The House of Kušević is a noble family originating in the Habsburg realm of the Kingdom of Croatia. Notable members. The Kušević family was first noted in a document dated to 1496, specifically an Andrija Kušević living in the area of Karlovac, as well as another Andrija Kušević, in the Ozalj area in 1642. Petar Kušević ( 1631–?) was the first Kušević granted Hungarian and Croatian nobility in 1676. The award was confirmed by the Croatian Parliament. Nikola Kušević is recorded as the owner of the Gradac estate near Karlovac in 1716. From 1715, he commanded a unit in the Croatian Military Frontier, reaching the position of the Karlovac Generalate commissioner in 1719. Baltazar Kušević was a captain in the Croatian Military Frontier in 1736. The most notable members of the Croatian branch of the House of Kušević born in the 18th century and later: