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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