The House of Menze or Menčetić (Italian: Mençe, Menze) was a noble family of the Republic of Ragusa in what is today known as Croatia.
Name
editIn the 15th century the surname was mostly spelt Mençe.[1] The Slavic variant is Menčetić.[1]
History
editThe family was said to come from Rome.[2]
15th century
editThe family was ranked 9th of the 10 largest Ragusan houses.[3] The Menze inter-married mostly with the women from the Bona and Gondola family.[4]
Notable members
edit- Mateo Grube di Menze (d. 1381)
- Johannes Blasius de Mençe (late 15th c.)[5]
- Orsolin Nicolin de Mençe (fl. 1421)[6]
- Šiško Menčetić (1457–1527)
- Pietro Menze (Petar Menčetić, 1451–1508)
- Placido Menze
- Klement Marijan Domini Antun Menčetić, born in Dubrovnik, on 4 January 1747, son of Vlaho Klement Menčetić and Nika Getaldić
- Vlaho Antun Menčetić, son of Klement Đivo Menčetić and Marija Viktorija Kabužić, born in Dubrovnik, on 26 July 1729 and died 1778
Sources
edit- Rheubottom, David (2000). Age, Marriage, and Politics in Fifteenth-century Ragusa. Oxford University Press. pp. 172 ff. ISBN 978-0-19-823412-8.
- Marković, Savo (2016). "MENZE (MENČE), THE PATRICIANS OF BAR. A CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF ROMANCE-SLAVIC SYMBIOSIS". Istraživanja. 25: 89–109.
- Siebmacher. Dalmatien. pp. 12, 139.
- ^ a b Rheubottom 2000, p. 172.
- ^ Rheubottom 2000, p. 62.
- ^ Rheubottom 2000, p. 73.
- ^ Rheubottom 2000, p. 105.
- ^ Rheubottom 2000, p. 82.
- ^ Rheubottom 2000, p. 154.