Iashvili (family)
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The House of Iashvili (Georgian: იაშვილი) was a Georgian noble family known in Imereti (west Georgia) from the fifteenth century.
History
[edit]In 1724, one of the members of this family followed the Georgian king Vakhtang VI of Kartli in his emigration to the Russian Empire, giving origin to a Russian branch known as Yashvil (Яшвиль). The Georgian line was received among the princely houses of the Russian Empire in 1850.[1]
Notable members
[edit]- Lev Mikhailovich Yashvil (1772–1836), Russian general of artillery
- Vladimir Mikhailovich Yashvil (1764–1815), Major General
- Vladimir Vladimirovich Yashvil (1815–1864), Major General
- Lev Vladimirovich Yashvil (1859–1917), Governor of Siberia.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Toumanoff, Cyril (1967). Studies in Christian Caucasian History, p. 272. Georgetown University Press.
- ^ (in Russian) Яшвиль. Всероссийское Генеалогическое Древо. Retrieved on December 20, 2007.
See also
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