Pucić family


The House of Pucić, known also as Pozza in Italian, is a noble family from the Republic of Ragusa.

History

The family can trace their ancestry from 1253. The Emperor Leopold I, granted the title of Count and the predicate "de Zagorie" on 20 September 1688 to Matej Pucić, son of Lucijan Pucić and his wife, Marija Bunić. They are considered to have been one of the most prestigious families of the Republic of Ragusa, which intermarried with most powerful families of the Ragusan nobility.

Genealogy

  • Matej Pucić and Marija Bunić had two sons:
  • *Lucijan Pucić, had a son Mattäus
  • *Nikola Mateo Pucić, married Magdalena Gučetić on 1 November 1727. They had three sons.
  • Mateo Nikola Pucić, married Marija Magdalena Vincenca Bondić in Dubrovnik on 17 April 1768. Their sons were:
  • *Nikola Dominko Pucić, unmarried
  • *Marin Mateo Pucić, unmarried
  • *Marina Pucić, date of birth and death unknown.
  • *Marija Pucić, date of birth and death unknown, married Nikola Pucić.
  • *Lucijan Jakov Dominik Vincenc Pucić, married with Marina Marija Antonia Alojzija Sorkočević. Attained first confirmation of his old aristocracy after the fall of the Republic of Dubrovnik, on 1 December 1817, the other two Pucić received their confirmation of their k.k. nobility 30 November 1817 and all three together again 28 November 1818. They had two sons:
  • **Matej Lucijan Pucić
  • **Marija Domenika Pucić, who married with Wenzel Ritter von Ziegler born in Graz 11 October 1810 and died in Trieste 4 September 1896. They had one son:
  • ***Lucijan von Ziegler-Pucić, married Countess Ana-Marija Enriketa Lujza Kabudžić on 20 June 1858, died in 1944 in Szombathely, Hungary. They were married in Dubrovnik on 10 April 1882 and had three children:
  • ****Helena von Ziegler-Pucić, married Hugo Theobald Alfons Karl Maria Freiherr von Seyffertitz, who was born in Brixen 23 September 1885 and died in Baden, Viena, on 10 June 1966.
  • ****Teo von Ziegler-Pucić married Marica von Kiepach-Haselburg. After the death of Teo, she moved to Los Angeles, California, and died there in 1985.
  • ****Marica von Ziegler-Pucić married with Charley Masjon, who was born in Graz, on 19 November 1871 and died in 1950, in Táplánszentkereszt, Hungary. They had one daughter, Winifred Masjon, who was born in Pula on June 8, 1911, and died in Keszthely. She married László Harkay and lived in Hungary.
  • Lucijan Nikola Pucić, married Descae Sorkočević, they had two sons:
  • *Nikola Lucijan Pucić, he was one of the last senators of the Republic of Dubrovnik, and married with Helene Maria Ragnina from Dubrovnik, she was a famous musician, They had two children:
  • **Marina Pucić,, married Matej Natali on 4 August 1866.
  • **Lucijan, date of birth and death unknown.
  • Magdalena Pucić married Šišmundo Đivo Sorkočević. She received the authorization for the usage of the name with the coat of arms: "Pucić-Sorkočević de Zagorie" on 8 December 1806 by testament from her mother's line, from grandfather Marko Đivo Nobil Sorkočević 1 December 1817 the ennobling and as k. k. Nobile and 28 November 1818 the k. k. aristocracy confirmation with the count conditions were met.
  • Nikola Ignjat Pucić, married Ana Sorkočević on 17 January 1783. They had four children:
  • *Nikola Alojz Dominko Pucić, married 1816 with Magdalena Gučetić. They had six children.
  • **Nikola Sever
  • Ana Pucić, married Savo Đurđević, Ana and Savo had one daughter:
  • *Magdalena Đurđević born 26 February 1881, Ragusa. murder 11 November 1943, Korčula, Orebić.
  • Rafael Pucić, lawyer and Mayor of Dubrovnik and elected two times into the Dalmatian Parliament. He was born 29 February 1828 and died on 4 November 1890 in Vienna.
  • Marina Pucić
  • Marko Pucić
  • Magdalena Pucić who married with Nikola Gradi., who was k.k Kamemerer and tribunalrath of Kotor.
  • *Marko Alojz Dominko Pucić, married Ana Bondić, who died October 6, 1855, in Dubrovnik. They had four children:
  • **Niko Pucić
  • **Medo Pucić
  • **Nikola Paskval Pucić was born 18 May 1825 and died on 13 March 1882, in Gruz.
  • **Ana Pucić, married 7 February 1858 with Dr Marin Đurđević in 1857.
  • *Matej Baltazar, died unmarried.
  • *Lucijan Toma Natal Maro Frano, died unmarried. On 1 December 1817, the k. k. Ennobling and as Nobili and 28 November 1818 the k. k. Confirmation of the count conditions were received. The three sons already mentioned of Matej, the son Lucijans in addition and the four sons of the Nikola Ignjat received on 23 May 1819, a k again a confirmation of count status.

    Coat of arms

  • Pucić v. Zagorie. Blue with two gold cotices, alongside six fleurs-de-lys same, posed each one bars some, lines in bands, the ecu bordered in rhombus of mouths. Crowned helmet.
  • Pucić-Sorkočević de Zagorie - Left: Blue with two gold cotices, alongside of six fleurs-de-lys same posed each one bars some, lines of bands ; right: bendy red and blue of eight parts.

    The Pucić brothers

and Niko Pucić were two important figures in Croatian and Serbian politics in the 19th century; Medo fought for the unification of Dalmatia with the rest of Croatia. Niko Pucić was an important politician and Pan-Slavic nationalist.