Ekaterine Dadiani, Princess of Mingrelia
Princess Ekaterin Dadiani was a prominent 19thcentury Georgian aristocrat and the last ruling princess of the Western Georgian Principality of Mingrelia in southeast Europe. She played an important role in resisting Ottoman influence in her principality and was at the center of Georgian high society, both inside the country and abroad.
Ekaterin was born to a distinguished noble family from Eastern Georgia. Her father was Prince Alexander Chavchavadze, a noted Georgian general and godson of Catherine the Great of Russia. Her mother was Princess Salom Orbeliani, a greatgranddaughter of Erekle II of Eastern Georgia. Her younger sister Princess Nino married the famous Russian playwright, composer and diplomat Aleksandr Griboyedov, and her older sister Sophie was married to Count Alexandr Nikolai, the minister of education of Imperial Russia.
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