Mlinarić family
The Mlinarić family was the name of a noted Croatian noble family.
History
King Ferdinand III confirmed on 20 March 1655 in Pressburg nobility and armorial, Matthew Mlinarić and his brother Ambroz. Family of Croatian origin who were divided into several branches: Croatia, Hungary, Styria ... and the other versions. In the book Wappenbuch der Adel von Kroatien und Slavonien, Issued in Nuremberg in 1899. Dr. Ivan von Bojničić mentioned a Croatian branch of the family. Since the noble title was confirmed, there are indications that the surname was also written as Molinus, Mollini and De Molin where they also had noble titles in Dalmatia and Istria in Republic of Venice.Coat of arms
- Shield, with three horizontal colors, red shades, and blue Lion Passant guardant helical rod.
- Helmet above the shield.
- On the helmet is the crown from which springs Lion Rampant helical rod and garland, green
- The cloak in colors
Data on family
Due to the large turbulence in the area of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at that time a large number of data on the Croatian branch of the family Mlinarić is destroyed.The family appears in the history of the many military, religious, law and other positions.
One of the brothers Matthew Mlinarić, and Matthias Mlinarič are mentioned in Smičiklas "Spomenici Tržičkih Frankopana".
Hungarian version of the surname is Mlinarics, Bohemian-Moravian Mlinarick or Mlinarik, all these versions surnames appear as Mlinarich, which is universal for the entire area of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Surname can be found in version Muller/Miller/Muhlen, parts of family who moved to other parts of the monarchy and Molin/Molnius/Mollinary/Molinari.
The records from Smičiklas book "Codex diplomaticus regni Croatiae Dalmatiae et Slavoniae" on page 398-th to 399-th, in the text of 10 December 1398. in Knin. Where it is mentioned so far the first known written record of the surname Mlinarić. Therefore, it is assumed that this nobility is much older than confirmation date.
Kačić clan
The mythology of the surname is connected with Muchlo and the legend of the arrival of seven tribes, which comes from the mountain Muhl.The famous historian Vjekoslav Klaic in his book "Hrvatska plemena od XII. do do XVI. stoljeća", published in Zagreb 1897. Describes history of the Kačić, one of the twelve tribes of the Croatian Kingdom who had the right to elect the king. At one point he writes: "The main knee Kačića had his estate in the upper Adriatic and here was elevated to the height of his fame, and his family was so mushroomed that the same last name they could not discern. Mlinarić referred to as genera of Kačić clan, on page 35., also confirmed in Smičiklas book "Codex diplomaticus Regni Croatiae, Dalmatiae et Slavoniae".