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Template:Dubrovnik Noble House The House of Bobali or Bobaljević (in earlier sources Babalio, then also de Bobali; later in Croatian Bobalić) was one of the oldest noble families of the Republic of Ragusa.

History

The family is considered among those which founded the ancient community of Ragusa.
The surname is attested -in various forms- in different places: Baebiblius in Salon, Babuleius, Babullia, Bobuli or Boboli in Italy. One of the etymologies proposed considers that all these surnames are derived from the early-medieval name Babilius or Babilonius. According to another ancient tradition the House of Bobali originated in Bosnia in X century.

The House of Bobali gave the Republic a large number of politicians, scholars and writers: in the 14th century, 124 senior civil servants belonged to the family, representing 3.32% of total whole period.[1] Similarly, between 1440 and 1640 counted 64 Bobali the Grand Council members: the 2.91% of total.[2] In these two hundred years, they also got 59 senatorial positions (1.81%), , 66 members of the Minor Council (3.05%) and 23 Guardians of Justice (2.80%) and for 59 times a member of the House of Bobali became Rettore of the Republic (2.48%).[3]

The main branch of the family Bobali became extinct in the late eighteenth century even if some minor branches survived in central Italy.

Notables people (in chronological order)

  • Domagna Bobali (XIV century) - Priest and politician, it was Prime Minister of Stephen Kotroman, Ban of Bosnia. He fought the patarines and defended Bosnia from aspirations of Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš.
  • Francesco Bobali said Cuco (XVI century) - poet and writer, left many songs, then collected by abbot Giorgi in a volume entitled Poesie de Cuco il seniore.
  • Savino Bobali said Sordo (deaf) or Misetic in Illyric (1530 - 1585) - He was a poet and writer among the most important of his time.
  • Marino Bobali (XVII century) - was a writer and philosopher. In 1654 was printed in Aquileia its best-known work, titled Del senso predominato dalla ragione ("About senses ruled by reason").

Notes

  1. ^ Zdenko Zlatar, "Huius... est omnis Rei Publicae potestas": Dubrovnik's patrician houses and their partecipation in power (1440-1640), in Dubrovnik Annals, 6/2002, p. 50.
  2. ^ Zdenko Zlatar, Op cit. p. 54
  3. ^ Zdenko Zlatar, Op cit. p. 60

References

  • Francesco Maria Appendini, Notizie istorico-critiche sulle antichità storia e letteratura de' Ragusei, Dalle stampe di Antonio Martecchini, Ragusa 1803
  • Lorenzo de 'Vidovic,Albo d'Oro delle famiglie nobili patrizie e illustri nel Regno di Dalmazia, Cultural Scientific Foundation Rustia Traine, Trieste 2004
  • Simeon Gliubich,Biographical dictionary of illustrious Dalmatian men, wien-Zadar 1836
  • Giorgio Gozzi,The free and sovereign Republic of Ragusa 634-1814, Volpe Editore, Rome 1981
  • Robin Harris, Storia e vita di Ragusa - Dubrovnik, la piccola Repubblica adriatica, Santi Quaranta, Treviso 2008
  • Konstantin Jireček, The Legacy of Rome in the cities of Dalmatia in the Middle Ages, 3 vols., AMSD, Rome 1984-1986

See also

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