О фамилијарима Хрвоја Вукчића Хрватинића у Сплиту (1403-1413)
On Familiares of Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić in Split (1403-1413)

Summary/Abstract: When the mighty Bosnian magnate Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić gained Split and the title of its duke from Ladislas, the king of Naples and the Hungarian pretender, in late October of 1403, he had to organize the city administration in order to secure his power. Reducing the autonomy of Split, he appointed his trusted men – familiares, brought from his provinces in Bosnia, to the leading positions in government. For their lord they carried out many tasks that exceeded framework of the office they were formally entrusted. In the group of Hrvoje’s familiares who served in the Split administration, the most important were city counts Petrica Jurjević of Vrbas and Cvitko Tolihnić of Rama, and also miles (knight) Raup (Rauf) Dragović of Sana. Beside the duties they were performing for their master and his wife, Vukčić’s men became nobles in the cities of Dalmatia and there is no doubt that they organized their own business, although we only have records of their credit dealings. Petrica Jurjević of Vrbas held the office of the count of Split from 1403 to 1407/8, during the period of the greatest power of his lord, duke Hrvoje. Jurjević acted as the main executant of the decisions that made that power even stronger. He virtually suspended city’s autonomy by taking over not only the judicial, but also administrative, financial and military functions. The duke organized Petrica’s wedding to a rich heiress from the city of Trogir – Pelegrina Cega. Jurjević was also elected for noble and councillor in his wife’s city, gaining the village of Radošić (as a part of Pelegrina’s dowry). After leaving the office in Split, he lived in Trogir until his death in 1416. We were able to trace his descendants there throughout the XV century. Raup (Rauf) Dragović of Sana was a long-term Hrvoje’s trustee and diplomat. He was his envoy to Dubrovnik (1399, 1403) and to Srebrenica (1405), while in Split he was a miles (knight) of city’s count for a brief period of time during the first half of 1405. It is not known what was the exact purpose of this office, which was of military nature, but it is highly probable that Rauf’s appointment was in connection with the unstable political situation that was shaking Dalmatia in the period. We do not know anything about Dragović’s life after he left his positions in Split and Srebrenica. Cvitko Tolihnić of Rama spent most of his mandate as the count of Split (1407/8-1413) in a turbulent time after his lord, Hrvoje, had made up with king Sigismund of Hungary and recognized his authority. His position was much more difficult than his predecessor’s – Cvitko had to find ways not to antagonize his duke, king Sigismund or ban of Croatia and Dalmatia. It is known that, other than judicial and administrative functions in the city of Split where he was also elected a noble and councillor, Tolihnić held office of the count of Hvar and Omiš.

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