ZADARSKI PLEMIĆ JOSIP ANTUN FANFONJA - ZAPOVJEDNIK MLETAČKIH PREKOMORSKIH PJEŠAČKIH POSTROJBI U 18. STOLJEĆU.

This article is part of several years long research of the share of officers and soldiers from the East Adriatic Coast (in the first place those from Dalmatia and Boka Kotorska) in Venetian Overseas Army Units (infantry and cavalry) in the Early Modern Age. The article is based on the research of source materials kept in the Archivio di Stato di Venezia, in the first place in archival series of office in charge of recruitment called Inquisitori sopra l'amministrazione dei pubblici ruoli, which is mostly preserved for the 18th century. The central interest of the article is focused on the military career of nobleman of Zadar Colonel Joseph Anthony Fanfognia, active from the Second War of Morea to the 1750s. In the introductory part are given basic data on other high officers from the same family, who during several centuries held high officer ranks in Venetian army and played important role in military history of Dalmatia and other Venetian territories. The structure of Fanfognia's regiment is outlined in detail according to main periods of his career, with a special attention being directed to the composition of his personal companies. Complement of Fanfognia's company has been discusses, as well as homeland origin of commissioned and non-commissioned officers and ordinary soldiers and - as much as sources allow - their age structure and physical characteristics (stature, colour of hair). At the end of the article, lists of the military complement of several companies personally commanded by Fanfognia ar e given. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]