Twenty Dadiani princes ruled Samegrelo across 28 reign segments — 13 ended by force, 12 by death in office, one by murder, one by abdication and one by abolition
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“List the ruling princes (mtavari) of Samegrelo from the Dadiani house, Columns: name, years of rule, father, how rule ended, sources.”
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Recheck the corrected report and fix remaining errors: restore Tariel; correct Manuchar II’s dates and numeral; recount princes, reign segments and endings; explain Levan IV’s illegitimate descent and the murder of Levan III’s legitimate heir Manuchar; fix the method date; replace Otia and Ekaterine mirror citations; remove the Wikipedia talk-page citation; and source or retract the claim that Liparit died soon after Bandza — listing every change and every rejected point.
This rechecked list covers all 20 ruling princes of Samegrelo (Odishi / Mingrelia) from the Dadiani house, from Levan I (first segment 1533) to Niko I’s renunciation in 1867 — 28 formal reign segments in all, since several princes ruled more than once. Levan V’s 1840 transfer of active administration to David is annotated inside his continuing formal reign to 1846, not counted as a separate segment. Evidence is drawn from the Georgian Encyclopedia, NPLG, the institutional Dadiani collection, Geonecropol, the Georgian rulers list at dzeglebi.ge, and original Wikipedia articles.
Tariel Dadiani is restored as the twentieth prince, with two separate reigns — 1793–1794 and briefly in 1802 — each ending when his brother Grigol regained power; the Georgian rulers list independently confirms the 1802 sitting and expulsion. en.wikipedia.org · dzeglebi.ge
Manuchar II’s formal reign is 1791–1793, ending when Tariel became prince; he was ousted from Mingrelia and fled to Abkhazia in 1794. The numeral II stands because Manuchar I ruled 1590–1611. en.wikipedia.org
The legitimate male succession of the First House ended in 1680 when Levan III’s rightful heir Manuchar was murdered by Giorgi III Gurieli; Levan IV, Levan III’s illegitimate son — the NPLG biography calls him “ლევან III დადიანის უკანონო ვაჟი” and dates him 1683–1691 — was the last ruling member of the First House. en.wikipedia.org · nplg.gov.ge
After Liparit III’s decisive defeat at Bandza in June 1658 he was deposed; the original article states “Liparit himself fled to Constantinople, where he soon died.” en.wikipedia.org
The 1691 transition. The legitimate male succession ended in 1680 with the murder of Levan III’s rightful heir Manuchar by Giorgi III Gurieli. Levan IV, Levan III’s illegitimate son, was the last ruling member of the First House of Dadiani; after his forced abdication in 1691, the Chikovani-Dadiani line — beginning with Giorgi IV, son of Katsia Chikovani — took the throne. Chronology caveat: sources differ on exact years in this crisis (Wikipedia gives Levan IV 1681–1691; NPLG gives 1683–1691), reflecting the Vakhushti/Toumanoff divergence noted in the method line.
All 20 princes
Name
Years of rule
Father
How rule ended
Sources
Changes in this revision
Tariel restored as the 20th prince, with bars for 1793–1794 and 1802.
Manuchar II corrected to 1791–1793 and numeral II restored.
Totals corrected to 20 princes, 28 segments; endings now 13 forced removals/depositions/flights, 12 deaths in office, 1 murder, 1 voluntary abdication, 1 abolition/renunciation — counts of segment endings, not of distinct people.
Levan IV identified as Levan III’s illegitimate son; legitimate heir Manuchar’s 1680 murder added; 1691 wording corrected.
Method date corrected to 14 October 2026.
Otia’s Wikiwand citation replaced by NPLG and the original article; the 1757/1758 discrepancy is flagged.
Ekaterine’s osmarks citation replaced by Georgian Encyclopedia, NPLG, and the institutional Dadiani collection.
Talk:House of Chikovani citation removed.
Liparit’s post-Bandza flight and death explicitly sourced to the original Liparit III article.
Source-policy statement corrected so it matches the visible links.
Rejected points: none.
Succession list of the ruling Dadiani princes (mtavari) of Samegrelo/Odishi: 20 princes, 28 formal reign segments, 1533–1867; segment endings counted per segment (13 deposition/forced removal/flight, 12 deaths in office including accidents, 1 murder, 1 voluntary abdication, 1 abolition/renunciation). Regencies (Nino 1804–1811; Ekaterine 1853–1857) and Levan V’s 1840 delegation to David are annotated, not counted as segments. Chronologies in the 1680s crisis differ between the Vakhushti and Toumanoff traditions; conflicts are flagged in rows rather than merged. Sources: Georgian Encyclopedia, NPLG, the Dadiani institutional collection, Geonecropol, dzeglebi.ge, and original Wikipedia articles; no mirrors or talk pages are cited. Researched and revised 14 October 2026.