Senjski uskoci i plemići Čolići i njihovi grbovi
Senj Uskoks and Noblemen Čolić and Their Coat of Arms

Summary/Abstract: The author in this paper describes many centuries of history and he describes several coats of arms of the Uskok noble family Čolić who in historical documents appeared under different forms of their family name: Cholich, Csollich and Čolić.The family is originally from Herzegovina and after the Ottoman conquest of Herzegovina they moved to Dubrovnik during the 15th century and they belonged to Venetian nobility.They moved to Senj during the 16th century and already by 1585 they achieved Senj noble rights and became influential citizens of the town. They had a large family house in there in which for many years Senj’s famous High School was placed.On 31st December 1706 King Joseph I in Vienna gave Hungarian nobility status and coat of arms to the citizen of Senj and city judge Andrija Čolić. In 1721 Andrija received the nobility status of Carniola. Senj Bishop Juraj Vuk Čolić was accepted into the Hungarian nobility in 1753 and received the name Lớwenberg. In the same year he gained the status of Hungarian Baron which was confirmed in Croatian Sabor (Diet).There are two branches of this family: Senj, which is older, and Slavonian, which is younger and there is the presumption that one branch of the family from Senj moved to Slavonia.Amongst the members of the Senj branch of the family the most famous were Bishop of Senj and Modruš Juraj Vuk Čolić 'de Lớwenberg' (1699 – 1764), Maksimilijan Čolić (1749 – 1818), doctor of theology and philisophy and representative of the city of Senj at the Diet of Bratislava and Senj Archdeacon Ivan Franjo Čolić. Officer Karlo Nikola Čolić was also famous as a knight, officer and military architect, who was born in Brinje 1784 and died in Senj in 1850.Amongst the Slavonian Čolić who were outstanding officers, the most famous was Baron and Field Marshal of the Austrian Army Marko Csollich (1766 – 1844), who participated in numerous battles throughout Europe, and alongside him, Pavao Csollich (1768 – 1838), who was General, Vice Marshal and Commander in Veliki Varadin.

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