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.^[1] The Slavic variant is Menčetić.^[1]

History

The family was said to come from Rome.^[2]

15th century

The family was ranked 9th of the 10 largest Ragusan houses.^[3] The Menze inter-married mostly with the women from the Bona and Gondola family.^[4]

Notable members

• Mateo Grube di Menze (d. 1381)
• Johannes Blasius de Mençe (late 15th c.)^[5]
• Orsolin Nicolin de Mençe (fl. 1421)^[6]
• 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.