The
Crnkovi? family
is a
Croatian noble family
with its roots in the district of
Gorski kotar
.
History
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The first written document that mentions the name "Crnkovi?" dates from 1429, from the village of Zavrsji in the county of
Brod Moravice
. The document is a church testimonial of the marriage between Petar Crnkovi? (1411?1452) and Marija
Borelli
on 2/3 1429.
In 1635, Ivan Crnkovi? (1611?1672), captain of the
Frankopan
Guard married Klara Frankopan (1618?1669), the daughter of Petar Dimitri Frankopan (brother of
Fran Krsto Frankopan
). The Frankopan dynasty, together with the
Zrinski
dynasty dominated Croatian history (they were the two most prominent families in Croatia from the 14th to the 17th century). In the year of 1636, Ivan Crnkovi? was promoted to chief commandant of the Frankopan Guard and the Crnkovi? family acquired lordship status. The first Crnkovi?
coat of arms
dates from 1637.
In 1663,
Fran Krsto Frankopan
donated a fortified estate in the vicinity of
Velike La??e
. This estate is in Crnkovi? possession until 1798, when Petar Nikola Crnkovi? (1752?1810) burned down his own estate as a supporting gesture towards the
French Revolution
.
Ivan Juraj Crnkovi? (1748?1812), brother of Petar Nikola, moved 1779 to France, under the name Jean de Noir. Twelve years later most of his family were executed during the French Revolution. He escaped to Italy with his wife, under the name de Niro, but returned to France when
Napoleon
came to power. He died in the Napoleonic campaign on Russia. His French wife, Marie Louise de Noir (born
de Toulange
) moved to Croatia and lived in
Zagreb
until her death in 1845.
Antun Stjepan Crnkovi? (1782?1848) (son of Petar Nikola Crnkovi?), the chief commissar of Zagreb acquired the title of
Count
for the Crnkovi? family from the emperor
Francis II
(for ending the uprising in Zagreb 1833). In 1842, the Crnkovi? coat of arms was changed, designed in a
national?romantic
manner.
Ivan Stjepan Crnkovi?(1785?1857) (son of Petar Nikola Crnkovi?) was in 1815 the associate consul of the
Habsburg
monarchy in
London
. He married in 1820 Lady Mary of
Selborne
(the widow of Lord Thomas of Selborne (18th?19th century)). That branch of the Crnkovi? family still exists in England.
The third son of Petar Nikola Crnkovi?, Ivan
Robespierre
Crnkovi? (1793?1847) bought an estate near the town of
Delnice
. This estate was in Crnkovi? possession until 1945, when it was burned to the ground by
partisan
forces.
The son of Antun Stjepan Crnkovi?, Tomislav Nikola Crnkovi? (1810?1880) settled down on an estate near the town of Lokve. Today, there is still a number of Crnkovi?s that live in the vicinity of
Lokve
near
Delnice
. There is also a Crnkovi? cluster in the town of
đakovo
. In the early 20th century, several Crnkovi? moved to Canada, the United States and Zimbabwe. There are direct and indirect descendants registered under "Czernkovich","Crnkovich" or "Cinkovich" in United States and other parts of the world.
Sources
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- Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der freiherrlichen Haeuser auf das Jahr 1834, Seite 171-172;
- Adelslexikon, Band III G-Har, Jg. 1952, Seite 232
- Neues allgemeines deutsches Adels-lexicon, Ernst Heinrich Kneschke, 1863
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels Bd. 28 (1964) - Adelslexikon Bd. 2 S233.
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