Volcasso

The Volcasso or Volcassio (Serbo-Croatian: Vukasović) was a Ragusan noble family. It was of Slavic origin, originating in Bosnia,[1] or Hum, a crown land of Serbia. They are mentioned since the 13th century, and were one of the wealthiest families in the 14th century.[2] According to Niccolo Ragnina, the Volcasso family was among those that settled Ragusa in the time of the legendary Radoslav Belo,[3] claimed to be in 1152.[1] It was extinct by 1372.[1]

Annotations

Also spellt Volchasso, Bolchasso, Volcassio, Volcasio, Vulchasso, Volcax, Volcaxo. The name was derived from Slavic Vlkas, Vlkasović (Vukasović).

References

  1. 1 2 3 Johann Siebmacher; Otto Titan von Hefner (1857). J. Siebmacher's grosses und allgemeines Wappenbuch. Bauer und Raspe. pp. 12–.
  2. ↑ Zdenko Zlatar (1 January 1992). Our Kingdom Come: The Counter-Reformation, the Republic of Dubrovnik, and the Liberation of the Balkan Slavs. East European Monographs. pp. 34–37. ISBN 978-0-88033-239-2.
  3. ↑ Tibor Živković (2008). Forging unity: The South Slavs between East and West : 550-1150. The Institute of History. p. 219.
  4. ↑ Monographs. Naučno delo. 1960. p. 437.
  5. ↑ Studi Veneziani. L.S. Olschki. 2001. p. 51.
  6. ↑ Bariša Krekić (1 January 1997). Dubrovnik. Ashgate Publishing Company. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-86078-631-3.
  7. ↑ Jugoslavenska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti (1982). Rad Jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti. Jugoslavenska akademija zanosti i umjetnosti.
  8. ↑ Diplomatički zbornik kraljevine Hrvatske, Dalmacije i Slavonije. Zavod za povijesne znanosti JAZU. 1914. pp. 90, 297, 620.

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