The House of Manvelishvili (Georgian: მანველიშვილი) was a Georgian noble family, originally from the province of Guria.

Coat of Arms of Princes Manvelishvili

History

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The family elevated to the princely rank by Vakhtang VI of Kartli, a Georgian king-in-exile in Russia in the 1720s. In 1738, they became the Russian subjects and were recognized as Princes Manvelov (Russian: Манвеловы).[1]

References

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  1. ^ Toumanoff, Cyril (1967). Studies in Christian Caucasian History, p. 273. Georgetown University Press.

  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain"Манвеловы" . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.