Dujam II. Krčki (Frankopan)

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Portrait of Dujam II. Krčki in Otočac

Prince Dujam II. Krčki ( German  Domnius II. Von Krk ; * middle of the 13th century ; †  1317 ) was a Croatian nobleman , general and diplomat from the Frankopan house , who provided the princes of Krk , Modruš and Senj . His name was first mentioned in a document from the Croatian - Hungarian King Ladislaus IV. From 1279, with which the king confirms the possessions of Vinodol and Modruš. During the dynastic crisis in the 1290s he became known as a supporter of the pretenders to the throne from the house of Anjou ( Karl Martell and Karl Robert ) and opponent of Andreas III. from the family of the Arpad . From 1308 he became the head of his noble family and, as the owner of the great domains in western Croatia, one of the most powerful Croatian magnates at the beginning of the 14th century. He owned the estates in Gacka Valley (including Otočac ), then Modruš, Vinodol, Senj, Požega and others.

Life

Dujam II. Krčki was born as the son of Fridrik (Friedrich) II. Krčki in the middle of the 13th century, during the rule of the Arpad dynasty. There is no information available about the place and date of his birth, as well as about his brothers or siblings. His father died shortly after 1288 and Dujam inherited his fortune and title.

Together with his cousin Leonard, he had the Franciscan monastery and church of St. Peters in Senj. Many next generations of the Krčki, or Frankopan, were buried there in the centuries that followed.

In 1290, Andreas III ascended the Venetian took the throne, but Dujam did not support him, but the members of the Anjou dynasty, who ruled the Kingdom of Naples and with the Arpades, through Mary , wife of the Neapolitan king Charles II and sister of the Croatian-Hungarian king Ladislaus IV. of the Cumans . It was a time of general anarchy, with some local rulers not recognizing royal power and mutual quarrels and conflicts.

Dujam's possessions in the early 14th century (bottom left)

Dujam became a member of the delegation of nobles who visited the Neapolitan king in 1291 and negotiated his takeover of the Croatian or Hungarian crown. In 1300 he was back in Naples and this time the delegation accompanied the pretender to the throne Karl Robert on their return to Croatia, who first came to Zadar and then went on to Hungary.

With the Venetians , Dujam, like other members of the Frankopans, had complicated and stratified relationships, mainly because of the location of the island of Krk and other parts of the Croatian coastal area, which always aroused Venetian territorial aspirations. These relationships were good at times, but sometimes they weren't.

Dujam remained loyal to the young King Karl I. Robert all his life. In return, he received new possessions and titles, as well as confirmations of the old assets. So z. B. In 1311, together with his son Fridrik III, bishop of Požega , he became permanent lord of Senj in 1315 and in 1316 he received confirmation of the ownership of Otočac and Gacka.

He died in 1317 and left his inheritance to his son Fridrik. He continued his father's policy and remained loyal to the king. During his life, the Slunj and Drežnik estates came into the possession of his family. Fridrik's grandson Ivan (Johann) V. Krčki was later (1391) Ban (Viceroy) of Croatia , the first in the family. His son Nikola (Nikolaus) IV. Became the most powerful nobleman in Croatia and in 1430, with the confirmation of Pope Martin V , the family name was changed to Frankopan.

Some possessions of Dujam II. Krčki

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Otočac - property of Dujam II. [1] .
  2. ↑ Stoy, Manfred: Biographical Lexicon for the History of Southern Europe - Dujam II. [2] .
  3. ↑ Margetić, Lujo: Neiskorištene vijesti o krčkom knezu Dujmu II (Non-insert bit about Dujam II, Prince of Krk). - Relations with Dujams Venice [3] .

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personal data
SURNAME Dujam II. Krčki
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Domnius II of Krk (deS)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Croatian nobleman, general and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH 1317