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| Country | Republic of Ragusa Austro-Hungarian Empire Italy |
| Founded | 1172 |
| Titles | Count |
The House of Saraka or Saraca was an old noble family from the Republic of Ragusa. The family came from Kotor in the year 1172[ citation needed ].
Aristocratic status was granted to the following members of the family on 10 October 1817 by the Austrian Empire, after the fall of the Republic.
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The Austrian Empire confirmed the aristocratic status of the Saraka brothers, Natal, Nikola, and Stefan on October 10, 1817. The last Saraka who received the confirmation of nobility was Natal Frano Saraka, on March 27, 1835. According to Baron v. Procházka; the family Saraka "is one of the four still (1928)oldest existing from the Middle Ages, from Ston, in the Republic of Ragusa, the family immigrated to Italy, from the family were many consuls and Knez of the Republic of Ragusa".
The aristocracy of the family was recognized on 24 August 1927 in the Kingdom of Italy to the son of Count Orsat Saraka and Roza Čekotić (and their descendants).
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