Jandieri

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Colonel Prince Giorgi Jandieri was awarded George's Cross for his service during the Crimean War (1853-6).
Colonel Prince Giorgi Jandieri was awarded George's Cross for his service during the Crimean War (1853-6).

Jandieri (Georgian: ჯანდიერი) was a Georgian noble family known from the seventeenth century as grandees in the Kingdom of Kakheti.

According to the genealogical treatise by Prince Ioann of Georgia (1768-1830), the family was elevated, in 1628, to the princely rank by the king Teimuraz I of Kakheti.[1] After the Russian annexation of Georgia, the family was recognized by the Imperial order as princes Jandierov or Jandieri (Джандиеровы, Джандиери) in 1829.[2][3]

One of the members of the Jandieri family, Joseph, served as the Catholicos of Georgia from 1755 to 1764, and has been canonized by the Georgian Orthodox Church.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bagrationi, Ioane (1768-1830). Jandieri (Princes of Kakheti). The Brief Description of the Georgian Noble Houses. Retrieved on December 13, 2007.
  2. ^ (Russian) Джандиеровы. Russian Biographic Lexicon. Accessed on December 13, 2007.
  3. ^ Toumanoff, Cyril (1967). Studies in Christian Caucasian History, p. 272. Georgetown University Press.
 This Georgia-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.