Princess Salomé Dadiani ( ka, სალომე დადიანი; 13 October 1848 – 23 July 1913) was a

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

princess, the only sister of

Niko Dadiani Nikoloz "Niko" Dadiani ( ka, ნიკოლოზ "ნიკო" დადიანი), or Nikolay Davidovich Dadian-Mingrelsky (russian: Николай Давидович Дадиан-Мингрельский; 4 January 1847 – 23 January 190 ...

, the last

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Megrelia Mingrelia ( ka, სამეგრელო, tr; xmf, სამარგალო, samargalo; ab, Агырны, Agirni) is a historic province in the western part of Georgia, formerly known as Odishi. It is primarily inhabited by the Mingrelian ...

Early life

Salomé was born on 13 October 1848. She was a daughter of David Dadiani, Prince of Mingrelia and Princess Ekaterine

Chavchavadze The House of Chavchavadze ( ka, ჭავჭავაძე) is a Georgian noble family, formerly a princely one (tavadi), later incorporated into the Russian nobility, also with the title of Prince. History The family is first attested in the ...

. Her older brother was Prince Niko and her younger brother was Prince Andria. Her paternal grandfather was Levan V Dadiani. Her maternal grandparents were Princess Salomé Orbeliani and

Alexander Chavchavadze, a noted Georgian general and

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. Her grandmother was a great-granddaughter of Erekle II of Eastern Georgia. Her aunt, Princess Nino married the Russian playwright, composer and diplomat

Aleksandr Griboyedov Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov (russian: Александр Сергеевич Грибоедов, ''Aleksandr Sergeevich Griboedov'' or ''Sergeevich Griboyedov''; 15 January 179511 February 1829), formerly romanized as Alexander Sergueevich Gri ...

, while another aunt, Princess Sophie, married Count Alexandr Nikolai, the minister of education of

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.Kveselava, M (2002), ''Anthology of Georgian Poetry'', The Minerva Group, Inc., , p. 181 After her father's death in 1853, her mother assumed the responsibilities of the Prince and was recognized by

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of Mingrelia on behalf of her brother Prince Niko. Nicholas assigned her mother a regency council which included her uncles, Prince Grigol Dadiani and Prince Konstantin Dadiani.Office of Policy & Analysis,
Dadiani Dynasty – David Dadiani
'', The Smithsonian Institution in Association with the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia, retrieved 27 March 2011

Personal life

She accompanied her mother in her visit to

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in 1868. While in Paris, she married Prince Charles Louis Napoléon ''Achille'' Murat (1847–1895) on 13 May 1868. Prince Achille, a son of

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, was a younger brother of Joachim, 4th Prince Murat and a grandson of

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and King of Naples Joachim Murat and Caroline Bonaparte (the youngest sister of

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). Together, they were the parents of: * Prince Lucien Charles David Napoléon (1870–1933), who married Marie Augustine de Rohan-Chabot on 27 February 1895. She was a daughter of Alain de Rohan-Chabot, Duke of Rohan. Her older sister, Marie-Joséphine de Rohan-Chabot, was the wife of Louis de Talleyrand-Périgord (grandson of

Louis de Talleyrand-Périgord Napoléon-Louis de Talleyrand-Périgord, duc de Valençay, 3rd duc de Talleyrand-Périgord (12 March 1811 – 21 March 1898) was a French aristocrat, soldier and politician. Early life He was born at Paris on 12 March 1811, the son of the general ...

and nephew of

Boson de Talleyrand-Périgord Charles Guillaume Frédéric Boson de Talleyrand-Périgord (16 May 1832 – 21 February 1910), prince of Sagan (from 1845), duke of Sagan and duke of Talleyrand (from 1898) was a famous French dandy, and the grandson of Dorothea von Biron. Early ...

). After the Prince's death in 1933, his widow married French writer and diplomat Count Charles de Chambrun. * Prince Louis Napoléon Achille Charles (1878–1943), major general in the Russian Army, who died in

Nice, France Nice ( , ; Niçard dialect, Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department in France. The Nice urban unit, agg ...

in 1943. * Princess Antoinette Katherine (1879–1954), who married Gabrielle Johan Carlo Giuseppe Luigi Maria Nino Bortolotto Bebe. The couple moved to Algiers after Murat was posted there on a military command, moving back to Paris in 1870, where they remained until the fall of

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. They then moved to a Dadiani family estate in

Samegrelo Mingrelia ( ka, სამეგრელო, tr; xmf, სამარგალო, samargalo; ab, Агырны, Agirni) is a historic province in the western part of Georgia, formerly known as Odishi. It is primarily inhabited by the Mingrelians ...

, grew grapes and established a winery. She returned with her children to Paris after the death of her husband in 1895, dying there in 1913.

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Dadiani Palace. Photo of Salome Dadiani-Murat
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Salome Salome (; he, שְלוֹמִית, Shlomit, related to , "peace"; el, Σαλώμη), also known as Salome III, was a Jewish princess, the daughter of Herod II, son of Herod the Great, and princess Herodias, granddaughter of Herod the Great, an ...

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