Principality of Svaneti
| Principality of Svaneti | ||||||||||
| სვანეთის სამთავრო | ||||||||||
| Vassal of Kingdom of Imereti | ||||||||||
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 Principality of Svaneti in XV century
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| Capital | Not specified | |||||||||
| Languages | Georgian | |||||||||
| Religion | Eastern Orthodox Christianity | |||||||||
| Government | Principality | |||||||||
| • | 1826–1857 | Konstantine Dadeshkeliani (last) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Late Middle Ages | |||||||||
| • | Established | 1463 | ||||||||
| • | duchy of Kingdom of Georgia | 1008-1490 | ||||||||
| • | client state Kingdom of Imereti | 1463-1833 | ||||||||
| • | vassals of Russian Empire | 1833-1857 | ||||||||
| • | Disestablished | 1857–1858 1858 | ||||||||
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The Principality of Svaneti (Georgian: სვანეთის სამთავრო, translit.: svanetis samtavro) was a small principality (samtavro) in the Greater Caucasus mountains that emerged following the breakup of the Kingdom of Georgia in the late 15th century. It was ruled successively by the houses of Gelovani and Dadeshkeliani, and was annexed to the Russian Empire in 1858.
Svaneti lies in northwestern Georgia, along two broad upland valleys located to the south of Mount Elbrus – the upper Enguri River valley in the west and the upper Ts'khenis-Ts'k'ali and its tributary, the Kheladula, in the east. In the period of Georgian unity (1008–1463), it was a duchy (saeristavo) within the Bagratid kingdom of Georgia ruled first by the house of Vardanidze from the late 11th to the 14th century, and then by that of Gelovani which established themselves as virtually independent princes when Georgia fragmented, in the 1460s (officially 1490/1491), into three kingdoms – Kartli, Kakheti, and Imereti – and several regional principalities and feudal enclaves.
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