The Name

Variations of the Name

Defranceski or Defrančeski

Defranceschi or de Franceschi

Dei Francesci

Franceschi

The Families Defranceski have existed under numerous names and represented by numerous family coat of arms over the periods.

Origins of the Name

Italy

Croatia

France

De Franceschi (de Franceschi)

Prima famiglia di questo nome. Arma: Di … alla cicogna di … posata con ambedue le zampe sul monte di tre cime di … (Gianantonio, 1724). (Sen. R.Gigante Bl.Fi.).

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Seconda famiglia di questo nome. Arma: Di … al leone di …

Defranceschi

From Fiume / Rijeka, Croatia

Terza famiglia di questo nome. Arma: Spaccato: nel 1° d’argento alla croce movente dallo spaccato trapassata da due freccie poste in sbarra con la punta rivolta in alto, il tutto di rosso; nel 2° di verde alla melagrana al naturale; con fascia ristretta di rosso sullo spaccato. (Sen. R.Gigante Bl.Fi.).

Defranceschi

From Pazin / Pisino., Croatia.

Arma: Partito: nel 1° d’azzurro al mezzo castello d’argento murato di nero con la porta visibile a metà, aperta del campo, uscente dalla partizione; nel 2° d’argento al palo di rosso caricato nel cuore di una melagrana (?) (Giacomo, 1788) (F.) (Sen. R.Gigante Bl.Fi.). (Pisino): Alias (?) Partito: nel 1° d’azzurro al mezzo castello d’argento murato di nero, uscente dalla partizione, con mezza porta, aperta del campo (visibile) (alias: merlata e’ soltanto la torre e non la cortina del castello); nel 2° d’argento al palo di rosso caricato nel cuore da un melagrano (?) [veramento un tondo irregolare con escrescenza al sommo]. Arma usata da Giacomo Defranceschi di cui c’è traccia in Fiume fino al 1788. Da un suggello appare che lo scudo è sostenuto da un capitello di rosso. (sen. R.Gigante e A. Benedetti VI).

De Franceschi

Ancient Corsican family, of Florentine origin, which spread over the centuries in various regions of Italy. A Taddeo Franceschi, at the beginning of the 14th century, passed to Corsica, where his descendants supported important military and civilian offices on behalf of the Republic of Genoa, to which they remained constantly loyal, during the insurrectionary movements of the island; reason that, however, forced him to move to the continent for some time. When Corsica was united with France in 1768, Giuseppe Franceschi, President of the Savona court, was appointed Royal Judge of the city and jurisdiction of Bastìa and adviser to the King; in 1789 he was President of the Corsican Assembly to the General States. After the British occupation of the island he retired to France where he was entrusted with the office of commissioner of war in the Alpine army. He died in 1795. His son Gio. Battista, born

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The Franceschi family

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The de Franceschi family belongs to an old lineage, the oldest records of which reach Ravenna, from where one branch of the family (Franceschi dalle Rose) moved to Venice in 1040 and settled in the Giudeca area - the monastery '... monasterio delle convertite' was subsequently built there ...' where family members are buried. Among them, Marco stands out (especially in the war between Venice and Genoa - Guerra di Chioggia - and as a benefactor of the monastery). Niccolo´ (1318-1362, ?) participated as a spokesman for Guillaume Grimoard (the future Pope Urban V) during his diplomatic missions in the service of the Holy See in Italy in the negotiations between King Louis I of Anjou and the Republic of Venice (from 1354 to 1362 .) Some members of the family achieve a particularly high position and reputation in the administration of the Republic of Venice and enter the ranks of the privileged class, ' cittadini the originals'. In the middle of the 15th century, one of the most prominent among them, Marco Antonio de Franceschi, became the secretary of the doge's office and a member of the High Council of Officers 'consiglio nobile'. Members of these families were allowed to have Venetian and foreign titles, especially the title of conte.

