![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/%25D0%259E%25D1%2580%25D0%25B1%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BB%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B81.jpg/640px-%25D0%259E%25D1%2580%25D0%25B1%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BB%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B81.jpg&w=640&q=50)
House of Orbeliani
Georgian noble family / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The House of Orbeliani (Georgian: ორბელიანი) was a Georgian noble family (tavadi), which branched off the House of Baratashvili in the 17th century and later produced several lines variously called Orbeliani, Orbelishvili (ორბელიშვილი), Qaplanishvili (ყაფლანიშვილი), and Jambakur(ian)-Orbeliani (ჯამბაკურ[იან]-ორბელიანი). They were prominent in Georgia's politics, culture, and science; remained so under the Russian rule in the 19th century – when most of the Orbeliani lines were received among the princely nobility (knyaz) of the Russian Empire – and into the 20th century.
![Thumb image](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B81.jpg/640px-%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B81.jpg)