Rubido
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The Rubido family originated in Castile, was influential in their region during the Middle Ages and became ennobled during the 17th century.
The Croatian branch of that family came to Croatia in the first half of the 19th century. Count Antuna Rubido de Zagorie (1817-1863) came to Croatia from Madrid in the first half of the 19th century. He was counsel vicegerentand a major in the Austro-Hungarian army (perhaps a relation). Antun's wife, Countess Sidonija Rubido Erdody (1819-1884) was Croatia's first opera primadona and an important member of the Illyrian movement. In 1858 she was the first to sing the Croatian anthem from her castle in Zagorje. Ivan Peklic wrote a book on her life - "Sidonija Rubido Erdody: Prva Hrvatska Primadona" (Sidonija Rubido Erdody: First Croatian Primadona).
Lord Radoslav Rubido (b.1847) was župan (prefect) of the Varaždin county, Croatia. He took the name of his wife calling himself Rubido-Zichy. Baron Ivan Rubido Zichy (1874-1964) was a diplomat being the Royal Hungarian Minister to the Court to St.James 1924-1932. He was married to the Countess Erzsébet Zichy (first marriage) and the Countess Gizella Apponyi (second marriage). Ivan Baron Rubido-Zichy de Zagorje et Zich (1908-1995 Buenos Aires) m.Princess Senta-Maria Edith Franziska.
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