Sorgo family


The House of Sorgo or Sorkočević was the name of a noble family of the Republic of Ragusa.

Name

Known as de Sorgo, Surgo, Sorco and Surco in Italian, their name is derived from sorghum.

History

According to the Annals, the Sorgo was a grain-trading and ship-owning family who immigrated from Albania via Kotor in 1272, and were ennobled in 1292 after bringing sorghum during a famine. They hailed from the Cape of Rodon, according to a later entry in the Annals. However, "Vita de Dobroslavo", the progenitor, is mentioned in 1253, and died before 1281. Vita had seven sons and two daughters. He had a son, Dobrosclavus, who was mentioned between 1274 and 1283, when he died.
In 1527, Vlaho Sorgo, a patrician in Venice, recruited Jacobus Rizo as a doctor against the plague.

Genealogy (Austrian branch)

  • Niccolo I Sorgo, son of Giovanni Sorgo. Married Maria Resti. Their sons were:
  • * Nikola Marijan Sorgo
  • * Šišmundo Alojz Sorgo, which both ones 1 December 1817 have been recognized. was married later with Magdalena Countess Pucić von Zagorie, their offspring were:
  • ** Marina Marija Antonija Alojzija Sorgo, married Lucijan Đivo Dominko Vincenc Pucić. They had two children:
  • *** Matej Lucijan and Marija Dominka. Marija Dominka married Wenzel Ritter von Ziegler, k.k Lanadesgeriches. She had two children:
  • ****Matej von Zigler-Pucić, date of birth and death unknown.
  • ****Lucijan von Ziegler-Pucić , T.d. VizeAdmirals i. R., Eskaderkommandant between 1907. Married with Ana Marija Enriketa Countess Kabudžić in Dubrovnik on 10 April 1882. They had three children:
  • *****Helena von Ziegler-Pucić, married Hugo Theobald Alfons Karl Maria Freiherr von Seyffertitz, KorvKpt. i. R.
  • *****Teo von Ziegler-Pucić, married Marica von Kiepach-Haselburg, born in Križevci, Croatia c. 1897. After the death of her husband, she moved to Los Angeles and died in 1985.
  • *****Marica von Ziegler-Pucić, date of birth and death is unknown, she married Charley Masjon, Linienschiffskapitän. They had one daughter:
  • ******Winifred Masjon, married Laszló Harkay in Hungary.
  • ** Tereza Gaetana Alojzija
  • ** Đivo Jeronim Alojzije Anđelo
  • ** Lucijan
  • Petar Marijan Sorkoćević, son of Đivo Vlahov, married Uršula Menčetić. His nobility was recognized by the Austrian Empire on 1 December 1817. Remarried Marija Božidarević. Their sons were:
  • * Petar Ignac Nikola
  • * Vlaho Dominik
  • Nikola Vladislav Sorkočević, married Helena Zamanjić, daughter of Matej Martolica Zamanjić, on 31 August 1760. Their aristocratic status was recognized by the Austrian Empire on 1 November 1817. The sons of Nikola Vladislav and Helena were:
  • * Vladislav, married Nikola Gučetić, daughter of Nikola Gućetić. They had four children:
  • ** Helena Marija, married Natale de Saracca. They had four children:
  • ***Paola
  • ***Paolo
  • ***Vladislao
  • ***Orsato Maria Domenico de Saracca, married Rosa Cecotti. They had eight children:
  • ****Rafael
  • ****Helena
  • ****Nikola
  • ****Maksim
  • ****Magdalena
  • ****Antun
  • ****Natal Saraka, married Giuseppina Bucchich.
  • ** Ana Marija Elizabet
  • ** Nikola Frano
  • ** Nikola Marijan Vlaho
  • * Matej Baltazar, married Magdalena Bunić, daughter of Nikola Đivo Bunić, and had six children:
  • ** Nikola Stanislav
  • ** Vladislav Ignjat
  • ** Luko Ksaver
  • ** Đivo Frano Marijan
  • ** Marin Dominik Frano
  • ** Paula
  • * Marin Paskal, married Helena Gučetić, daughter of Melkior Gučetić. They had three children:
  • ** Nikola Antun
  • ** Melkior
  • ** Antun
  • Luko Jure Sorkočević, son of Frano. Aristocratic status recognized on 10 November 1817.
  • Ana, daughter of Frano Jeronim Bunić, widow of Petar Sorkočević
Also, the following descent is known as well:
  • Antun Sorkočević, married Lucija Bunić whose father Marius Medo was married to Marija, daughter of Luko Džono Sorkočević.
  • * His son Luko Božidar Frano, married with Nikolada Gučetić, Melkior's daughter. They had children:
  • ** Antun Đivo, from the nobles Sorkočević-Crijević
  • Petar Ignjat died in Dubrovnik without descendants. On 10 November 1817 in Graz, his aristocracy was acknowledged.

The Mirošević-Sorkočević family

In 1904 the Natali family became extinct which left the second daughter as the eldest living descendant in direct descent with the name Maria Natali. She was already married to the Dubrovnik Port Captain and mariner, Hermann von Mirošević. They had 3 children. By Imperial decree from Franz [Joseph I of Austria|Franz Joseph I], on 5 January 1905, it was decreed that henceforth the family shall be known as von Mirošević-Sorgo:
  • Hermann Niko von Mirošević-Sorgo ; married Maria Ana Luigina Natali
  • * Nikola Mirošević-Sorgo , ambassador to the Vatican for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia during WWII. Minister in Exile of the Yugoslav cabinet. Son of Hermann von Mirošević-Sorgo, eldest son in direct descent and head of the Sorkočević family, posthumously a published poet. Survived by his wife Dobrila Mirošević-Sorgo, née Jefremović. They had sons:
  • ** Branko
  • ** Ivan, he had children:
  • *** Nikki
  • *** Mara
  • *** Marko
  • **** His children:
  • ***** Petra
  • ***** Christian
  • *** Vladimir
  • **** His children:
  • ***** Niko
  • ***** Andreja
  • *** Andrej
  • ** Poznań
  • *** His children:
  • **** Antun
  • **** Isabelle

Notable members

  • Paskoje Sorkočević was a Ragusan nobleman, diplomat, judge and merchant.
  • Antun Sorkočević, the last ambassador of the Republic in France, where he spent 35 years, authoring numerous publications.
  • Luka Sorkočević, whose symphonies are performed throughout the world, lived in Dubrovnik. His two sisters were the first female composers in Croatia.
  • Nikola Sorkočević, wrote an important book about navigation, shipbuilding, and tides, published in 1574.