List of people associated with the Republic of Ragusa

Here follows a list of notable Ragusans and Rectors of the Republic of Ragusa (also known as the Republic of Dubrovnik), a maritime republic centered on the city of Dubrovnik on the eastern coast of the Adriatic.

Coat of arms of the Ragusan Republic

Note on First and Last Names

Reflecting the dual Romance and Slavic influence on Ragusan culture, most Ragusan noble families, as well as members of the citizen class, used both Romance and Slavic versions of their first and last names, especially since the Late Middle Ages onward, while the lower classes mostly only used Slavic names. Some used only one version of their family name exclusively, e.g. the noble families Natali and Zlatarić.[1] Since the official language of the Republic was always from the Romance language group, the official records record the last names almost exclusively in those versions, although in the older records the first names can be found in Slavic. Members of noble families, even those originally of Slavic descent, used the Slavic forms of their family names in an unofficial capacity in literary works written in Slavic, and in an official capacity only in treaties that the Ragusan State signed with its neighboring Slavic states in their language and script. In the noble class' everyday usage, most commonly the first name was in Slavic and the last name in Italian, a traditional practice which has continued until today, and transformed into official. When only the Romance version of a first or last name appears in the sources, modern Croatian and Serbian scientific literature very frequently translates it creating a new slavicized version, which often results in various errors due to insufficient knowledge of Ragusan traditions, e.g. erroneously using non-Ragusan Slavic form "Vinko" instead of Ragusan Slavic form "Vicko", or "Blaž" instead of "Vlaho", or incorrectly adapting a Romance version while ignoring actual Ragusan usage, e.g. "Natal" instead of "Božo", "Junije" instead of "Džono".[2]:20,21,23

When several persons had the same first and last name, it was Ragusan custom to append the father's name in the genitive case, also changing the declension of the last name (in Ragusan the genitive case for nouns ending in -o is -a), e.g. there were two persons named Đivo Gundulić, so one was called Đivo Frana Gundulića, and the other Đivo Nika Gundulića (in modern literature this is sometimes indicated with the possessive determiner -ov, thus Franov, Nikov, translated to English as Frano's, Niko's). When translating this into Latin, the genitive case was kept, e.g. Joannes Francisci Gundulae, however, when translating into languages in which names do not have grammatical cases (such as Italian) it was written as effectively a middle name (Giovanni Francesco Gondola). It is important to differentiate this from actual middle names, such as Roger Joseph Boscovich, an example where the names were also anglicized.[3][4]

Some examples of Romance and Slavic versions of last names:[1]

Bassegli, Basilio - Basiljević
Bobali, Babalio - Bobaljević
Bona - Bunić
Bonda - Bundić
Caboga - Kabužić
Cerva, Cervinus - Crijević
Ghetaldi - Getaldić
Giorgi - Đorđić, Đurđević
Gondola - Gundulić
Gozze - Gučetić
Gradi - Gradić
Luccari - Lukarević
Menze - Menčetić
Palmotta - Palmotić
Pozza - Pucić
Resti - Rastić, Restić
Sorgo - Sorkočević
Stay - Stojković
Zamagna - Zamanja, Zamanjić

Notable Ragusans

14th century
  • Franco Sacchetti (c.1335–1400) - poet and short story writer, his father was a Florentine merchant.
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Dubrovnik nobility
Original patriciate
Late patriciate

15th century

16th century

17th century
Coats of arms of the Ragusan noble families

18th century

Partial List of Rectors of the Ragusan Republic (1358-1808)
Frano Đivo Gundulić, Austrian marshal (1683), son of the famous Ragusan writer Ivan Gundulić

14th century
  • 1358 - ? Nicola Sorgo
  • 1370 - 1390 Marco Bobali three time Rector

