The House of Lukarić or Lukarević (in
Italian
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''Luccari'') was a
noble family
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of the
Republic of Ragusa
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.
History
In 914, archival records document the migration of the Luccari, of
Albanian origin, from
Lezhë
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to Ragusa, with their roots traced back to Lasia di Slabia.
Besides "Lukarić" the names of the long-extinct noble family included "''Luccari''" and "''de Lucaris''", found in
Zadar
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in the year 1283. Šimun Lukarić probably belonged to another branch. Some of the Lukarić family names which occur in the Dalmatian nobility listings of 1553 in the city of
Split
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Arts, enter ...
, may belong to the family. The coats of arms (of both sexes) that are available do not permit this point to be determined.
Notable Members
*Frano Lukarić (1541-1598), Ragusan poet
*
Jakov Lukarević (1551-1615), historian, diplomat, politician and Rector of Ragusa (1613)
*
Pietro Luccari (died 1679), bishop of Ston (1664-1679)
*Ivan Lukarić (1621-1709), writer
See also
*
Republic of Ragusa
The Republic of Ragusa, or the Republic of Dubrovnik, was an maritime republics, aristocratic maritime republic centered on the city of Dubrovnik (''Ragusa'' in Italian and Latin; ''Raguxa'' in Venetian) in South Dalmatia (today in southernmost ...
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Dubrovnik
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Dalmatia
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Post-Roman patriciates
Sources
*Heyer von Rosenfeld, Carl Georg Friedrich - "Der Adel des Königreichs Dalmatien", in Siebmacher Bd. IV / 3, Nürnberg 1873, Seite 55 (Tafel 36).
References
Ragusan noble families
Albanian noble families
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