Shakhovskoy

Shakhovskoy
Princely arms of the Shakhovskoy family
Parent house	Rurikids; Monomakhovichi; Mstislavichi
Country	Russian Empire
Current head	Prince Dmitry Mikhailovich Shakhovskoy (born 1934)[1][2]
Titles	Prince Shakhovskoy
Style(s)	"Highness"

The House of Shakhovskoy (alt. Shahovskoy, Shahovskoi, Ukrainian: Шаховський, Russian: Шаховской, French: Chakhovskoï, German: Schachowskoi, Italian: Šachovskoj) is the name of a princely Russian and Ukrainian family descending from the Rurik Dynasty, and as such, one of the oldest noble families of the Russian Empire. Most members of the family fled the Russian Empire in 1917 during the Russian Revolution.

In the 19th century, and especially after the abolition of serfdom, the "Shakhovskoy" surname began to appear among peasants who adopted their employers' name but were not themselves descendants of the princely family.