Gundulić
| Gundulić | |
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| Country | Republic of Dubrovnik |
| founding | 11th century (?) |
| Ethnicity | Croatian |
| Current chief |
extinct (1809) |
The Gundulić ( Italian Gondola ) were a Croatian noble family from the Republic of Ragusa ( Dubrovnik ). The members of the noble family were politicians, diplomats, merchants, historians, church dignitaries, military leaders and well-known writers. Many of them were elected Knez (prince or rector, i.e. head of state of the republic). The family flourished from the 11th to the 19th centuries.
historical overview
The history of the noble family goes back to the 10th or 11th century. The first family member mentioned in a document was Stjepan (1014). Between 1196 and 1201 Mihovil is mentioned as a diplomat or trade negotiator. His son Ivan ( bl. 1190-1234 ) was a judge and one of the most respected and richest aristocrats in Ragusa at that time . When he died with no heirs, his property fell to his brothers Grubeša (bl. 1222–1256) and Damjan (bl. 1215–1222).
Up until the end of the 14th century, the members of the noble family did most of their business with Venice and other Italian states, only rarely with the countries of the Balkan hinterland.
The Dubrovnik salt trade was largely in the hands of Damjan's great-grandchildren Pavao (bl. 1285-1351) and Junije (bl. 1282-1320). Pavao's son Ivan (bl. 1330–1372) traded in salt and grain and became a judge and diplomat. Three times he was elected Knez , the (monthly changing) head of state of the republic.
Petar Gundulić (bl. 1356–1384), Benedict's son, was a merchant, diplomat and judge, especially valued as an ambassador to Hungary . After returning home, he became Knez several times between 1371 and 1384. After his death, Pavao (bl. 1372–1416) and Jakov (bl. 1369–1414), Ivan's sons, took over the leadership of the family. Pavao was regularly elected Knez from 1387.
Since the beginning of the 15th century, the members of the family were so influential that they became knez two to three times a year. The writer Frano Lucijan (1451–1505), the bookseller and printer Trojan († 1555), the diplomat Ivan (Marin's son) (1507–1586), the diplomat and lawyer Frano (1539–1589), the poet Frano were important (Frano's son) (1587–1629) and the historian Ivan (Marin's son) (1600–1650).
The best known Gundulić was the poet Ivan Gundulić (1589–1638), the most important Croatian writer of the Baroque . His eldest son Frano (German: Franz) (1630–1700) served as a field marshal lieutenant in the Habsburg army and was raised to the rank of count . His second son Šiško (Sigismund) (1634–1682) was a writer and translator , and Mato (Matthias) (1636–1684), Ivan's third son, served as a military leader, diplomat and travel writer. At the beginning of the 1670s and after the devastating earthquake in 1667 , he represented the interests of the Dubrovnik Republic to the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire in Istanbul . Later he became ambassador in Rome and was able to inform the Roman Curia about the religious conditions and realities in the Balkan countries (especially in Bosnia-Hezegovina, Serbia and Bulgaria) under the sultan's government.
A great supporter of the republic was Josip Frano ( German Josef Franz von Gondola ) (1711–1774), who lived in Austria and Germany . He was vicar of the diocese of Paderborn , titular bishop of Tempe as well as canon and cathedral custodian of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna . After all, between 1772 and 1774 he was Dean of the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna .
The last male Gundulić was Sigismund-Dominik, who died in 1799, while his daughter Ursula lived until 1809.
Frano Matov Getaldić (1743–1798) inherited the family name Gundulić from his mother Kata Gundulić. His descendants carried the double name Getaldić-Gundulić until the end of the 19th century.
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Ivan Gundulić (1589–1638)
Frano Gundulić (1630–1700)
Josip Frano Gundulić
(1711–1774), Titular Bishop of Tempe
Frano Getaldić-Gundulić (1833–1899)
