 According to the Georgian author Ioane Bagrationi, writing early in the 19th century, the Mkheidze traced their descent to the medieval house of Liparitid-Orbeli though the version cannot be substantiated by servicing historical evidence.A legend has it that the 8th-century nobles David and Constantine killed by the Arabs belonged to the Mkheidze family.The Mkhe(ts)idze are first documented in the 11th-century cross inscription.