western Georgian principalities

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The western Georgian principalities were a group of semi-independent feudal states in western Georgia that emerged after the fragmentation of the unified Georgian Kingdom and persisted under varying degrees of Ottoman, Persian, and later Russian influence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf group of principalities
historical political entity
borderedBy Black Sea
eastern Georgian kingdoms and principalities
characterizedAs semi-independent feudal states
country Georgia
dominantChurch Georgian Orthodox Church
economyBasedOn agriculture
trade through Black Sea ports
viticulture
emergedAfter fragmentation of the unified Kingdom of Georgia
experienced frequent internal dynastic conflicts
finalIncorporationCentury 19th century
followed disintegration of the Kingdom of Georgia
governedBy Georgian noble dynasties
House of Dadiani
linked to: Dadiani family

House of Gurieli
House of Shervashidze
linked to: House of Gurieli

Imeretian Bagrationi dynasty
linked to: Bagrationi dynasty
graduallyIncorporatedInto Russian Empire
hadMember Kingdom of Imereti
Principality of Abkhazia
linked to: Abkhazia

Principality of Guria
Principality of Mingrelia
Principality of Svaneti
historicalRegion Colchis (in a broad historical sense)
linked to: Colchis
includedRegion Abkhazia
Guria
Imereti
Samegrelo
Svaneti
language Georgian language
locatedIn western Georgia
maintained hereditary principal rulers
partOf Georgia
playedRoleIn preservation of western Georgian regional identities
politicalStatus protectorates of the Russian Empire (various periods)
vassal states under Ottoman suzerainty (various periods)
vassal states under Persian suzerainty (various periods)
politicalSystem feudalism
relatedTo eastern Georgian kingdoms of Kartli and Kakheti
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
successorTo unified Kingdom of Georgia in western territories
timePeriod early modern period
late Middle Ages
underInfluenceOf Ottoman Empire
Qajar Persia
linked to: Qajar Iran

Russian Empire
Safavid Persia
linked to: Safavid Empire

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Odishi partOf western Georgian principalities