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Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
n branch of that family came to Croatia in the first half of the 19th century.
Count Antun Rubido de Zagorie, Plemeniti (gently born) (1817–1863) came to Croatia from Madrid in the first half of the 19th century (Related to Don Sebastian Rubido from Santiago de Compostela). He was counsel vicegerent and a major in the Habsburg army, under command of Ban
Ban (title)
Ban was a title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.-Etymology:The word ban has entered the English language probably as a borrowing from South Slavic ban, meaning "lord, master; ruler". The Slavic word is probably borrowed from...
Josip Jelačić
Josip Jelacic
Count Josip Jelačić of Bužim was the Ban of Croatia between 23 March 1848 and 19 May 1859...
. Antun's wife, Countess Sidonija Rubido
Sidonija Rubido
Countess Sidonija Rubido Erdödy was Croatia's first opera primadonna and an important member of the Illyrian movement.- Origins :The Rubido family of Madrid originated in Castile, where they were ennobled in the 12th century...
Erdödy
Erdody
Erdődy is the name of a Hungarian noble family in the Kingdom of Hungary . The Habsburg Monarchy granted them the title Graf / Gräfin....
(1819–1884) was Croatia's first opera primadona and an important member of the Illyrian movement
Illyrian movement
The Illyrian movement , also Croatian national revival , was a cultural and political campaign with roots in the early modern period, and revived by a group of young Croatian intellectuals during the first half of 19th century, around the years of 1835–1849...
. In 1858 she was the first to sing the Croatian anthem
Lijepa naša domovino
"Lijepa naša domovino" is the national anthem of Croatia. It is often referred to as just "Lijepa naša" in Croatia, which is also a phrase widely used as a metonym for the country....
from her castle in Zagorje
Zagorje
Hrvatsko Zagorje is a region in northern Croatia.Zagorje may also refer to:*Zagorje ob Savi, a town and a municipality in Slovenia*NK Zagorje, a Slovenian football club-See also:...
. She started a primary school in Gornja Rijeka by initiating the building of a new school. Today the primary school in Gornja Rijeka carries her name. Ivan Peklic wrote a book on her life - "Sidonija Rubido Erdody: Prva Hrvatska Primadona". There are no others of the name Rubido in the states bordering Croatia. The other family that carries the name Rubido in Croatia are a related but failing line.
Zupan
Żupan was a long garment, always lined, worn by almost all males of the noble social class in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, typical male attire from the beginning of the 16th to half of the 18th century, still surviving as a part of the Polishnational dress.- Derivation :The name żupan has...
(prefect) of the Varaždin county
Varaždin County
Varaždin County is a county in northern Croatia. It is named after its county seat, the city of Varaždin.-Geography:In addition to the city of Varaždin, the county includes the towns of Ivanec, Ludbreg, Lepoglava, Novi Marof and Varaždinske Toplice, as well as 22 municipalities...
, Croatia. He took the name of his wife calling himself Rubido-Zichy
Zichy
Zichy , the name of a noble Magyar family, conspicuous in Hungarian history from the latter part of the 13th century onwards.-Brief history of the Zichy:...
. Baron Ivan Rubido Zichy (1874–1964) was a diplomat being the Royal Hungarian Minister to the Court of St. James's 1924-1932. He was married to the Countess Erzsébet Zichy (first marriage) and the Countess Gizella Apponyi (second marriage). Ivan Baron Rubido-Zichy de Zagorje et Zich (1908-1995 Buenos Aires) m.Princess Senta-Maria Edith Franziska.