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MINGRELIA

The Dadiani Dynasty

(Chikovani)

GENEALOGY

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1846 - 1853 Colonel His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Davit Dadiani, Duke of Dukes of Mingrelia. b. at Chakvinji Castle, 20^th January 1812 o.s., eldest son of Lieutenant-General His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Levanti V Grigori Dadiani, Duke of Dukes of Mingrelia, Mtavar and Possessor of Odich, and of the Abkhazia, of Svania, and of Letchkumi, by his first wife, Her Splendour The Pious Princess of High Rank Nina Dadiani, eldest daughter of Major-General His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Zurabi Kaikushru Tsereteli, sometime Lord Chamberlain of the Court of Imereti, educ. privately by V.O. Bebutov and G.V. Rozen. Recognised as Heir Apparent by Imperial ukase 30^th May 1831 o.s. Cmsnd as 2^nd-Lieut Cossacks of the Guard 1829, later Col of the regt, retd 1840. Deputy Ruler and Chief Minister to his father 1833-1838. Appointed as sole Governor of Mingrelia, after his father transferred full political control to him, 11^th May 1840. Succeeded as sovereign and Prince of Mingrelia on his death, 30^th July 1846. A great reformer, who overhauled the judiciary and the court system, removed the clergy from direct state control, prohibited the traditional system of dowries and human trafficking, and endowed scholarship and promoted education. He also stimulated the economy by promoting the cigar, strawberry and silk industries. m. (first) at Kutaisi, Imereti, 1831 (div. 1835) Princess Darejan (m. second, 1835, Prince Davit Abkhaz), daughter of H.S.H. Prince Nikolaoz Dadeshkeliani [Tsiokh Bey], Prince of Svaneti, by his wife, H.S.H. Princess Mariami [Zharum Khanum Begum]. m. (second) at Kashueti Church, Tbilisi, 15^th May 1839 o.s, Her Splendour The Pious Princess of High Rank Kethevan Dadiani (b. at Tifles, 19^th March 1816 o.s.; d. at the Dadiani Palace, Gori, Kartli, 25^th August 1882, bur. there at St George’s Church), Regent for her minor son Nikolaoz 1853-1857, sometime Maid of Honour and Dame à Portrait to The Empress of Russia, rcvd: GC of the Order of St Catherine of Russia (1853), daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H.E. Prince Aleksandri Garsevani Shavshavadze, by his wife, Princess Salomea, daughter of Major-General H.E. Prince Ioani Davit Orbeliani. He d. at Zugdidi, Mingrelia, 30^th August 1853 o.s. (bur. Martvili Monastery, Gordi), having had issue, three sons and two daughters:

