The Zaguri family was a Venetian noble family from Cattaro, in present-day Montenegro. They were active between the 14th and 16th century. By 1505, they became citizens of Venice, and in 1623, they were granted Venetian nobility status. The last members of the Venetian lineage died on September 12, 1810. They were counted among the ancient Slavic-speaking nobility of Cattaro. Related to the Serbian CrnojeviÃÂ Dynasty by marriage, the family hosted ÃÂuraÃÂ CrnojeviÃÂ, the final ruler of the Principality of Zeta at their palazzo in Venice when he was forced into exile.
The first mention of this family name was related to history of Petilovrijenac, three Catholic martyrs. Depending from source, they lived and died in 840, 1169 or 1249. Later documents from 1326 recorded that a certain Ilija Nikolin Zaguroviàfrom Bar moved to Kotor and bought a house. He and his family became nobility when he married Ruà ¾a Nucije Gile from Kotor. Nikola Zaguroviàwas mentioned in one document dated 8 August 1397. Stefan ZaguroviÃÂ, great-grandfather of poet Ilija, was mentioned in 1420 as a member of the Great Council of Venice. In 1437 Laurencije Zaguroviàwas a trader in Kotor.
Ilija ZaguroviÃÂ, the grandfather of poet Ilija ZaguroviÃÂ, died in 1492. He had three sons, Franjo, Laurencije (Lovro) and Bernard. Franjo, who was a judge, died in 1516. He had a son Ilija (died in 1557) who was a notable poet. Bernard had two daughters, both married to members of Bona family. Laurencije distinguished himself during the defense of Venetian held Kotor from Ottoman attacks in 1503. His son Trifun was notable trader, a member of the Venetian Senate as representative of Kotor in 1553 and deputy in Venetian Senate in 1559 and 1563. He participated in Battle of Lepanto, was agent of Council of Ten and was responsible for diplomatic mail transport between Venice and Constantinopol. He was rewarded for his service to Venice Republic by role of deputy of Zara. He died of the plague in 1575, in Constantinopol, as part of Giacomo Sorzano diplomatic mission.
One of the most notable members of Zaguroviàfamily was Jerolim ZaguroviÃÂ. He was Catholic. Notable poet Ilija Zaguroviàwas uncle of Jerolim ZaguroviÃÂ. This branch of Zaguroviàfamily was related to the powerful Serbian Crnojeviàfamily through the marriage of Jerolim Zaguroviàand Antonija CrnojeviÃÂ, the daughter of Lord ÃÂuraàCrnojeviàof Zeta (r. 1489âÂÂ96). They had a son, AnÃÂelo, who lived in Venice. Jerolim's sons AnÃÂelo and Ivan Zaguroviàordered and financed publishing of the catechism written by Jacques Ledesma and translated probably by Bartol Sfondrati, printed in Venice in 1583 in printing house of Camilo Zanetti.