Abashidze
Sign in to savethumb|Abashidze family coat of arms. thumb|Abashidze-Gorlenko family coat of arms. The House of Abashidze () is a Georgian noble family and a former Georgian princely house. Appearing in the 15th century, they achieved prominence in the Kingdom of Imereti in western Georgia in the late 17th century and branched out in the eastern Georgian kingdoms of Kakheti and Kartli as well as the then-Ottoman-held southwestern region of Adjara. After the Russian annexation of Georgian polities, the family was confirmed as Knyaz Abashidze () by the Tsar’s decree of 1825.
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thumb|Abashidze family coat of arms. thumb|Abashidze-Gorlenko family coat of arms. The House of Abashidze () is a Georgian noble family and a former Georgian princely house. Appearing in the 15th century, they achieved prominence in the Kingdom of Imereti in western Georgia in the late 17th century and branched out in the eastern Georgian kingdoms of Kakheti and Kartli as well as the then-Ottoman-held southwestern region of Adjara. After the Russian annexation of Georgian polities, the family was confirmed as Knyaz Abashidze () by the Tsar’s decree of 1825.
== History ==