgia-noble-stub