House of Bobaljević
| Bobaljević |
| Other names |
(de) Bobali, Babalio |
|
| Country |
Republic of Ragusa |
| Dissolution |
19th century |
The House of Bobaljević or Bobali (in earlier sources Babalio, then also de Bobali; later in modern Croatian Bobalić or even Bobaljević) was a noble family of the Republic of Ragusa.
History
The family is considered to be one of those which founded the ancient community of Dubrovnik. The surname is attested in various forms in different places: Baebiblius nearby Salona, Babuleius, Babullia, Bobuli or Boboli in Italy. One of the etymologies proposed considers that all these surnames are derived from the early-medieval name Babilius or Babilonius. According to another ancient tradition the House of Bobali originated in Bosnia in the 10th century.
The House of Bobaljević gave the Republic a large number of politicians, scholars and writers. In the 14th century they had 124 senior civil servants in senate (representing 3.32%) .[1] Similarly, between 1440 and 1640 there were 64 Bobali in the Grand Council (2.91% of total).[2] In two hundred years, they had 59 senatorial positions (1.81%), 66 members of the Minor Council (3.05%), 23 Guardians of Justice (2.80%) and for 59 times a member of the House of Bobali that became Rettore of the Republic (2.48%).[3]
The family Bobaljević became extinct in 1771 with the death of Frano Damjanov Bobali-Bobaljevic. <ref/Dubrovacka vlastela izmedu roda i drzave, Stjepan Cosic, Nenad Vekaric, Croatian Academy of Science and Art, HAZU 2003> (1)
Notables people (in chronological order)
- Domanja Bobaljević (14th century) - Priest and politician. He was Prime Minister of Stephen Kotroman, Ban of Bosnia. He fought the patarines and defended Bosnia from aspirations of Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš.
- Frano Cuco Bobaljević (16th century) - poet and writer, left many songs, a collected by abbot Giorgi in a volume entitled Poesie de Cuco il seniore.
- Sabo Bobaljević nicknamed Glušac (deaf) or Mišetić (1530–1585) - poet and writer among the most important of his time.
- Marin Bobaljević (17th century) - was a writer and philosopher. His work was printed in 1654 in Aquileiait. The best-known work was titled Del senso predominato dalla ragione ("About senses ruled by reason").
See also
References
(1)Dubrovacka vlastela izmedu roda i drzave, Stjepan Cosic, Nenad Vekaric, HAZU 2003
- ^ Zdenko Zlatar, "Huius... est omnis Rei Publicae potestas": Dubrovnik's Patrician Houses and Their Partecipation in Power (1440-1640), in Dubrovnik Annals, 6/2002, p. 50.
- ^ Zdenko Zlatar, Op cit. p. 54
- ^ Zdenko Zlatar, Op cit. p. 60
Sources
- Francesco Maria Appendini, Notizie istorico-critiche sulle antichità storia e letteratura de' Ragusei, Dalle stampe di Antonio Martecchini, Ragusa 1803
- Lorenzo de 'Vidovic,Albo d'Oro delle famiglie nobili patrizie e illustri nel Regno di Dalmazia, Cultural Scientific Foundation Rustia Traine, Trieste 2004
- Simeon Gliubich,Biographical dictionary of illustrious Dalmatian men, wien-Zadar 1836
- Giorgio Gozzi,The free and sovereign Republic of Ragusa 634-1814, Volpe Editore, Rome 1981
- Robin Harris, Storia e vita di Ragusa - Dubrovnik, la piccola Repubblica adriatica, Santi Quaranta, Treviso 2008
- Konstantin Jireček, The Legacy of Rome in the cities of Dalmatia in the Middle Ages, 3 vols., AMSD, Rome 1984-1986