Family genealogy, title and certificates of nobility

Niccolo' received from the Croatian-Hungarian king Ludovic I the Great of Anjou for his meritorious estates in Zadar and its surroundings, and according to the charter signed in Buda on March 8, 1359 (according to some sources in 1369), he was accepted into the royal hereditary Hungarian-Croatian nobility and received coat of arms. Since then, the family's genealogy can be traced on the soil of Croatia, so exactly Niccolo, according to the data known to this day, is taken as the earliest ancestor of the family - its progenitor. Along with him, Francesco (1342-1400) and Steffano (1394-1438), 'nobile cavaliere e consigliere', are mentioned and praised in the service of the Angevins. Today, the family does not own copies of the charters. In Zadar, the Franceschi are associated with the noble families of Vallay, Camozzini, Grisogono, and its members held various civil and military positions in the city in the service of the Republic of Venice. On the site of today's Archaeological Museum in Zadar, there was a building of the Franceschi - Grisogono family until the end of the Second World War.

In the second half of the 16th century, Francesca de Franceschi (1520–1598) sent Venezia to Omiš as a member of the city senate and is mentioned in parish books. Since then, two branches of the family have been developing in parallel, in Zadar and Omiš, which have nurtured mutual ties for centuries.

In the 18th century, Toma, a notary public, stood out in Zadar. He was admitted to the Zadar city council by hereditary right and took the oath in 1714. He was appointed as a notary public in 1722. He worked for a full forty years, and he also ran his office in the "Illyrian" - Croatian language. His son Ivan Krševan also acted as a notary public. In 1838, the family requested confirmation of nobility from the Austrian commission, attaching abundant documentation and genealogy, and was included in the Collection of the Dalmatian Nobility (Heyer, 1873).

Biographies of prominent family members

Giovanni (Zuane) de Franceschi (1673–1741), governor, is particularly distinguished in the war between the Republic of Venice and Turkey in 1718, in which he led local volunteers from Piska via Vrulja to the siege of Imotski. In Pisek, in front of the altar in the local church, there is an old family tomb with a carved family coat of arms. After three days, these volunteers were joined in the siege by an army of 200 German and 200 Swiss mercenaries with cannons, and the same number of horsemen from Sinj. In the action, Imotski and Vrgorac were liberated and the border between Dalmatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina was determined, which remains until today. For her merits, Zuana de Franceschi received from the Republic of Venice the properties of Archbeg Čaušević - land, houses, a mill, a tower on the river Vrljica in the area called Perinuša. Andrija Kačić-Miošič sang about this endeavor in his songbook 'Razgovor odvožni narod' Slovenisko', in which he mentions Ivan Perinović, who received the estates of Archbeg Čaušević for his merits. These properties are still partly owned by the Franceschi family.

Giovanni de Franceschi (Omiš, 1810 – Zadar, 1862), professor, historian, essayist, travel writer, journalist, publisher of the monthly "La Dalmazia" in Zadar. By the way, bishop's chancellor, honorary canon of the Split diocese and high school teacher. He particularly distinguished himself with the poem Dalmatinska vili in 1844. In his newspaper, he advocated enlightened cosmopolitanism, which he expressed with fine thought and expression (Laszowski, 1925).

Genealogical tree of the family

Biographies of the members of the Croatian Noble Corps

Members of the Croatian Noble Corps since 1996 are:

Darko Anton Franceschi, Šibenik, 1954, graduated in architectural engineering, studied in Zagreb and Berlin, lived and worked in New York from 1982 to 2004, now lives in Zadar, where he runs his own architectural office.
Branko Marko Franceschi, Zadar, 1959, professor of philosophy and history of art, founder and long-time manager of the Miroslav Kraljević Gallery in Zagreb, director of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka (2004-2008), curator at many international exhibitions, for example at the Biennale of contemporary art in Sao Paulo in 2004, at the Biennale of Contemporary Art in 2007 and Architecture in Venice in 2008, today the director of the HDLU gallery in Zagreb.
Antun Franceschi, a surgeon in Sisak, and his father, Josip, a lawyer in Poreč, are also members of the HPZ
Descendants of the Franceschi family live today in Zadar, Zagreb, Split, Imotski, Omiš, Sisak, Dubrovnik, the United States of America, Chile and Switzerland.
The family history is still being researched, and the data known so far has been gathered from the cited literature