1) H.S.H. Prince Levanti Davit Dadiani. b. at Zugdidi,1842. He d. from illness, 1844.
2) H.S.H. Nikolaoz Davit Dadiani, Duke of Dukes of Mingrelia - see below.
3) Lieutenant-Colonel H.S.H. Prince Andrea Davit Dadiani of Mingrelia. b. at Zugdidi, Mingrelia, 24^th October 1850 o.s., educ. Corps des Pages, St Petersburg, Russia, and Heidelberg Univ., Germany (LLB 1873). Cmsnd. Hussars of the Guard 1874, retd. as Lieut-Col. Created a Prince of the Russian Empire with the personal title of Prince Dadiani of Mingrelia and the style of His Serene Highness, 4^th January 1867. A world famous chess player. Presdt. Monte Carlo International Chess Tournament 1903-1904. He d. unm. at Kiev, Ukraine, 12^th June 1910 (bur. Martvili Monastery, Gordi, Mingrelia).
1) H.S.H. Princess Martha Dadiani of Mingrelia. b. 4^th February 1840 o.s. She d. from illness, at Zugdidi, Mingrelia, 1^st December 1842 o.s. (bur. Zaik). Copyright© Christopher Buyers
2) H.S.H. Princess Nino Dadiani of Mingrelia. b. 2^nd January 1841 o.s. She d. from illness, at Zugdidi, Mingrelia, 8^th April 1848 o.s.
3) H.S.H. Princess Salomea Dadiani of Mingrelia [H.H. Princess Saloméé Murat]. b. at the Dadiani Palace, Gori, Kartli, 13^th October 1848. m. at the Palace of the Tuileries, Paris, 13^th May 1868, H.H. Prince Charles Louis Napoléon Achille Murat (b. at Bordentown, New Jersey, USA, 2^nd January 1847; d. at Tschkaduachi Castle, near Zugdidi, Georgia, 27^th February 1895), granted the style of His Highness by Emperor Napoléon III 1868, Lieut. French Army, second son of H.H. Prince Napoléon Lucien Charles Francois, 3^rd Prince Murat, sometime French Envoy Extr. & Min. Plen. at Turin, by his wife, H.H. Princess Caroline Georgina, youngest daughter of Major Thomas Fraser, late US Army. She d. at Paris, 23^rd July 1913 (bur. Boissy-St. Leger), having had issue, two sons and one daughter:
- a) H.H. Prince Lucien Charles David Murat. b. at Moustapha, Algeria, 8^th July 1870. Settled in Georgia in 1900, but went into exile following the Russian Revolution. m. at Paris, France, 3^rd June 1897 (sep.) H.H. Princess Augustine Joséphine Agnès Marie (b. at Paris, France, 24^th May 1876; m. second, at Rome, Italy, 22^nd November 1934, Louis Charles Pineton, Count de Chambrun, and d. at Paris, France, 3^rd October 1951), second daughter of Alain Charles Louis de Rohan-Chabot, 11^th Duke de Rohan, 13^th Prince de Léon, etc., by his wife, Marie Marguerite Herminie Auguste, Duchess de Rohan, daughter of César de la Brousse, Marquis de Verteillac. He d. at Rabat, Morocco, 20^th December 1933, having had issue, an only son:
  - i) H.H. Prince Achille Alain Joachim Napoléon Murat. b. at Paris, France, 3^rd July 1898, educ. Georgia. Pilot, French Air Force, served in the Great War 1915-1918. m. at Paris, France, 14^th March 1923, H.H. Princess Madeleine Marie Louise Murat (b. at Paris, France, 2^nd July 1901; d. there, 8^th May 1945), daughter of Armand Eugene Louis Napoleon Prosper, 5^th Marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, by his wife, Marie-Louise Fanny Clementine Therese, Marquise de Chasseloup-Laubat, daughter of Louis Antoine Stern. He d. at Paris, France, 29^th March 1987, having had issue, four sons and five daughters:
    - (1) H.H. Prince Lucien Louis Joachim Napoléon Murat. b. at Paris, France, 14^th December 1927. m. at Paris, France, 29^th June 1955, H.H. Princess Évelyne Marie Madeleine Christine Murat (b. at Paris, France, 21^st March 1935), daughter of Jean Marie Victor, Baron Reille, by his wife, Marie Liliane Isabelle Gabrielle , Baroness Reille, née Ubald Bocquet. He d. 21^st August 2005, having had issue, four sons and two daughters:
      - (a) H.H. Prince Achille Marie André Napoléon Murat. b. at Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 14^th April 1956. m. at Paris, France, 4^th June (civil) and 18^th June 1983 (relig.) H.H. Princess Caroline Marie Élisabeth Murat (b. at Diégo Suarez, Madagascar, 23^rd August 1956), daughter of Bernard Michel Marie, Viscount de Lesquen du Plessis Casso, by his wife, Françoise Marie Genevieve Delage , Viscountess de Lesquen du Plessis Casso, née Delage de Luget-Pelleterat de Borde. He had issue, two sons and one daughter:
        
        (i) H.H. Prince Lucien Marie Bernard Napoléon Murat. b. at Ploemeur, Morbihan, Brittany, France, 17^th December 1986.
        
        (ii) H.H. Prince Josselin Marie Napoléon Murat. b. at Cherbourg, Normandy, France, 9^th October and d. 11^th October 1996.
        
