House of Bučić
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The House of Bučić was one of the most important noble
Nobility
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 families of Kotor
Kotor
Kotor is a coastal city in Montenegro. It is located in a secluded part of the Gulf of Kotor. The city has a population of 13,510 and is the administrative center of the municipality....

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A branch of Bucchia was admitted to the nobility of the Republic of Ragusa
Republic of Ragusa
The Republic of Ragusa or Republic of Dubrovnik was a maritime republic centered on the city of Dubrovnik in Dalmatia , that existed from 1358 to 1808...

, another branch moved instead to Šibenik
Šibenik
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History

The Bučić family were among the wealthiest and most powerful of Kotor
Kotor
Kotor is a coastal city in Montenegro. It is located in a secluded part of the Gulf of Kotor. The city has a population of 13,510 and is the administrative center of the municipality....

. Founded later with the House of Drago, it gave rise to one of the most important families in the region: the House of Drago-Bučić.

The family name seems to derive from the medieval name Buchius or Bucchius reported both in Dalmatia and earlier in various Italian locations. The first Bučić to be in the archives is a Jakov Bučić present in Kotor in 1186.

A branch of the House of Bučić moved in 1449 to Sibenik, while another branch had already moved in the 14th century to Dubrovnik. The latter, between 1440 and 1640 counted 30 members of the Great Council, representing 1.36% of total. In these two hundred years, they also got 27 senatorial positions (1.36%), five Rectors of the Republic (0.21%), five members of the Minor Council (0.23%), but were never Guards Justice.

Kotoran branch became extinct in the 17th century, the Dubrovnik in the 19th century, but it seems that the branch from Šibenik still survives in Italy

People notables (in chronological order)

Coats-of-arms of House of Bučić and House of Drago-Bučić
  • Nikola Bučić (14th century) - was protovestiarios
    Protovestiarios
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     of Serbian
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     Tsar Stephen Dušan. It seems it was the first member of the family of Bucchia to be admitted among the nobles of Ragusa, as requested by the Tsar.
  • Jeronim Bučić (16th century) - From Kotor, was Bishop
    Bishop
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     of local diocese
    Diocese
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     since 1581. He edited an adaptation of The Life of St. Tryphon, adding four hymns.
  • Vincenc and Dominik Bučić (XVI century) - Brothers from Kotor, both Dominicans
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    , were popular theologians, leaving several published and unpublished writings. The second was the confessor of Blessed Osanna of Cattaro
    Osanna of Cattaro
    Blessed Osanna of Cattaro was a Catholic Dominican tertiary, visionary, anchoress, and convert from Orthodoxy of Serbian descent from Montenegro.- Life :...

     and General Vicar for Dalmatia.
  • Vincenc Bučić (17th century) - Bishop of Kotor from 1622 to 1656.

See also

  • Republic of Ragusa
    Republic of Ragusa
    The Republic of Ragusa or Republic of Dubrovnik was a maritime republic centered on the city of Dubrovnik in Dalmatia , that existed from 1358 to 1808...

  • Dalmatia
    Dalmatia
    Dalmatia is a historical region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. It stretches from the island of Rab in the northwest to the Bay of Kotor in the southeast. The hinterland, the Dalmatian Zagora, ranges from fifty kilometers in width in the north to just a few kilometers in the south....

  • Kotor
    Kotor
    Kotor is a coastal city in Montenegro. It is located in a secluded part of the Gulf of Kotor. The city has a population of 13,510 and is the administrative center of the municipality....

  • Dubrovnik
    Dubrovnik
    Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641...

  • Post-Roman patriciates
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