The House of Iashvili (Georgian: იაშვილი) was a Georgian noble family known in Imereti (west Georgia) from the fifteenth century.

Register of Princes Iashvili in Russian nobility book (1892)

History

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Toumanoff, Cyril (1967). Studies in Christian Caucasian History, p. 272. Georgetown University Press.
  2. ^ (in Russian) Яшвиль. Всероссийское Генеалогическое Древо. Retrieved on December 20, 2007.

See also

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