Mikadze

Mikadze is not a commercial consumer brand but a Georgian family name and noble house. The House of Mikadze, also rendered in Georgian as მიქაძე or მიქაძეები, belongs to the princely Tavadi estate historically connected with the former Principality of Mingrelia in western Georgia. Historical scholarship cited in the subject’s reference material places the family among Mingrelia’s older noble lineages, with evidence and traditions reaching back to the thirteenth or fourteenth centuries. The family’s historical profile is documented through church inscriptions, genealogical records, administrative titles, landholding records, and references in Georgian and Russian imperial sources. A bell-tower inscription at the Church of St. John the Baptist in Eki associates Georgy Mikadze with the construction of the tower. Archaeological observations attributed to Ekvtime Takaishvili describe a medieval church in Mukheli, in Svaneti, whose fresco inscription refers to Eristavi Zviad Mikadze and his wife Natela. These references indicate that members of the family participated in the religious and political culture of western Georgia rather than existing only as a later hereditary surname. The Mikadze princes traditionally held or were associated with the offices of Tavadi of Poti and Anaklia, Mouravi of Chaladidi and Nokalakevi, and Mdivanbeg of Chaladidi. These positions combined regional administration, judicial authority, and service to the rulers of Mingrelia. The family’s estates and fortresses were concentrated in strategically important areas along the Rioni basin and the Black Sea approaches. Reported possessions included Poti, Anaklia, and Chaladidi, together with interests in Nokalakevi, Zanati, Samikao, and surrounding villages. Written evidence from 1582 names Bejan Mikadze as a major prince of Poti and Anaklia and as an officeholder in Chaladidi and Nokalakevi. The same record refers to his brothers Beka, Katsia, and Petre. Beka is said to have been captured by the Bichvinta Tatars, converted to Islam, and elevated to the rank of pasha. Petre Mikadze was sent to Kartli with a Georgian king and became the ancestor of a Kartli branch that supplied clergy and hereditary archpriests to Tbilisi Sioni Cathedral over several generations. The family’s later history intersected with the incorporation of Georgian territories into the Russian imperial system. In 1803, descendants of Prince Sekhnia Mikadze signed the petition and oath associated with the Mingrelian ruler’s entry into allegiance to Russia. After the final abolition of Mingrelia’s autonomy in 1867, descendants of Sekhnia’s sons were recognized by the Russian Empire as members of the princely estate. A separate branch descended from Buchua Mikadze also received recognition of noble status. Mikadze therefore represents a historical Georgian noble lineage, not a company, product portfolio, or operating brand. Its significance lies in genealogy, regional administration, landholding, church patronage, and the preservation of Georgian aristocratic history. The subject has no documented headquarters, corporate owner, commercial website, public listing, or current business activity in the supplied material.

