The House of Prodanelli or Prodanello (in
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; ) was a
Ragusan noble family that produced state
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s (
rectors,
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notaries
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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
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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. 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
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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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