15th century
  • 1403 - 1417 Vittorio Bobali

16th century
  • 1500-1501 Džono Andra Bobali and Simo Benessa
  • 1501-1502 ?Brno Bona
  • 1502-1503 ?
  • 1503-1504 Džono Andra Bobali and Simo Benessa
  • 1504-1505 ?
  • 1505-1506 Frano Andra Bobali
  • 1506-1507 Džono Andra Bobali
  • 1507-1508 ?
  • 1508-1509 ?
  • 1509-1510 Luko Bona and Antun Bona
  • 1510-1511 ?
  • 1511-1512 Antun Bona
  • 1512-1513 ?
  • 1514-1515 Antun Bona
  • 1515-1516 ?
  • 1516-1517 ?
  • 1517-1518 Antun Bona
  • 1518-1519 ?
  • 1519-1520 ?
  • 1520-1521 Antun Bona
  • 1521-1522 Jako Bona
  • 1522-1523 Baro Bona
  • 1523-1524 Antun Bona and Jako Bona
  • 1524-1525 ?
  • 1525-1526 Lujo Bona and Baro Bona
  • 1526-1527 Antun Bona and Jako Bona
  • 1527-1528 Lujo Bona
  • 1528-1529 Mato Frana Bobali
  • 1529-1530 Lujo Bona and Frano Bona
  • 1530-1531 Miho Džona Bobali
  • 1531-1532 Damjan Benessa and Frano Bona
  • 1532-1533 Lujo Bona and Jako Bona
  • 1533-1534 ?
  • 1534-1535 Damjan Benessa, Mato Frana Bobali, Lujo Bona and Frano Bona
  • 1535-1536 Župan Bona and Jero Bona
  • 1536-1537 Miho Sima Bobali and Frano Bona
  • 1537-1538 Damjan Benessa and Mato Frana Bobali
  • 1538-1539 Frano Bona, Ilija Bona and Jero Bona
  • 1539-1540 Mato Frana Bobali and Miho Sima Bobali
  • 1540-1541 ?
  • 1541-1542 ?
  • 1542-1543 Miho Džona Bobali
  • 1543-1544 Mato Frana Bobali
  • 1544-1545 ?
  • 1545-1546 Miho Sima Bobali
  • 1546-1547 Mato Frana Bobali and Brno Bona
  • 1547-1548 Župan Bona
  • 1548-1549 ?
  • 1549 Mato Frana Bobali
  • 1549 - ? Pasko Frana Cerve
  • ?-1555 Župan Bona
  • ?-1559 Jero Šiška Bobali
  • 1559 Džono Miha Bobali
  • 1559-1560 Luco Bona
  • 1561-1562 Džono Miha Bobali and Lovrijenac Miha Bobali
  • 1562-1563 Simo Bobali
  • 1563-1564 ?
  • 1564-1565 Lovrijenac Miha Bobali
  • 1565 Džono Miha Bobali
  • 1565-1567 ?
  • 1567-1568 Nikola Vitov Gučetić
  • 1568-1569 Džono Miha Bobali
  • 1569-1570 Nikola Vitov Gučetić
  • 1570 Lovrijenac Miha Bobali
  • 1570-1571 Jako Antuna Benesse
  • 1571-1572 Džono Miha Bobali
  • 1572-1573 Jako Antuna Benesse
  • 1573-1575 Džono Miha Bobali
  • 1575 Jako Antuna Benesse
  • 1575-1576 Nikola Vitov Gučetić, Đuro Menze
  • 1576-1577 Antun Bona, Jero Ghetaldi
  • 1577-1578 Božo Proculo
  • 1578-1579 Jako Antuna Benesse
  • 1579-1580 Antun Bona, Vlađ Menze
  • 1580 Luco Bona
  • 1581 Trojan Cerva
  • 1582 Miho Bona
  • 1583 ?
  • 1584 Trojan Cerva
  • 1585 ?
  • 1586 Niko Giorgi
  • 1587-1588 Đivo Binciola
  • 1588-1589 Mato Benessa, Pijero Benessa, Lujo Saraca, Pijero Cerva
  • 1591 Jero Bucchia
  • 1592 Lujo Saraca

