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Zadar Inhabitants—Cavaliers of Saint Mark (17th Century)

Lovorka Čoralić, “Zadrani – kavaljeri svetoga Marka (XVII. stoljeće),” Radovi Zavoda za povijesne znanosti HAZU u Zadru 49 (2007), pp. 339–354.

Relevance to the family history
The article directly lists the Neretva serdar Nikola Nonković among Croatian cavaliers and explains the social setting and insignia of this Venetian honour.
Printed pages
339–341; direct mention on p. 340
PDF pages
1–3; direct mention on p. 2

Transcript of the cited text

Original Croatian text

„neretvanski serdar Nikola Nonković (1692.)”

English translation

“the Neretva serdar Nikola Nonković (1692)”

Original Croatian text

„Naslov kavaljera svetoga Marka stjecali su ugledni patriciji, ali i istaknuti vojni zapovjednici […]”

English translation

“The title of Knight of St Mark was acquired by distinguished patricians, but also by prominent military commanders […]”

Original Croatian text

Povelje bilježe pravo na „nošenje svečanih odora, oružja, križa, kolajne i sl.”

English translation

The patents record the right to “wear ceremonial dress, arms, a cross, a medallion, and the like.”

Editorial and translation note

Nikola appears only as an example in a list. The article does not establish a separate Senate award in 1691, the contents of Vule’s 1696 patent, or hereditary transmission.