The House of Cerva or Crijević[1][2] (Latin: Cervinus, also spelt Cereva, Cerieva, Creve, Crieva, Crevice) was a Ragusan noble family from Ragusa (modern Dubrovnik), which held noble titles in the Republic of Ragusa, and in the Austrian and Austro-Hungarian empires.

The family is traditionally considered to be one of the founders of Ragusa (Dubrovnik), arriving as refugees from Epidaurum (modern Cavtat) after its destruction by the Slavs and Avars in the 7th century.

The Almanach de Gotha[3] enumerates the Cerva among eleven older "native" families of Patrician status.

[4] In the 14th and 15th centuries, the Cerva gave the Republic of Ragusa 419 senior civil officials, representing 4.75% of the total.

[6] After the fall of the Republic of Ragusa in 1808, the nobility status of the Cerva was recognized by the Austrian Empire in 1817 and was ratified with the title of counts.