About: Lapčan family
The Lapčan family (Croatian: Lapčani, German: Lappatten, Lapitz, Latin: de genere Lapxanorum, Lapzanorum, Lapzanorum de Charino, Lapçanorum, Lapcanin, Lapçane, Lapchane, Lapuch, Lapach, Lapech, Lapcinich) 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.
