Tusishvili
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The House of Tusishvili (Georgian: ტუსიშვილი; archaically known as Tusisshvili, ტუსისშვილი) was a Georgian princely family, known in the eastern province of Kakheti since 1469.
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History
The Tusishvili branched off the House of Zedginidze. They had their estates at Akhmeta and Gagma-Mkhari on the left bank of the Alazani. After Russian annexation of Georgia in 1801, the family was incorporated among the Russian princely houses in 1850.[1][2]
A notable member of this family was the 18th-century churchman Saba Tusishvili, Metropolitan Bishop of Ninotsminda (1744–88), and a close associate of King Erekle II.
