The House of Tudisi was a
Ragusan noble family
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, which produced people such as distinguished diplomat Martholus de Tudisio and merchant Give de Tudisio in the 14th century.
History
The basis of their economy was ties with the
Republic of Venice
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in the 14th and 15th centuries. They were among the eleven smallest houses in the 15th century. 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
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,
Giorgi,
Bona,
Gradi,
Ragnina and
Resti, while
Gondola
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,
Palmotta,
Proculo were Sorbonnists; the rest of Ragusan nobility had branches, more or less, in both groups. The family moved to
Venice
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, as did many of the other Ragusan patrician families.
Members
*Martholus de Tudisio (fl. 1356–83), Ragusan diplomat to Venice
*Give de Tudisio (fl. 1348–50), Ragusan merchant
Annotations
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Ragusan noble families