Surname: | Pavlenishvili |
Native Name: | ფავლენიშვილი |
Native Name Lang: | ka |
Other Name: | Павле́новы |
Coat Of Arms: | Pavlenishvili COA.png |
Caption: | Coat of arms of the Pavlenishvili family |
Type: | Princely dynasty |
Country: | Georgia |
Parent House: | Mkhargrdzeli |
The House of Pavlenishvili (English version Phavlenishvili, Pavlenishvili, from Pavlenichvili) is an old Georgian princely dynasty, branch of princes Mkhargrdzeli, who at their turn were descendants of the ancient Iranian House of Karen-Pahlevi house, a branch of the Parthian Arsacids. A version tells that the root pavleni derives from Pahlevi.