| has gloss | eng: The House of Pucić (Italian: Pozza) was an old Croatian noble family from the Republic of Ragusa, with origins in Dalmatia. The Emperor Leopold I, granted the title of Count and the predicate Di Zagorie on 20 September 1688 to Mateo Pucić, son of Lucijan Pucić and Marija Bunić. Later, during the Croatian national revival of the 19th century, most members of the family officially denounced the name "Pozza", preferring to use Pucić in recognition of their Slavic culture and ethnicity. They are considered to have been one of the most prestigious families of the Republic of Ragusa. |
