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List of Croatian noble families

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Source revisionAug 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ1862546 ↗
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List of noble families of Croatia includes the old, original, ethnically Croatian noble families; families whose titles were granted by the kings of the medieval Kingdom of Croatia and its successors; foreign noble families which were granted Croatian citizenship; and Croatian families which were granted titles by foreign states. It refers to the noble families (including royal or other ruling dynasties) of the historical territories of Croatia, Dalmatia, Slavonia, Istria, and the Republic of Dubrovnik.

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See also

Bans of Croatia

Croatian Military Frontier

Croatian nobility

History of Croatia

Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War

Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102)

Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)

Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia

Kingdom of Dalmatia

Kingdom of Slavonia

Kings of Croatia

Turkish Croatia

Twelve noble tribes of Croatia

References

External links

Ivan pl. Bojničić Kninski, Der Adel von Kroatien und Slavonien [The Nobility of Croatia and Slavonia], J. Siebmacher's grosses und allgemeines Wappenbuch, Nürnberg, 1889.

Géza Csergheo, Der Adel von Ungarn sammt den Nebenländern [The Nobility of Hungary and the associated Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen], J. Siebmacher's grosses und allgemeines Wappenbuch, Nürnberg, 1885.

Géza Csergheo, József Csoma, Der Adel von Ungarn sammt den Nebenländern der St. Stephans-Krone. Supplementband[The Nobility of Hungary and the associated Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen. Supplement], J. Siebmacher's grosses und allgemeines Wappenbuch, Nürnberg, 1894.

Heyer von Rosenfeld, Carl Georg Friedrich, Der Adel des Königreiches Dalmatien [The Nobility of the Kingdom of Dalmatia], J. Siebmacher's grosses und allgemeines Wappenbuch, Nürnberg, 1873.

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