Цртице о Качићима у Макарском приморју у XV веку
Remarks on the Kačić Family in Makarska Littoral in the Fifteenth Century

Summary/Abstract: The article covers the history of the Kačić family in the region between the rivers of Cetina and Neretva, known as Krajina (the Marches) or Makarska Littoral in the XV century, during the Bosnian rule. The primary goal of the research was to establish connection between various persons who carried the surname Kačić in the period 1413-1500. The secondary goal was to correct the identification of the persons mentioned in the King Ostoja’s Charter of 1417 and duke Juraj Vojsalić’s Charter of 1434. and to explain that those persons, wrongly identifed as the Radivojevići or the Vojsalići, were, in fact, the Kačići of Krajina. The Kačići were an important clan of local gentry, already present in Makarska Littoral upon the arrival of Bosnians in XIV century. Their influence was strongest in the communities of the region where they formed the elite and were a substantial part of population. Family ties between every mentioned Kačić have been established and the genealogy of the clan has been reconstructed. In the available historical sources, the Kačići were mentioned in different contexts. In documents of the early XV century from Dubrovnik they were being continuously accused of negligence concerning the piracy comitted by their people. In Bosnian charters of the same period they were either bene - ficiaries or were mentioned as a notable gentry clan. Finally, in the Venetian and Dubrovnik sources of the second half of XV century we see them trying to survive in the times of crisis, negotiating with every important political player in the region. The Kačići rose to greater power and independence in situations when the higher nobility was feuding with the king and during the stuggle between the regional lords. Otherwise, they would return to anonimity and dwell in the shadow of the magnates of Humska zemlja to which Krajina was attached. Therefore, they strived to become direct subjects of a king or a magnate who would grant them local autonomy. Despite the divisions in the late XV century, the Kačić clan has survived up until today thanks to its feeling for both identity and ability to adapt.

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