Menčetić (family)

Coats of arms

The Menčetić (Italian: Mençe, Menze) was a noble family of the Republic of Ragusa.

Name

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

History

The family was said to hail from Rome.^[2]

15th century

The family was ranked 9th of the 10 largest Ragusan houses.^[3] The Mençe married women of the Bona and Gondola.^[4]

Notable members

• 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 4 January 1747, son of Vlaho Klement Menčetić and Nika Getaldić.
• Vlaho Antun Menčetić, born in Dubrovnik of Klement Đivo Menčetić and Viktorija, born in Dubrovnik 26 July 1729 and died 1778

Sources

• Rheubottom, David (2000). Age, Marriage, and Politics in Fifteenth-century Ragusa. Oxford University Press. pp. 172–. 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. 1 2 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.