Zamagna Explained

Surname:	Zamagna
Other Name:	Džamanjić, Zamanjić
Coat Of Arms:	Coa fam ITA zamagna.jpg
Country:	Republic of Ragusa Austria-Hungary
Founded:	1172

The House of Zamagna (in Italian; Zamanja, Džamanjić or Zamanjić in Serbo-Croatian) was one of the noble families (post-Roman patriciates) of the Republic of Ragusa.

History

Middle Ages

The Zamagna received patrician status in 1172.^[1] According to Ragusan sources, the family had moved to Ragusa from Zahumlje (Chelmo), and had once hailed from Apulia in southern Italy.^[2] The name of the progenitor of the family, Balislavo, shows a Slavic origin.^[3]

Early modern period

• Marino Zamagna (1533)
• Bernardo Zamagna (1735–1820), scholar.

Džamanjić in Austria

The aristocracy was known as nobili and was given to the following members of the family in 10 November, 1 and 16 December 1817, for Luko, Marijana, Matija, Frano Matej, and Matej, after the fall of the Republic at the hands of the Austrian Empire.

Sources

• Adelslexikon des österreichischen Kaisertums 1804-1918 p,212 (4758-4759-4760), Peter Frank-Döfering
• Der Adel in Kärnten, Krain und Dalmatien" J.Siebmacher großes Wappenbuch Band 29 Dalmatiner Adel, page 23 and 90.
• Heinrich Graf Džamanjić, k u k LinSchiffLt YG Pula, Gefürstete Grafschaf Görz u. Gradiska Küstenland mit Triest, High-Life-Almanach : Adressbuch der Gesellschaft Wiens und der österreichischen Kronländer.1913, p. 151
• Nikola Zamanjić, k k BezObKmsr = Zadar, Königreich Dalmatien, High-Life-Almanach : Adressbuch der Gesellschaft Wiens und der österreichischen Kronländer.1913, p. 389

Notes and References

1. Book: Viscountess Emily Anne Beaufort Smythe Strangford. The Eastern Shores of the Adriatic in 1863: With a Visit to Montenegro. 1864. R. Bentley. 129–.
2. Book: Carl Georg Friedrich Heyer von Rosenfeld. Otto Titan von Hefner. Der Adel des Herzogthums Krain und der Grafschaften Görz und Gradiska. 1857. Bauer und Raspe (J. Merz). 1–.
3. Book: Posebna izdanja. 1911. Jugoslavenska Akademya Znanosti i Umjetnosti. Centar za Znanstveni. ... koje da potječu iz slavenskih krajeva: „Alesio“ iz Zete (ali se dodaje: starinom iz Napulja), „Branize“ iz Zadra, „Bubagnia“ iz Bosne (ali se dodaje: starinom iz Pulje), „Balislavo“ iz Zahumlja, „Beno“ iz Cavtata (ali se dodaje: starinom iz Pulje), ....