17th century
  • 1600 Andro Luccari
  • 1601 Antun Orsata Gondole
  • 1602 Sabo Menze
  • 1603 Marin Tudisi
  • 1611 Frano Caboga
  • 1612 Vlaho Gondola
  • 1614 Marin Sorgo
  • 1615 Stijepo Prodanello
  • 1616 Stijepo Proculo
  • 1617 Lamprica Cerva
  • 1618 Jero Bona
  • 1619 Niko Gozze
  • 1620 Frano Sorgo
  • 1621 Tomo Basilio
  • 1622 Đivo Menze
  • 1623 Đivo Clasci
  • 1624 Frano Nika Sorga
  • 1627 Pijero Cerva
  • 1628 Pijero Cerva
  • 1629 Pavo Pozza
  • 1630 Jero Gozze, Marin Menze
  • 1631 Đivo Nika Gondole
  • 1639 Simo Menze
  • 1640 Pavo Pozza
  • 1641 Džono Resti
  • 1642 Luko Andra Sorga
  • 1643 Pavo Pozza
  • 1651 Luco Caboga
  • 1652 Luko Sorgo
  • 1653 Sabo Bona
  • 1654 Frano Ghetaldi
  • 1655 Marin Proculo
  • ?-1658 Ivan Bunić Vučić, Marko Pozza
  • 1659 ? Cerva
  • 1660-? Luko Gozze
  • 1661 Marin Proculo
  • 1662 Frano Šiška Sorga
  • 1663 Beno Bona
  • 1664 Simo Menze
  • 1665 Luko Resti
  • 1667- Simo Ghetaldi, Miho Menze
  • 1668 ?
  • 1669 ?
  • 1670 Marin Sorgo
  • 1671 Đivo Mata Ghetaldi
  • 1672 Jero Menze
  • 1680 Kliment Menze
  • 1681 Mato Bunić
  • 1682 Niko Binčulić
  • 1683 Klement Menze
  • ?-1684 Stijepo Tudisi, Šišmundo Gundulić
  • ?-? Mato Gondola
  • 1692 Lovrijenac Sorgo
  • 1693 Rafo Gozze
  • 1694 Đivo Karla Sorga
  • 1695 Jero Menze
  • 1696 Dominko Bucchia
  • 1699 Đivo Šiška Gondole, Vlađ Bona

18th century
  • 1700 Vlaho Cerva
  • 1702 Vlaho Gozze
  • 1703 Džono Gozze
  • 1706 Đivo Menze
  • 1707 Frano Tudisi
  • 1708 Džono Gozze
  • 1709 Đivo Menze
  • 1710 Luko Marina Sorga
  • 1726 Đivo Gozze
  • 1727 Đivo Basilio
  • 1728 Vlađ Sorgo
  • 1729 Đivo Gozze
  • 1730 Giunio Resti
  • 1752 Vlaho Menze
  • 1754 Jako Basilio
  • 1755 Đivo Bucchia
  • 1756 Marin Brna Caboge
  • 1757 Niko Gozze
  • 1758 Baldo Bucchia
  • 1759 Orsat Cerva
  • 1761 Đivo Sorgo
  • 1762 Mato Zamagna
  • 1763 Miho Zamagna, Baldo Gozze
  • 1764 Niko Proculo
  • 1765 Luko Giorgi
  • 1766 ? Zamagna
  • 1767 Antun Resti
  • 1768 Sabo Giorgi
  • 1769 Saro Sorgo
  • 1770 Marin Boža Sarace, Đivo Rafa Gozze
  • 1773 Niko Proculo
  • 1774 Lukša Giorgi-Bona
  • 1775 Martolica Bosdari
  • 1776 Luko Zamagna
  • 1777 Baldo Gozze
  • 1796 Miho Lukše Bone, Klement Vlaha Menze
  • 1797 Marin Giorgi
  • 1798 Đivo Basilio, Klement Menze, Antun Marina Caboge, Mato Zamagna

19th century
Republic of Ragusa before 1808
  • 1800 Rafo Gozze, Marin Bona
  • 1801 Frano Gozze
  • 1802 Mato Ghetaldi, Martolica Cerva
  • 1803 Vlaho Điva Bone
  • 1804 Đivo Vlaha Bone, Miho Bona
  • 1805 Mato Ghetaldi, Vlaho Điva Bone
  • 1806 Đivo Pijerka Natali
  • 1808 Sabo Giorgi

See also

Sources
  • Zbornik Župe dubrovačke, Author Pero Butigan, Franica Grbić, Ivo Grbić, Josipa Kerner, Ivan Bošković, Mirjana Butigan
  • Heyer von Rosenfeld, Carl Georg Friedrich, Der Adel des Königreiches Dalmatien, J. Siebmacher's grosses und allgemeines Wappenbuch, Nürnberg, 1873.
  • Harris, Robin (2003). Dubrovnik, A History. Saqi Books. ISBN 0-86356-332-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

References
  1. Harris 2003, p. 13.
  2. Vekarić, Nenad. "Prijedlog za normiranje dubrovačkih imena i prezimena iz povijesnih vrela" (PDF). Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. Institute for Historical Sciences in Dubrovnik. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  3. Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History. Volume 10. London: Brill. 2017. p. 221. ISBN 9789004345652. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  4. Gundulić, Đivo. "Pjesni pokorne Kralja Davida (Preface)". Wikizvor (Wikisource). Retrieved 18 May 2019.
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