Ratishvili
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The House of Ratishvili (Georgian: რატიშვილი) are a Georgian noble family. They had the status of prince (tavadi) in the kingdom of Kartli and they were confirmed in their rank in the Russian Empire as princes (knyaz) Ratiev (Russian: Ратиев, Ratiyev) in 1825.[1]
According to the list of Georgian noble families compiled by Prince Ioann of Georgia in the early 19th century, the Ratishvili sprang off the ducal dynasty (eristavi) of Ksani.[2] This view was further developed by the modern genealogist Cyril Toumanoff, who identified Rati Tsirkvaleli Glonis-Tavadze, the prothonotary of Georgia (1458/68) and a son of Duke Kvenipnevel II of Ksani, as the forefather of the Ratishvili.[3] An alternative hypothesis makes the Ratishvili a branch of the Baratashvili-Orbeliani dynasty; yet another has it that both these genealogies are correct and there were, in fact, two Ratishvili families of different origin.[2]