{{Short description|Noble family of the Republic of Ragusa}} thumb|Coat of arms of Benessa family {{Dubrovnik nobility sidebar}} The '''House of Benessa''' (in Latin and Italian, also known as '''Beneša''' or '''Benešić''' in Croatian) was a noble family of the Republic of Ragusa.
== History == In the beginning of the 15th century Ragusan nobility were present in Novo Brdo in the Serbian Despotate as merchants or mining lords; Benessa were also present.<ref name="Jireček1951">{{cite book|author=Josif Konstantin Jireček|title=Trgovački drumovi i rudnici Srbije i Bosne u srednjem vijeku|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BB89AAAAMAAJ|year=1951|publisher=Svjetlost|page=74}}</ref>
== Notable members == *Damiano Benessa (Damianus Benessa or Damjan Beneša; 1477–1539), Humanist<ref>{{cite book|title=Erasmus of Rotterdam Society Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zT0FAQAAIAAJ|year=2004|publisher=The Society|page=106}}</ref> *Pietro Benessa (Petrus or Petar Benessa) *Andreas Benessa (or Andrija Beneša; {{floruit}} 1295–1301), notary<ref>{{cite book|author=Josip Lučić|title=Spisi dubrovačke kancelarije: Zapisi notara Andrije Beneše 1295-1301 : Praecepta rectoris II (1299-1301) [i] Testamenta II (1295-1301)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wuO0AAAAIAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti|isbn=978-953-175-017-2}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Dubrovnik nobility2}} {{Republic of Ragusa topics}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Benesa}} Category:Ragusan noble families
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