Kačić family

Kačić
Kačić
Croatian & Hungarian noble family
	Coat of arms from Fojnica Armorial
Country	Kingdom of Croatia (1102–1526); Kingdom of Hungary (1102–1526); Kingdom of Bosnia (1320s–1452); Republic of Venice (1452–1797); Ottoman Empire (1499–1646);
Etymology	Kača (Croatian): "snake"
Founded	12th century
Titles	Župan, Comes, Knez, Duke, Ban, Conte
Traditions	Roman Catholic
Estate(s)	List Tinj, Nadin, Omiš, Makarska, Gradac, Salgó, Hollókő, Szécsény;
Cadet branches	List Kacsics (Hungary), Zagyvafői, Libercsei, Libercsei Tompoši, Libercsei Radó, Libercsei Szécsényi, Füleki, Ozdini, Etre, Kecsői/Berzencei, Hollókői, Salgói, Bejei, Miošić, Barešić/Barišić;

The Kačić family (Croatian: Kačići, Hungarian: Kacsics, Latin: Cacich) was one of the most influential Croatian noble families, and was one of the Croatian "twelve noble tribes" described in the Pacta conventa and Supetar Cartulary. Historical sources refer to members of this family as nobles in the area of the Luka županija in the Zadar-Biograd hinterland (12th–16th centuries), as the lords (knezes) of Omiš (12th and 13th centuries), and as the lords of the Makarska Riviera (15th and 16th centuries). Another prominent branch of the family, Kacsics, was part of the Hungarian nobility and from it branched many families including Szécsényi.

Family members of the Omiš branch were known for piracy in the Adriatic Sea, clashes with Venice, and were even accused of Patarene heresy. To the Makarska branch belonged the Croatian poet and Franciscian monk, Andrija Kačić Miošić, whose work Razgovor ugodni naroda slovinskog (Pleasant Conversation of Slavic People, 1756) was one of the most popular Croatian literary works for more than a century. Notable members of the Hungarian branch were Bans of Croatia and Slavonia.

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