Kingdom of Kakheti
The Robitashvili had the title of "tavadi" (prince) in the Kingdom of Kakheti and were included in the list of the Georgian nobility attached to the Russo-Georgian treaty of Georgievsk of 1783. After the Russian annexation of Georgia, the family was confirmed among the princely nobility (knyaz) of the Russian Empire in 1850. The surname was Russified as Robitov ().