The House of Buća ( sr-cyr, Бућа; in Italian ''Bucchia'') was a noble family that served 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 = ...

, and one of the most important families to come out of

Kotor Kotor (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Котор, ), historically known as Cattaro (from Italian: ), is a coastal town in Montenegro. It is located in a secluded part of the Bay of Kotor. The city has a population of 13,510 and is the administrative c ...

. A cadet branch was admitted to the nobility of the

, another branch moved instead to

Šibenik Šibenik () is a historic city in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea. Šibenik is a political, educational, transport, industrial and tourist center of Šibenik-Knin County, and is also the ...

Name

The family is known in Serbo-Croatian sources as Buća,(Cyrillic: Бућа) but also as Bućić or Bučić. In Latin, Italian and French sources they are known in a variety of forms, mostly ''Bucchia'' or ''de Bucchia'', but also ''Bucchich'', ''Buchia'', ''Buche'', ''Buchi'', ''Buchie'', ''de Bucha'', ''de Buchia'', ''de Bucho'', ''de Buça'', ''Boce'' o ''Buca''. Other versions found in Serbo-Croatian include ''Buča'' and ''Bućin''.

History

Origin and early history

The family name seems to derive from the medieval name ''Buchius'' or ''Bucchius'' reported both in Dalmatia and earlier in various Italian locations. The first Bučić to be in the archives is a ''Jakov Bučić'' present in Kotor in 1186.

Service in Serbia

The first known Buća was Tripe Mihov (Trifun Buća, Трифун Бућа).Bešić 1970, p. 82 Kotoran families held high offices in the Serbian court, and the most notable was the Buča family, while the most notable individual was Nikola Buća.Kostić 2001, Uvodni tekstovi
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/ref> Nikola and Toma Pavlov, another notable Kotoran, traded in

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. The Buća were among the wealthiest and most powerful of

(

Kingdom of Serbia The Kingdom of Serbia ( sr-cyr, Краљевина Србија, Kraljevina Srbija) was a country located in the Balkans which was created when the ruler of the Principality of Serbia, Milan I, was proclaimed king in 1882. Since 1817, the Princi ...

and

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). Founded later with the House of Drago, it gave rise to one of the most important families in the region: the House of ''Drago-Bučić''.

Service in the Republic of Ragusa

A branch of the family moved to Šibenik in 1449, while another branch had earlier moved to

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 ...

in the 14th century. The latter, between 1440 and 1640 counted 30 members of the Great Council, representing 1.36% of total. In these two hundred years, they also got 27 senatorial positions (1.36%), five Rectors of the Republic (0.21%), five members of the Minor Council (0.23%), but were never Guards Justice.Zdenko Zlatar, ''Op cit.'' p. 60

Recent History

Kotoran branch became extinct in the 17th century, the Dubrovnik in the 19th century, but the Šibenik branch still survives in Italy, precisely in Milan and Parma, respectively in the Bucchich and Peracchia - Bucchich families.

Members

* Nikola Buća (14th century),

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Serbian Emperor Between 1345 and 1371, the Serbian monarch was self-titled emperor (tsar). The full title was initially Emperor of the Serbs and Greeks, later Emperor of the Serbs and Greeks and Bulgarians in Serbian and '' basileus'' and '' autokrator'' of S ...

Stephen Dušan Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; h ...

(r. 1331-1355). It seems he was the first member of the family to be admitted to the Ragusan nobility, as requested by the Emperor. * Jeronim Bučić (16th century) - From Kotor, was

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of local

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since 1581. He edited an adaptation of ''The Life of St. Tryphon'', adding four hymns. * Vincenc and Dominik Bučić (16th century) - Brothers from Kotor, both Dominicans, were popular

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, leaving several published and unpublished writings. The second was the confessor of Blessed

Osanna of Cattaro Osanna of Cattaro ( sr, Озана Которска, Ozana Kotorska; 25 November 1493 – 27 April 1565) was a Catholic visionary and anchoress from Cattaro. She was a teenage convert from Orthodoxy of Serbian descent from Montenegro.Luković, ...

and General Vicar for Dalmatia. * Vincenc Bučić (17th century) - Bishop of Kotor from 1622 to 1656. * Gregorio Bucchich (Grgur Bučić) (1829 - 1911) - Born on the island of

Hvar Hvar (; Chakavian: ''Hvor'' or ''For'', el, Φάρος, Pharos, la, Pharia, it, Lesina) is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, located off the Dalmatian coast, lying between the islands of Brač, Vis and Korčula. Approximately long, wi ...

, he was a famous Croatian naturalist, in particular an expert in

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and meteorology. He was the discoverer of the

gobius bucchichi Bucchich's goby (''Gobius bucchichi'') is a species of goby native to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea (at least the Adriatic and Aegean Seas) and perhaps the Black Sea. It has traditionally been considered to be more widespread, but in 2016 the si ...

and was the first director of the meteorological station on the island of Hvar.

References

Sources

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 *

External links

Palace in Kotor

Holiday Cabin in Tivat
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