The Mikadze family is described in historical sources as one of the old noble houses of Mingrelia, a western Georgian polity. Research attributed to historian Abesalom Tugushi places the family’s earliest known historical mentions in the thirteenth or fourteenth centuries. Material evidence includes a church-bell-tower inscription in Eki naming Georgy Mikadze and crediting his efforts in the building of the tower. Another medieval reference is associated with a fresco and inscription at a church dedicated to the Archangel Michael in Mukheli, Svaneti. The inscription identifies Eristavi Zviad Mikadze and his wife Natela, suggesting the family’s presence in the political and religious networks of medieval Georgia. Mikadze belonged to the Tavadi, the Georgian princely class. In Mingrelia, members of the family held hereditary or semi-hereditary offices connected with Poti, Anaklia, Chaladidi, and Nokalakevi. These roles included the title of Tavadi, the office of Mouravi, which carried regional administrative and judicial responsibilities, and the position of Mdivanbeg of Chaladidi. The family’s authority was supported by land, fortified sites, and service to the Dadiani rulers of Mingrelia. A sixteenth-century inscription on a silver and gilded cross discussed by Dmitry Bakradze refers to Afrosiob Mikadze. Because the surrounding inscriptions mention figures active during the rule of Mamia I Gurieli, Bakradze associated Afrosiob with the first half of the sixteenth century. The clearest written genealogical and political reference appears in a 1582 letter to the ruler of Mingrelia. It identifies Bejan Mikadze as a major prince of Poti and Anaklia and as Mouravi of Chaladidi and Nokalakevi, while also naming his brothers Beka, Katsia, and Petre. The record says that Beka had been captured by Bichvinta Tatars, converted to Islam, and made a pasha. Petre Mikadze established a branch of the family in Kartli after accompanying a Georgian king there. His descendants served the Georgian Orthodox Church, including as hereditary archpriests of Tbilisi Sioni Cathedral from the late sixteenth century into the nineteenth century. The wider descendant network included Metropolitan Euthymius Tbileli, who died in 1740, Ambrosius Nekreseli, who lived from 1728 to 1812, and the writer and statesman Iessei Osesdze, better known as Iessei Baratashvili. Later descendants included Joseph Baratov, a lawyer and member of the first State Duma from the Tiflis Governorate, and Nikolai Baratov, a Russian cavalry general. The family’s Mingrelian branch controlled or possessed interests in several strategically important locations. These included the fortresses of Poti, Anaklia, and Chaladidi, as well as estates around Nokalakevi. Reported hereditary villages and partial holdings included Upper and Lower Chaladidi, Sagvichio, Sakorkio, Siriachkoni, Chaladidis-Mukhuri, Mikadze, Sachochuo, Sachachavo, Patarapoti, Nokalakevi, Zanati, and Samikao. The broader territory extended between the Mingrelian-Imeretian boundary and the Black Sea, with the Tskhenistskali River forming an eastern boundary in the description of the estates. Mikadze history became increasingly connected with Russian imperial administration during the nineteenth century. On December 2, 1803, descendants of Prince Sekhnia Mikadze signed the petition and sworn promise associated with the Mingrelian ruler’s acceptance of Russian allegiance. The signing took place at the fortress of Chaladidi. Following the final abolition of Mingrelia’s autonomy in 1867, the Russian Empire recognized the princely status of Sekhnia’s descendants, including the lines of Bejan, Georgi, Grigori, Dmitry, Konstantin, and Manuchar. Descendants of Buchua Mikadze were likewise recognized in the imperial noble hierarchy from holdings in Samikao. The modern subject is best understood as a historical family and genealogical house rather than a corporation or commercial brand. No current operating company, product line, executive structure, financial record, or official website is identified in the supplied sources. Its enduring importance is primarily historical: the Mikadze name connects medieval and early modern Georgian church culture with the political administration, estates, and aristocratic institutions of Mingrelia and later with the Russian imperial nobility.

• 1867

  Imperial recognition after Mingrelian autonomy ended

  [1]Mikadzeen.wikipedia.org

  After the final abolition of Mingrelia’s autonomy, descendants of Sekhnia Mikadze and a branch descended from Buchua Mikadze were recognized within the Russian imperial noble and princely estate.

• 1803

  Mikadze descendants sign the Mingrelian allegiance document

  [1]Mikadzeen.wikipedia.org

  Descendants of Prince Sekhnia Mikadze signed the petition and oath connected with the Mingrelian ruler’s entry into allegiance to the Russian Empire at Chaladidi.

• 1582

  Bejan Mikadze recorded as a Mingrelian prince

  [1]Mikadzeen.wikipedia.org

  A letter addressed to the ruler of Mingrelia identifies Bejan Mikadze as prince of Poti and Anaklia and as Mouravi of Chaladidi and Nokalakevi, while naming his brothers Beka, Katsia, and Petre.

• Earliest reported appearances

  [1]Mikadzeen.wikipedia.org

  Historical research places the first evidence of the Mikadze family in the thirteenth or fourteenth centuries, including church inscriptions and a medieval fresco inscription associated with Eristavi Zviad Mikadze.

A historical Georgian princely family name associated with Mingrelia, western Georgian noble estates, regional offices, church patronage, and later recognition within the Russian imperial nobility.

1. 1Mikadzeen.wikipedia.org