The House of Oršić (Orssich) is the name of an old Croatian noble family, descending from the Croatian noble clan of Lapčan and Karinjan, remarkable in the Kingdom of Croatia in personal union with Hungary and within the Habsburg Monarchy respectively, whose notable members were politicians, senior military officers, župans or other state officials, as well as cultural workers and patrons.
Oršić Castle in Gornja Stubica
Countess Josephine Oršić, born Countess Zichy
A palace in Zagreb owned by the Oršić family in the 18th and 19th century
Slavetić castle, owned by Oršić family
The Lapčan family was one of the twelve noble tribes of the Kingdom of Croatia, mentioned in the Pacta conventa. Their seat was in the town of Lapac in the former Luka županija, Dalmatia. Their noble rights were confirmed in the second half of the 13th century until when were jobbágy. In the 14th century branched Karinjani, with seat in Karin, whose name would eventually become more dominant than of Lapčan. The family's coat of arms is described in the 15th century and united with the one by Kurjaković family in the mid-17th century, it became used by the Austrian-Bavarian Sinzendorf noble family.
Coat of arms from St. Gallen-Haggenberg (1470-90s)
The Lapčan (right) and Kurjaković (left) joint coat of arms, from Siebmachers Wappenbuch in 1605.
Page of Drugi Novljanski Brevijar by Priest Martinac from 15th century.