Tsulukidze (family)

[1] According to a traditional account, they were elevated to a princely dignity (tavadi) by King George III of Imereti in 1605.

[2] Under the western Georgian kings of Imereti, the Tsulukidze served as Constables of Lower Imereti and had a fiefdom in Racha, with a familial burial ground at the Nikortsminda Cathedral.

The Tsulukidze were involved in a series of civil wars which plagued Imereti until the eventual annexation by the Russian Empire in 1810.

The family was confirmed as princes (knyaz) of the Russian Empire in 1850.

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