Lionidze
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Lionidze or Leonidze (ლეონიძე) was 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.
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
noble family from the province of Kakheti
Kakheti
Kakheti is a historical province in Eastern Georgia inhabited by Kakhetians who speak a local dialect of Georgian. It is bordered by the small mountainous province of Tusheti and the Greater Caucasus mountain range to the north, Russian Federation to the Northeast, Azerbaijan to the Southeast, and...
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.