Mkheidze

The House of Mkheidze (Georgian: მხეიძე), originally Mkhetsidze (მხეციძე), also Pkheidze (ფხეიძე), Kheidze (ხეიძე), Mkhetsia (მხეცია), and Khetsia (ხეცია), is a Georgian noble family, known from the eighth century.

[1][2] According to the Georgian author Ioane Bagrationi, writing early in the 19th century, the Mkheidze traced their descent to the medieval house of Liparitid-Orbeli though the version cannot be substantiated by servicing historical evidence.

A legend has it that the 8th-century nobles David and Constantine killed by the Arabs belonged to the Mkheidze family.

With the death of Giorgi Mkheidze (1795–1856), the princely branch of the Imeretian Chkheidze/Mkheidze became extinct in their male line.

The surviving Chkheidze/Mkheidze descend from the gentry (aznauri) line as well as the princely (tavadi) one established in Mingrelia in the first half of the 18th century.