Ekateriné Dadiani-Chavchavadze | |||||
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Princess of Mingrelia | |||||
![]() Portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter | |||||
Born | Tsinandali | March 19, 1816||||
Died | August 25, 1882 | (aged 66)||||
Spouse | David Dadiani, Prince of Mingrelia | ||||
Issue | Prince Niko Princess Salomé Prince Andria | ||||
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House | Chavchavadze | ||||
Father | Prince Alexander Chavchavadze | ||||
Mother | Princess Salomé Orbeliani |
Ekateriné Dadiani, Princess of Mingrelia (Georgian: ეკატერინე დადიანი; née Chavchavadze; March 19, 1816 – August 13, 1882) of the House of Dadiani, was a prominent 19th-century Georgian aristocrat and the last ruling princess (as regent) of the Principality of Mingrelia in Western Georgia. She was regent during the minority of her son between 1853 and 1857. She played an important role in resisting Ottoman influence in her principality and was at the center of Georgian high society, both inside the country and abroad.