The Madi family (
Croatian: Madijevci) was a
patrician family from
Zadar. They were influential in
Croatian politics from the 10th to 12th centuries.[1]
Notable members
Madius or Madije, the first known member,
prior of Zadar and the proconsul of
Dalmatia, rebuilt the monastery of St. Krševan in 986.[2] The only prior of Zadar before the Madi was Andrija, the founder of the St. Krševan Monastery, who died in 918.[3][4][5]
Čika and her daughter Domnana, the founders the Benedictine monastery of St. Maria in Zadar in 1066 which received privileges from the
Croatian king
Peter Krešimir IV.
Vekenega, the daughter of Čika, became a nun in 1072 and later the abbess of the convent.
The Madi family (
Croatian: Madijevci) was a
patrician family from
Zadar. They were influential in
Croatian politics from the 10th to 12th centuries.[1]
Notable members
Madius or Madije, the first known member,
prior of Zadar and the proconsul of
Dalmatia, rebuilt the monastery of St. Krševan in 986.[2] The only prior of Zadar before the Madi was Andrija, the founder of the St. Krševan Monastery, who died in 918.[3][4][5]
Čika and her daughter Domnana, the founders the Benedictine monastery of St. Maria in Zadar in 1066 which received privileges from the
Croatian king
Peter Krešimir IV.
Vekenega, the daughter of Čika, became a nun in 1072 and later the abbess of the convent.