Od zapovjednika hrvatske konjice do gorljivih autonomaša – šibenska obitelj Fenzi (XVII. stoljeće – početak XX. stoljeća)
From the commander of the Croatian cavalry to fervent autonomists: the Šibenik family Fenzi from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century

Summary/Abstract: This essay focuses on the impact of the Šibenik family Fenzi from the 1640s to the early 1900s. It is based on relevant historical literature as well as various archival sources kept in the State Archives in Zadar and Archivio di Stato di Venezia. I will follow members of the Fenzi family from the time of their arrival from Italy (Veneto) to Dalmatia, through their notable participation in the Wars of Candia and Morea as commanders of the Croatian cavalry (Cavalleria Croati) and Ultramarine military units (Oltramarini) as well as their acquisition of land in Zadar and Šibenik hinterland, to the modern times when the Fenzis came to be the leaders of Dalmatian autonomism in Šibenik. I pay close attention to those family members who had high military ranks in the Venetian army (Julije I, Urban, Julije II); the high church dignitary Franjo Marija Fenzi (Archbishop of Corfu and titular Patriarch of Jerusalem) and to the politically active Petar Marija and Emanuel Fenzi. The appendix contains several important documents.

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