The House of Manvelishvili (Georgian: მანველიშვილი) was a Georgian noble family, originally from the province of Guria.
History
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).
References
- Toumanoff, Cyril (1967). Studies in Christian Caucasian History, p. 273. Georgetown University Press.
Bibliography
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Манвеловы" . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.
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