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The Mgeladze family (Georgian: მგელაძე) is a Georgian noble family.[1] In Georgian it literally means "son of a wolf".
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History
editRepresentatives of the family were of the noble title Aznauri. The family has its origins in the Principality of Guria. Individual branches were also well represented in Abkhazia and Adjara. After the annexation in 1801, Georgia became a part of the Russian Empire, the family name was added to the noble book of Guria, and its representatives got equal rights as the Russian nobility.
See also
edit- Vlasa Mgeladze, Georgian revolutionary
- Akaki Mgeladze, Soviet politician
References
edit- ^ (in Georgian) აზნაურთა ოჯახების სია (მ) Georgian Genealogy