Lionidze

The Lionidze (Georgian: ლიონიძე) or Leonidze (ლეონიძე) is a Georgian noble family from the province of Kakheti which were elevated to the princely rank by King Heraclius II of Georgia in the mid-18th century. They were confirmed as the princes of Imperial Russia according to the decrees of 1825 and 1850.[1]

References
  1. Toumanoff, Cyril (1967). Studies in Christian Caucasian History, p. 272. Georgetown University Press.


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