        (i) H.H. Princess Charlotte Marie Gisèle Liliane Murat. b. at Vincennes, Val de Marne, France, 21^st March 1984. m. at Le Donjon, Allier, France, 5^th September 2015, Ithier Roux de Reilhac (b. at Roanne, Loire, France, 25^th April 1983), educ. ESG Ecoles de Commerce (M.Fin. 2006), Bordeaux, and Centrale Supélec, Gif-sur-Yvette, Île-de-France, France, Jnr Consultant Feel Europe 2006-2008, Mngr (Financial Services) Atos Consulting 2008-2014, Mngr Orange Consulting 2014-2016, Mngr TNP Consultants 2016-2018, since 2018, elder son of Stephen Jean-Marie, Count Roux de Reilhac, sometime Dir Soc Chaudronnerie Metallerie Salignoise (CMS), by his wife, Sophie, Countess Roux de Reilhac, second daughter of Hubert, Baron Guerrier de Dumast, of Roset-Fluans, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. She has issue, one son.
      - (b) H.H. Prince Charles Marie Louis Napoléon Murat. b. at Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 11^th April 1957. m. at Paris, 10^th September (civil) and at Ecardenville-sur-Eure, Normandy, France, 13^th September 1980 (relig.), H.H. Princess Aude Solange Denise (b. at Versailles, Yvelines, France, 29^th July 1960), daughter of Gilles François Henri Rougevin-Baville, by his wife, Anne [Annie] Cecile Germaine, née Bernard de Meurin. He has issue, three daughters:
        
        (i) H.H. Princess Anne-Caroline Marie Madeleine Murat. b. at Versailles, Yvelines, France, 16^th August 1982. m. at Janvry, Essonne, France, 5^th September 2009, Guillaume Le Beillan (b. at Paris, France, 5^th March 1979). She has issue, one daughte.
        
        (ii) H.H. Princess Hortense Marie Laetitia Pauline Murat. b. at Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 27^th November 1984.
        
        (iii) H.H. Princess Diane Marie Caroline Hortense Murat. b. at Paris, France, 25^th March 1986.
      - (c) H.H. Prince Pierre-Antoine Marie Gabriel Napoléon Murat. b. at Paris, France, 29^th March 1967. m. at Saint-Nom-la-Bretêche, Yvelines, France, 27^th April 1988, H.H. Princess Isabelle Marie Christine Murat (b. at Ajaccio, Corsica, 24^th February 1968), daughter of Didier André Arnaud, by his wife, Christine Marguerite Marie, née de la Nouë. He has issue, one son and three daughters:
        
        (i) H.H. Prince Jean Napoléon Murat. b. 6^th March 1996.
        
        (i) H.H. Princess Tiphaine Marie Hélène Magdeleine Murat. b. at Paris, France, 8^th October 1988. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
        
        (ii) H.H. Princess Domitille Murat. b. 11^th July 1991.
        
        (iii) H.H. Princess Mathilde Murat. b. 15^th November 1993

1853 - [1903] Major-General H.S.H. Nikolaoz Davit Dadiani, Duke of Dukes of Mingrelia. b. at Tbilisi, Kartli, 23^rd December 1846 o.s., elder son of Major-General His Splendour The Pious Prince of High Rank Davit Dadiani, Duke of Dukes of Mingrelia, by his second wife, Her Splendour The Pious Princess of High Rank Ekaterina Dadiani, educ. privately by K.A. Borozdin in Moscow, and at Paris, France. Cmsnd at birth as Cornet Russian Army 4/1/1847, prom Lieut 23/4/1850, ADC to the Emperor of Russia 26/8/1856, enrolled in the Caucasian Sqd of the Emperor’s Own Escort 22/10/1856, prom Staff Capt 4/1/1868, transf Emperor’s Life Guard Cavalry 1875, served under Adjutant-Gen Gurko at Tirnoi, Chainkia, Kanoro, Uflani, Shipki, and Eni-Zagre, prom Col 30/8/1877, served in the Russo-Turkish War 1877-1878 with distinction at Shipka Pass and around Sofia, prom Maj-Gen on reserve for conspicuous service 30/8/1878, retd Oct 1889. Succeeded on the death of his father, 30^th August 1853 o.s. Reigned under the regency of his mother. Ottoman forces invaded the country during the Crimean War, occupying the capital for a period 1854-1856, until driven out by Russian forces. A popular uprising against the Dadianis then disturbed the peace of the country further, inducing the Russians to divest his mother of the regency and assume control in 1857. The prince and his family were then induced to live outside Mingrelia, at St Petersburg and later in Western Europe. Abdicated in favour of the Emperor, 4^th January 1867 (when the principality was formally annexed by Russia). Created a Prince of the Russian Empire with the hereditary title of Prince of Mingrelia and the style of His Highness, 4^th January 1867 o.s. and granted the surname of Dadiani-Mingrelsky (Dadiani of Mingrelia) 30^th August 1874 o.s. Russian candidate for the throne of Bulgaria in 1886. Rcvd: Knt 2nd class of the Orders of St Anne and St Stanislaus, Knt 4^th class of the Order of St Vladimir with swords & band (1875), and a gold sword of honour “for courage”, Russo-Turkish War Medal 1877-1878, etc. m. at St Petersburg, Russia, 14^th April 1874 o.s., H.S.H. Princess Maria Dadiani, Princess of Mingrelia (b. at Tzarskoie Sélo, Russia, 10^th June 1849; d. at Paris, France, 27^th March 1926), née Countess Maria Alexandrovna Adlerberg, sometime Lady-in-Waiting to The Empress of Russia 1870-1881, only daughter of General H.H.E. Alexander Vladimirovitch, 2^nd Count Adlerberg, sometime Minister of the Imperial Court, ADC General to the Emperor, by his wife, Countess Ekaterina Nikolaevna, daughter of Count Nikolai Petrovitch Paltavzov. He d. at St Petersburg, Russia, 6^th February 1903 (bur. there), having had issue, one son and two daughters:

