The House of Prodanelli or Prodanello (in
Latin and
Italian; hr, Prodančić) was a
Ragusan Ragusan may refer to:
* citizen 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"
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noble family that produced state
official
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s (
rector
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s,
senator
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s,
judge
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s,
diplomat
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s,
notaries, etc.), while others were either
prelates or
sea captain
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s,
shipowners and
merchant
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s. The family was related to the
Palmotta.
History
The founder was Marin de Prodanello ( 1273-1304), also called ''Bauxellus''; his descendants, apart from "Prodanello", used Bausella as a surname.
Another branch of the family, led by Ursacius Prodanelli (fl. 1253–85) (most likely Marin's brother
[), did not use the Bausella name.][ Ursacius' sons were distinguished Ragusan officials: Petrus (fl. 1280–1311) was senator and judge,][ while Johannes (fl. 1283–97) was canon and notary.][ They were among the eleven smallest houses in the 15th century.
Another Petar Prodančić, son of Marin, was merchant who did business in ]medieval Serbian state
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. His brother Vito (Vitus/Vid) had two sons, Marin and Petar, who continued family business in Serbia. Petar had five sons, among which Jacob (Jakov/Jakša), James (Giacomo) and Theodore (Teodoro/Teodor) were most successful by the end of the 14th century and the beginning of the 15th century. Jacob was merchant and diplomat, and was succeeded by his son Nicholas (Nicola/Nikola/Nikša) while Teodor was succeeded by his son Petar.
In the 16th century there were two last Prodančić family branches left. One of them was that of Petar (~ 1504-1563), son of Nikola, and the other one was that of Stephen (Stefano/Stjepan/Stijepo; 1566-1638), who was the last male member of the family.
In the two-century-long period of time, from 1440 to 1640, there were in total 24 members of the family who entered the Grand Council (''Consilium maius''), a body consisting of all adult
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Ragusan noblemen. Twenty of them were elected to the Senate and twenty as Rector (''knez'') of the Republic, the head of the state.
Members
*Ursacius Prodanelli (fl. 1253–85)
*Petrus (fl. 1280–1311), senator and judge (''iudex'').[ Son of Ursacius.
*Johannes (fl. 1283–97), priest (''canon'') and notary.][ Son of Ursacius.
*Todor Prodančić (fl. 1428), merchant.]
References
Sources
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External links
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* ZHP_18_21_TARADZIC_318_321%20(1).pdf Ivan Prodančić was notary in Dubrovnik (1284), the head of ''officium notariae''
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