Back Шәантәылатәи аҳра Abkhazian Svaneti knyazlığı Azerbaijani شاهزادهنشین سوانتی Persian Principauté de Svanétie French נסיכות סוואנתי HE Kneževina Svanetija Croatian Principato di Svanezia Italian სვანეთის სამთავრო Georgian Сванетия MYV Vorstendom Svanetië Dutch
Principality of Svaneti სვანეთის სამთავრო | |||||||||
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| 1463–1858 | |||||||||
 18th
century coat of arms according to Vakhushti | |||||||||
 Principality of Svaneti in the 15th century | |||||||||
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| Status | subject of Kingdom of Imereti | ||||||||
| Capital | Not specified 42°54′59″N 43°00′41″E / 42.91639°N 43.01139°E | ||||||||
| Common languages | Official Georgian Native | ||||||||
| Religion | Orthodox Christianity (Georgian Orthodox Church) | ||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||
| Prince of Svaneti | |||||||||
| Historical era | Late Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Established | 1463 | ||||||||
• duchy of Kingdom of Georgia | 1008-1490 | ||||||||
• subject of Kingdom of Imereti | 1463-1833 | ||||||||
• vassal of Russian Empire | 1833-1857 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1857- 1858 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Georgia | ||||||||
The Principality of Svaneti (Georgian: სვანეთის სამთავრო, romanized: svanetis samtavro) was a small principality (samtavro) in the Svaneti region of the Greater Caucasus mountains that emerged following the breakup of the Kingdom of Georgia in the late 15th century. It was ruled successively by the houses of Gelovani and Dadeshkeliani, and was annexed to the Russian Empire in 1858.