Menčetić
# Menčetić

The House of Menze or Menčetić (Italian: Mençe, Menze) was a noble family of the Republic of Ragusa in what is today known as Croatia.

## Name

In the 15th century the surname was mostly spelt Mençe. The Slavic variant is Menčetić.

## History

The family was said to come from Rome.

### 15th century

The family was ranked 9th of the 10 largest Ragusan houses. The Menze inter-married mostly with the women from the Bona and Gondola family.

## Notable members

* Mateo Grube di Menze (d. 1381)
* Johannes Blasius de Mençe (late 15th c.)
* Orsolin Nicolin de Mençe (fl. 1421)
* Šiško Menčetić (1457–1527)
* Pietro Menze (Petar Menčetić, 1451–1508)
* Placido Menze
* Klement Marijan Domini Antun Menčetić, born in Dubrovnik, on 4 January 1747, son of Vlaho Klement Menčetić and Nika Getaldić
* Vlaho Antun Menčetić, son of Klement Đivo Menčetić and Marija Viktorija Kabužić, born in Dubrovnik, on 26 July 1729 and died 1778

## Sources

* Rheubottom, David (2000). Age, Marriage, and Politics in Fifteenth-century Ragusa. Oxford University Press. pp. 172 ff. ISBN 978-0-19-823412-8.
* Marković, Savo (2016). "MENZE (MENČE), THE PATRICIANS OF BAR. A CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF ROMANCE-SLAVIC SYMBIOSIS". Istraživanja. 25: 89–109.
* Siebmacher. Dalmatien. pp. 12, 139.
* 1 2 Rheubottom 2000, p. 172.
* ↑ Rheubottom 2000, p. 62.
* ↑ Rheubottom 2000, p. 73.
* ↑ Rheubottom 2000, p. 105.
* ↑ Rheubottom 2000, p. 82.
* ↑ Rheubottom 2000, p. 154.
