PRINCES BAGRATION-DAVITISHVILI (RAMAZISHVILI/ RAMAZASHVILI)

Abstract

The dominant purpose of this article is to clarify issues related to the genealogy and chronology of one of the branches of the Kakhetian Royal Bagrationi Dynasty, the princes Davitishvili (Ramazishvili/ Ramazashvili).
In particular, the article sheds light on the inquiry of the origin of the princes Davitishvili and, at the beginning of the 17th century, the formation of their younger, lateral line - the princes Ramazishvili / Ramazashvili.
In the historical sources of the XVII-XVIII centuries, they are conspicuous as Ramazishvili or Ramazashvili. Based on historical records and documents of the 17th century, it turns out that the ancestor of the line of princes Ramazishvili / Ramazashvili was Prince Ramaz, son of Georgi Davitishvili. His descendants now live in Georgia, the older line in Tbilisi and the younger line in Kakheti - in the village of Pshavela.
The article provides a genealogical fragment of the princes Davitishvili and their offshoots of the princes Ramazishvili/Ramazashvili. The think piece also cites for the first time the charter of 1786 given by King Erekle II to Konstantin Ramazashvili.