1) H.S.H. Prince Nikolaoz Dadiani of Mingrelia, Head of the Royal House of Mingrelia - see below.
1) H.S.H. Princess Ekaterina Dadiani of Mingrelia. b. at St Petersburg, Russia, 27^th March and d. there, 10^th December 1875 o.s. (bur. Adlerberg Mausoleum).
2) H.S.H. Princess Salomea Dadiani of Mingrelia [H.S.H. Princess Salomé, Nikolaievna Obolenskaya]. b. at St Petersburg, Russia, 13^th December 1878. Maid of Honour to the Empress of Russia. m. at St Petersburg, Russia, 9^th May 1897, Major-General H.E. Prince Alexander Nikolaievitch Obolensky (b. at St Petersburg, Russia, 24^th February 1872; d. by suicide, at Paris, France, 14^th February 1924), Cmsnd. 2^nd-Lieut. Preobrajensky Regt. 1894, prom. Col. 1905, ADC to the Emperor 1910, Vice-Governor of Kostroma, Chamberlain at the Imperial Court, Prefect of St Petersburg, Russia, Governor of Riazan, Councillor of State, Governor-General of Kiev, Podolia and Volhynia, third son of Lieutenant-General H.E. Prince Nikolai Nikolaievitch Obolensky, by his wife, Princess Maria Vladimirovna, daughter of Vladimir Stepanovitch Khrapovitzky. She d. at Asnières-sur-Seine, France, 13^th December 1961, having had issue, two sons and two daughters:
- a) Prince Nikolai Alexandrovitch Obolensky. b. at St.Petersburg, 4^th January 1900. m. at the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St Alexander Nevsky, Rue Daru, Paris, France, 9^th May 1937, Princess Véra [Vicky] Apollonovna Obolensky (b. at Moscow, Russia, 11^th June 1911; k, by the Gestapo, at the Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Germany, 4^th August 1944), joined the French Resistence after the German occupation, serving as Chief-of-Staff of the OCM in Paris, arrested by the Gestapo 17^th December 1943, rcvd: Knt of the Order of the Legion of Honour, War Cross, and Resistence Medal of France, and the Order of the Great Patriotic War 1^st degree of the USSR (all pothumous), former wife of Igor Baïkalvasky, and daughter of Apollo Apollonovitch Makarov, sometime Vice-Governor of Baku, by his wife, Vera, daughter of Alexei Kolomnine. He d. at Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France, 5^th July 1979 (bur. at the Russian Cemetery, Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, Essonne). Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- b) Prince Alexander Alexandrovitch Obolensky. b. at St.Petersburg, 30^th March 1905. m. (first) at Paris, France, 25^th August 1924 (div. 10^th February 1943) Olga Valerieanovna Boutourline (b. at St.Petersburg, 10^th March 1905; d . at Paris, France, 14^th June 1947). m. (second) at Santiago, Chile, 12^th May 1948, Princess Janina Erika Philippine Jacobea Anna (b. at Yalta, Crimea, 28^th March 1916; d. at Santiago, Chile, August 2005), former wife of Prince Carl Johann Christoph Lieven, eldest daughter of Baron Arthur von Kleist-Keyserlingk, by his wife, Baroness Irene Sophie Isabel Cecile Barbara, daughter of Baron Paul Edmund von Hahn, of Zawierz, Braslaw, Poland. He d. at Santiago, Chile, 20^th July 1988, having had issue, one son:
