Levan I Dadiani in a fresco in the Tsalenjikha Cathedral.
Prince of Mingrelia
Reign
1533–1572
Predecessor
Mamia III Dadiani
Successor
George III Dadiani
Died
1572
Issue
George III Dadiani Mamia IV Dadiani Manuchar I Dadiani
Dynasty
Dadiani
Father
Mamia III Dadiani
Religion
Georgian Orthodox Church
Levan I Dadiani (also Leon; Georgian: ლევან [ლეონ] I დადიანი; died 1572) was a member of the House of Dadiani and ruler of Odishi, that is, Mingrelia, in western Georgia. He succeeded on the death of his father, Mamia III Dadiani, as eristavi ("duke") of Odishi and ex officio mandaturt-ukhutsesi ("Lord High Steward") of Imereti in 1533. Dadiani's break with the king of Imereti brought about his downfall and imprisonment in 1546. He was able to escape and regain his possessions, securing Ottoman support for his independence from Imereti.
Duke LevanIDadiani became hereditary Prince (mtavari) of Mingrelia and established himself as an independent ruler. His descendant Prince Levan III Dadiani...
Levan V Dadiani (Georgian: ლევან V დადიანი; 1793 – 30 July 1846), of the House of Dadiani, was Prince of Mingrelia, in western Georgia, from 1804 to 1846...
until his death. A younger son of LevanIDadiani, he succeeded on the death of his elder brother, Mamia IV Dadiani. Manuchar ruled over Mingrelia, in...
Levan II Dadiani (also Leon; Georgian: ლევან [ლეონ] II დადიანი; 1597-1657) was a member of the House of Dadiani and ruler of the Principality of Mingrelia...
from 1578 until his death. He was a son and successor of LevanIDadiani. Giorgi Dadiani's hold of power in Mingrelia, one of those states that had emerged...
suggested by the contemporary textual documents. Mamia had two sons: LevanIDadiani (died 1572), who succeeded him as ruler of Mingrelia; Batulia (Datulia;...
Mingrelia was established as an independent Principality in 1557 with LevanIDadiani serving as a hereditary mtavari (Prince). It remained independent until...
and again from 1582 until his death. He was a younger son of LevanIDadiani. Mamia Dadiani's career unfolded against the background of an increasingly destructive...
appealed for help to Bagrat III of Imereti and LevanIDadiani, Prince of Mingrelia. LevanIDadiani collected the Abkhazians and Odishians to help Guria;...
of Imereti, against LevanIDadiani, who was expelled from Mingrelia. Beyond political and territorial disputes, the Gurieli–Dadiani conflict also had personal...
Kingdom of Georgia. Her first marriage was disrupted by her half-brother Levan II Dadiani, Prince of Mingrelia, in response to Simon Gurieli's patricidal coup...
Mingrelia, in western Georgia, from 1846 until his death in 1853. A son of Levan V Dadiani, he became de facto ruler of Mingrelia on his father's retirement in...
Konstantin Dadiani (1819–1889), Imperial Russian Army lieutenant general Levan V Dadiani (1793–1846), Imperial Russian Army lieutenant general Niko IDadiani (1847–1903)...
cause, but had to concede the border territory Levan had seized from Imereti as well as much of LevanDadiani's treasury and several Mingrelian noblemen as...
Queen Darejan Dadiani. His career flourished in the 1770s, when he was an ambassador to the Russian Empire and then an army commander. Levan was a talented...
her younger brother was Prince Andria. Her paternal grandfather was Levan V Dadiani. Her maternal grandparents were Princess Salomé Orbeliani and Prince...
of Guria Rostom Gurieli responded, while the prince of Mingrelia, LevanIDadiani, refused to participate in the alliance, and later sided with the Ottomans...
of Lechkhumi by his wife Mzekhatun, daughter of Prince Levan III Dadiani. Under Levan III Dadiani, Katsia attained to lordship of Salipartiano, a key fiefdom...
quickly came into conflict with Levan II Dadiani of Mingrelia, whose sister Mariam he had married in 1621. Dadiani's political ambitions and territorial...
deteriorated over his support to the king's defiant vassal, LevanIDadiani. Rostom was a son of Mamia I Gurieli by his wife Ketevan. In 1533, Mamia was taken...
the king of Kartli Luarsab I and the prince of Guria Rostom Gurieli responded, while the prince of Mingrelia, LevanIDadiani, refused to participate in...
principality of Mingrelia. Katsia II Dadiani appealed to the king of Imereti for help. Solomon I helped Dadiani with the army of Imereti-Guria, quickly...
with his nominal vassal, Giorgi II Gurieli, Prince of Guria, against LevanIDadiani, Prince of Mingrelia. The latter allied himself with the king's cousin...