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Menčetić

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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.

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Name

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In the 15th century the surname was mostly spelt Mençe.[1] The Slavic variant is Menčetić.[1]

History

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The family was said to come from Rome.[2]

15th century

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The 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

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  • 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

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  • 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.
  1. ^ a b Rheubottom 2000, p. 172.
  2. ^ Rheubottom 2000, p. 62.
  3. ^ Rheubottom 2000, p. 73.
  4. ^ Rheubottom 2000, p. 105.
  5. ^ Rheubottom 2000, p. 82.
  6. ^ Rheubottom 2000, p. 154.
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