The Snačić family, sometimes called Svačić and Svadčić, was one of the

twelve noble tribes of Croatia The twelve noble tribes of Croatia ( la, nobiles duodecim generationum regni Croatie), also known as twelve noble families of Croatia, was a medieval institution of nobility, alliance, or narrow noble community in the Kingdom of Croatia, which can ...

, mentioned in the

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and Supetar Cartulary. Among the oldest known members of the family is

Petar Snačić Petar Snačić (commonly misspelt Petar Svačić) was a feudal lord, notable for being one of the claimants of the Croatian throne between c. 1093 and 1097. It is assumed that he began as a ban (title), ban serving under king Demetrius Zvonimir of ...

, who is very likely to have been the last Croatian king of Croatian descent.

History

The earliest possible known ancestor of the ''genus'' is

župan Župan is a noble and administrative title used in several states in Central and Southeastern Europe between the 7th century and the 21st century. It was (and in Croatia still is) the leader of the administrative unit župa (or zhupa, županija). ...

Juraj Snačić, one of the twelve noblemen mentioned in

(1102). According to Supetar Cartulary addendum, the ban in the

Kingdom of Croatia Kingdom of Croatia may refer to: * Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102), an independent medieval kingdom * Croatia in personal union with Hungary (1102–1526), a kingdom in personal union with the Kingdom of Hungary * Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg) (152 ...

during the rule of Croatian king Demetrius Zvonimir was Petar Snačić, who is often related to last Croatian king

. Information about the family is scarce. In 1343 was recorded certain Gojslav, son of a person called ''Prodi de Saucichorum'' in the Klis županija. Some historians also assume that nobleman

Domald of Sidraga Domald of Sidraga (''Domaldus'', ''Domaldi Spalatensis'') ( 1160–1243) was a powerful and influential Croatian nobleman. He held Šibenik, Zadar, Split, Klis, Cetina and other Dalmatian counties and estates between the mid-12th and mid-13th centu ...

(c. 1160–1243) was a member of the family, but this cannot be reliably proven.

Nelipić branch

A member of the tribe in the first half of the 14th century was Nelipac (''generationis Suadcich''), the head of the Nelipić family of

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, which is a cadet branch of the Snačić family. In all likelihood, the Snačić family went extinct patrilineally after the death of Ban Ivan III Nelipić in 1435, and their heirdoms were given by king

Sigismund Sigismund (variants: Sigmund, Siegmund) is a German proper name, meaning "protection through victory", from Old High German ''sigu'' "victory" + ''munt'' "hand, protection". Tacitus latinises it '' Segimundus''. There appears to be an older form of ...

to Matko and

Petar Talovac Petar Talovac ( hu, Tallóci Péter; died in 1453) was a Croatian nobleman, a member of the Talovac noble family. He was a vassal of the Croato-Hungarian king Sigismund who served first as administrator of the Archbishopric of Zagreb and then as ...

Notable members

* Ivan Nelipić * Ivan II Nelipić * Ivan III Nelipić * Jelena Nelipić - Queen of Bosnia

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