  - i) Prince Valerian Nikolaievitch Obolensky. b. at Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 25^th July 1925 (s/o Olga). m. at Munich, Bavaria, Germany, 7^th February 1954, Princess Ludmila Sergeievna (b. at Riga, Latvia, 14^th June 1931), née Tschernow. He d. at Washington DC, USA, 12^th January 1977, having had issue, one son and one daughter:
    - (1) Prince Sergei Valerianovich Obolensky. b. at New Haven, Connecticutt, USA, 25^th March 1956. m. (first) at Rockville, Maryland, USA, 18^th June 1980 (div.) Jean Marie Lawrence (b. at Washington DC, USA, 10^th October 1957). m. (second) Princess April, née Gravel. He has issue, two daughters:
      - (a) Julie Anastasia Obolensky [Princess Anastasia Sergeievna Obolenskaya]. b. at New Smyrna, Florida, USA,11^th July 1990.
      - (b) Molly Zenaide Obolensky [Princess Zenaide Sergeievna Obolenskaya]. b. at New Smyrna, Florida, USA, 8^th February 1993.
    - (1) Princess Anna Valerianovna Obolenskaya. b. at New Haven, Connecticutt, USA, 6^th August 1959. m. at Washington DC, USA, 6^th August 1984, Andrei Roelofs Raievsky (b. at ZÃ¼rich, Switzerland, 20^th November 1963).
- c) Princess Nina Alexandrovna Obolenskaya. b. at St. Petersburg, 14^th January 1898. m. at Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France, 8^th April 1922 (div. 21^st July 1927) Konstantin Vassilievich Balaschew (b. at Kharkov, Ukraine, 3^rd June 1887; d.s.p. at Paris, 12^th May 1962). She d. at Paris, France, 6^th July 1980 (bur. at the Russian Cemetery, Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, Essonne).
- d) Princess Salomea Alexandrovna Obolenskaya. b. at St. Petersburg, 13^th November 1902. m. (first) Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France, 18^th October 1923 (div. 1943) Prince Vladimir Schakhovskoy (b. at St. Petersburg, Russia, 17^th May 1904; d. at Paris, France, 20^th February 1972), son of Prince Ivan Petrovitch Schakhovskoy, by his wife, Princess Zenaide Andreievna, daughter of Andrei Iskritzky. m. (second) at Paris, France, 24^th April 1948, Eugene Vladimirovich Bolotov (b. at Kovno, Lithuania, 20^th November 1895; d. at Paris, France, 15^th February 1968), son of Wladimir Alexandrovitch Bolotov, by his wife, Maria Andreievna, daughter of Andrei Iskritzky. She d. at Paris, France, 17^th October 1973.

H.S.H. Nikolaoz Davit Dadiani, Duke of Dukes of Mingrelia, had further issue, a natural daughter by Princess Kesaria Chikovani:

3) Menik Nikolaievna. b. 1880. m. Andria Gelovani. She d. 1954, having had issue, one son.

[1903 - 1919] H.S.H. Prince Nikolaoz II Dadiani of Mingrelia. b. at St Petersburg, Russia, 12^th December 1876, only son of Major-General H.S.H. Nikolaoz Davit Dadiani, Duke of Dukes of Mingrelia, by his wife, H.S.H. Princess Maria Dadiani, Princess of Mingrelia, educ. at St Petersburg, Russia. Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the Emperor of Russia 1914, Attaché Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Succeeded on the death of his father as Head of the Royal House of Mingrelia, 6^th February 1906. He d.s.p.l. in a Bolshevik Prison Hospital, St Petersburg, March 1919 (bur. there in the grunds of an unrecorded Georgian Church by his fiancè, Princess Elena Eristavi)

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