Literature

Čoralić, L., 1989. Franceschi Toma de, in (ed.) Macan, T., Hrvatski biografski lexikon, Lexicographic Institute Miroslav Krleža, vol. 4., p. 353. Zagreb
Dušin, VA, 1938. Collection of nobility. Dujšin, 335 Zagreb
Gracin, J., 1989. Giovanni Franceschi, in (ed.) Macan, T., Croatian Biographical Lexicon, Lexicographic Institute Miroslav Krleža, vol. 4., p. 352. – 353. Zagreb.
Heyer von Rosenfeld, CGF 1873. The nobility of the Kingdom of Dalmatia. Published by Bauer and Raspe. 138 + 76 plates. Nuremberg.
Laszowski, E., 1925. Famous and meritorious Croats 925 -1925, Hrvatski štamparski zavod dd. 297. p. Zagreb.
Literate families
Historical Archive for Dalmatia u Rimu
State Archives in Venice
Croatian State Archives in Zadar

Franceschi

Etymology of Franceschi - https://www.houseofnames.com/au/franceschi-family-crest

What does the name Franceschi mean?

A variety of distinguished and notable names have emerged from the beautiful and historical Italian region of Tuscany, including the notable surname Franceschi. During the Middle Ages, as populations grew and travel between regions became more frequent, the people of Tuscany, who were originally known only by a single name, found it necessary to adopt a second name to identify themselves and their families. This process of adopting fixed hereditary surnames in Italy began in the 10th and 11th centuries, but it was not completed until the modern era. The development of Italian hereditary surnames followed general principles and were characterized by derivatives from one's given name. The patronymic surname, which is derived from the father's given name, was one of the most common name types found in the region of Tuscany. This system of name-making was widely used because it linked well with the existing Feudal System and during the Christian era, many people named their children after saints and biblical figures. The surname Franceschi came from the very popular medieval given name Francis, which itself was originally derived from the Latin Franciscus. This was originally a name for a Frenchman.

Early Origins of the Franceschi family

The surname Franceschi was first found in Siena where Bartolomeo di Francesco lived in 1349.

Franceschi Spelling Variations

In comparison with other European surnames, Italian surnames have a surprising number of forms. They reflect the regional variations and the many dialects of the Italian language, each with its own distinctive features. For example, in Northern Italy the typical Italian surname suffix is "i", whereas in Southern Italy it is "o". Additionally, spelling changes frequently occurred because medieval scribes and church officials often spelled names as they sounded rather than according to any specific spelling rules. The spelling variations in the name Franceschi include Franceschi, Francesco, Francesca, De Franceschi, De Francesco, De Francisci, De Franciscis, Di Francesco, Francescatti, Franchetti, Franciscello, Franceschelli, Franceschetti, Franceschetto, Franceschet, Franceschini, Franceschin, Franceschinel, Francescotti, Francesconi, Francescon, Francescato, Cecchi, Ceschi, Checchi, Chini and many more.

Early Notables of the Franceschi family

Prominent among members of the family was

Piero della Francesca (c. 1415-1492), was an Early Renaissance painter is famous for his depiction of perspective. He also wrote several books on this subject. Francesco de Franceschi (active 1443-146...
The Franceschini family of Udine was recognized as official members of the Noble Council in 1570. Baldassare Franceschini (1611-1689), was a late Baroque painter active mainly around Florence; Marcant...

Franceschi Ranking

In France, the name Franceschi is the 2,586th most popular surname with an estimated 2,500 - 3,000 people with that name. 1

Franceschi migration to the United States

An examination into the immigration and passenger lists has discovered a number of people bearing the name Franceschi:

Franceschi Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Mathew Franceschi, who arrived in Mobile, Ala in 1858 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Franceschi (post 1700)

Ivone De Franceschi (b. 1974), Italian former football player
Ernesto Franceschi (1912-1943), Italian bobsledder
Francesco Franceschi (d. 1599), printer in the Italian Renaissance
Giovanni Franceschi (b. 1963), Italian medley swimmer
François Franceschi (1770-1810), Italo-French general
Jean-Baptiste Franceschi (b. 1983), French footballer

Whereabouts of the Name

Italy

Croatia

Greece

South Africa

Australia

France

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