The House of Resti or Restić, was a
Ragusan noble family. It was an old
patrician family, originating in
Dalmatia
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.
History
In the 14th century, it was made up of two branches. In the beginning of the 15th century Ragusan nobility were present in
Novo Brdo
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as merchants or mining lords; Resti were also present.
After 1808, with
the French occupation and division of the Ragusan nobility into two groups, the family joined the Salamancanists, along with the
Bassegli,
Benessa,
Bonda,
Buća
The House of Buća ( sr-cyr, Бућа; in Italian ''Bucchia'') was a noble Serbian family that served the Republic of Ragusa, and one of the most important families to come out of Kotor. A cadet branch was admitted to the nobility of the Republic ...
,
Giorgi,
Bona,
Gradi,
Ragnina, and
Tudisi, while
Gondola
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,
Palmotta,
Proculo were Sorbonnists; the rest of Ragusan nobility had branches, more or less, in both groups.
Members
*Vita de Resti
*Michael de Resti (1389–1396), Ragusan merchant, active at
Drijeva.
*Michael de Resti (fl. 1420), procurator at the Bosnian court
*
Giunio Resti (1671–1735), historian.
*
Giunio Resti (1755–1814), politician, governor and writer
Annotations
References
Sources
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Ragusan noble families
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