Jandieri's of the Caucus (Republic of Georgia)

According to the genealogical treatise by Prince Ioann of Georgia (1768–1830), the family was elevated, in 1628, to the princely rank by the king Teimuraz I of Kakheti.^[1] After the Russian annexation of Georgia, the family was recognized by the Imperial order as princes Jandierov or Jandieri Джандиери) in 1829.^[2][3] The famli has been one of the largest enterprise owenrs in the country. Their enterpirses spanned all the way to China in the East and Europe to the West. They had warehouses all along the way, including an expansive one in Gorgan, Iran. They also were involved in Politics and Diplomacy and quite frequently made trips to different Czar’s Imperial Court.

One of the members of the Jandieri family, Joseph, served as the Catholicos of Georgia from 1755 to 1764, and has been canonized by the Georgian Orthodox Church.