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Dinjčić ( sr-Cyrl, Дињчић), sometime Dinjičić ( sr-Cyrl, Дињичић), later branch known as Kovačević, were Bosnian medieval noble family which flourished during kingdom period, and ruled the Jadar-
Drinjača Drinjača (Serbian Cyrillic: Дрињача) is a left tributary of the Drina in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It rises on the mountain of Konjuh (mountain), Konjuh (1,326 m) 15 km northwest of Kladanj at an elevation of about 1,000 m and en ...
areal and wider
Srebrenica Srebrenica ( sr-cyrl, Сребреница, ) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a small mountain town, with its main industry being salt mining and a nearby spa. During the Bosnian War in 1995, Srebr ...
region. Family's founder is considered to be Dinjica, who flourished during 14th century. He had four sons, Dragiša, , and .


Coat of Arms

The family coat of arms is described in every iteration of the Illyrian Armorials, such as
Fojnica Armorial Fojnica Armorial ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Fojnički grbovnik, Фојнички грбовник) is a prominent Illyrian armorial of South Slavic heraldic symbols, which contains mainly fictional medieval coats of arms, among which there can be found sev ...
at page 59. It depict a dragon motif above the helmet, in the crest. It also belongs to the Kovačević branch, which is evident from the comments.Fojnički grbovnik
, uvodni tekst fra Franje Miletića, Franjevački samostan Duha Svetoga u Fojnici, Fojnica 2012., , str. 7


Family tree

* Dinjica ** Dragiša, *** Pokrajec, **, ***
Petar Kovačević Petar Kovačević ( sr-Cyrl, Петар Ковачевић; ?? — 1455) was a duke from the Bosnian Dinjčić noble family, which had its estates in the eastern parts of the medieval Bosnian state, in the Jadar region. He was the son of Kovač ...
***, ***, ** **


Gallery


Proto-heraldic emblem usually assigned to the Bosnian medieval noble Dinjčić's family in the so called Illyrian armorials.


See also

* Hrvatinić * Zlatonosović


References


Bibliography

* * * * {{Authority control Bosnian noble families Dinjčić noble family