The House of Bobali or Babalio (in

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; known as Bobaljević or ''Bobalić'' in Croatian) was a

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family of the

Republic of Ragusa hr, Sloboda se ne prodaje za sve zlato svijeta it, La libertà non si vende nemmeno per tutto l'oro del mondo"Liberty is not sold for all the gold in the world" , population_estimate = 90 000 in the XVI Century , currency = ...

History

The family is considered to be one of those which founded the ancient community of

Dubrovnik Dubrovnik (), historically known as Ragusa (; see notes on naming), is a city on the Adriatic Sea in the region of Dalmatia, in the southeastern semi-exclave of Croatia. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterran ...

. The surname is attested in various forms in different places: ''Baebiblius'' nearby

Salona Salona ( grc, Σάλωνα) was an ancient city and the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia. Salona is located in the modern town of Solin, next to Split, in Croatia. Salona was founded in the 3rd century BC and was mostly destroyed in ...

, ''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 Bobali originated in Bosnia in the 10th century. The Bobali 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%). Similarly, between 1440 and 1640 there were 64 Bobali in the Grand Council (2.91% of total). 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 Bobali that became ''Rettore'' of the Republic (2.48%).Zdenko Zlatar, ''Op cit.'' p. 60 The Bobali family became extinct in 1771 with the death of Frano Damjanov Bobali.

Notable people

* Domanja Bobaljević (14th century) – priest and politician, served Bosnian Ban Stephen II. He fought the

Bosnian Church The Bosnian Church ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=/, Crkva bosanska, Црква Босанска) was a Christian church in medieval Bosnia and Herzegovina that was independent of and considered heretical by both the Catholic and the Eastern Orthodo ...

and defended Bosnia from aspirations of Serbian Emperor

Stefan Dušan Stefan Uroš IV Dušan ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Урош IV Душан, ), known as Dušan the Mighty ( sr, / ; circa 1308 – 20 December 1355), was the King of Serbia from 8 September 1331 and Tsar (or Emperor) and autocrat of the Serbs, Gre ...

. * Francesco Cuco de Bobali (16th century) – poet and writer, left many songs, collected by abbot Giorgi in a volume entitled ''Poesie de Cuco il seniore''. * Savino Bobali (1530–1585) – poet and writer among the most important of his time (Rime amorose, pastorali e satiriche del magnifico Savino de Bobali Sordo). * Marino de Bobali (17th century) – was a writer and philosopher. His work was printed in 1654 in Aquileia (Friuli). The best-known work was titled ''Del senso predominato dalla ragione'' ("About senses ruled by reason").

References

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Francesco Maria Appendini Francesco Maria Appendini (November 4, 1768 – 1837) was an Italian Latin and Italian scholar who studied Slavic languages in the Republic of Ragusa. The French invasion prevented him from returning to Italy, and he adopted Republic of Ragusa as hi ...

, ''Notizie istorico-critiche sulle antichità storia e letteratura de' Ragusei'', Dalle stampe di Antonio Martecchini, Ragusa 1803 *

Renzo de' Vidovich Renzo de' Vidovich (born 27 February 1934) is an Italian politician,de' Vidovich held the following offices during his political life: * Member of the thirteenth Commission (Labour and Social Security) * Component of the Special Committee for th ...

, ''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 *Dubrovacka vlastela izmedu roda i drzave, Stjepan Cosic, Nenad Vekaric, HAZU 2003 {{DEFAULTSORT:Bobali Ragusan noble families