Grigorii ( Grigol ) Kadievich Dadia ( 1770 - October 23, 1804 ) - the sovereign prince (mtavar) of Megrelia (from 1788 , with interruptions).
| Gregory Dadiani | |||||||
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| იგოლ დადიანი | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Cacia II | ||||||
| Successor | Levan V | ||||||
| Birth | 1770 | ||||||
| Death | October 23, 1804 | ||||||
| Burial place | Martvili Cathedral | ||||||
| Rod | Dadiani | ||||||
| Father | Cacia II | ||||||
| Mother | Anna, Princess Tsulukidze | ||||||
| Spouse | Nino , daughter of George XII | ||||||
| Children | sons: Levan V and George daughters: Ketevan, Maria, Elena and Ekaterina | ||||||
| Religion | orthodoxy | ||||||
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The son of the sovereign prince Megrelia Katsii II Dadiani and Princess Anna Paatovna Tsulukidze .
Board
In 1803, Grigol quarreled with King Imereti Solomon II , who intended to seize the province of Lechkhumi . Not seeing the opportunity to independently repel the Imeretian king (his formal overlord), Grigol appealed for help to General Prince Tsitsianov , appointed by the Russian government as governor in the former Georgian kingdom ( Kartli-Kakheti ), and asked him to assist in the adoption of Megrelia into Russian citizenship. On December 4, 1803, he swore allegiance to Russia and received a patent for the rank of major general , the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky . Then he received the Highest Gold Certificate, which designated his investiture, the title of Sardalus, that is, the Commander-in-Chief of the troops of Mingrelia, the state flag (sign of authority) and a block sprinkled with diamonds. Behind him, he retained the internal governance of the country and the court in civil cases. September 27, 1804, followed by the Supreme Rescript about the occupation of Megrelia by half guards of artillery and Belevsky Eger regiment, which deprived Tsar Solomon of the opportunity to repel Lechkhumi province from Dadiani.
Less than a year later (October 24, 1804), Grigol passed away. Many believe that he was poisoned by the killers sent by Solomon II . But there is a much more plausible version of death: Grigol Dadiani was poisoned by his wife Nino Dadiani. According to the testimony of the Catholic priest Nicholas, the ruler of Megrelia was poisoned with fried chicken, seasoned with poison, and when he felt ill, he was given pills filled with opium. Pater Nikolay reports that all this was done by Princess Nino in order to usurp power.
Family
He was married to the princess Nino Georgievna ( April 15, 1772 - October 5, 1847 , Petersburg ), the daughter of the last king of Georgia, George XII . After her husband died, her son Levan was declared regent until the age of majority, then she was summoned to Petersburg, where she remained at the court until the end of her life; state lady , cavalier lady of the Order of Saint Catherine of the Small Cross . Buried in the Alexander Nevsky Monastery . In this marriage were born:
- Dadiani Ketevan ( 1792 - after 1823 ), the princess, married first to the ruler of Samurzakan, Prince Manuchar Solomonovich Shervashidze (? - 1813 ), in the second (from 1823 ) - to the son of the ruler of Abkhazia Rost-run Keleshbeyevich Shervashidze;
- Levan V ( 1793 - 1846 ), sovereign prince of Megrelia (1804–1846);
- Dadiani Maria ( 1794 -?), Princess, in the first marriage for Prince George Davidovich Eristavi (Guriysky), in the second - for Prince Rostom Berievich Gelovani ;
- Dadiani Elena ( 1795 -?), Princess, in the first marriage for Prince David Georgievich Guriely , in the second - for Prince George Levanovich Mikeladze ;
- Catherine Dadiani ( 1797 -?), Princess, married to Prince Beglar Zaalovich Dzhambakurian-Orbeliani ;
- Dadiani Gregory (George) ( 1798 - after 1851 ), prince, major general . He was married to Countess Elizabeth Pavlovna von der Palen , there were no children.