Gradić family

Coat-of-arms of the House of Gradić.

Gradić or Gradi was one of the oldest (from the 12th century) and one of the most recognized among the patrician families in the Republic of Ragusa. Many of its members were Rectors (Knez) of the Republic. The Austrian Empire recognized its long-standing nobility on 1 December 1817 after the fall of the Republic.

Notable members[]

• , bishop in Ston, author of the Croatian religious book from 1567, Libarze od dievstva i dievickoga bitya v komse tomace sua kolika poglauita miesta staroga i nouoga sakona, koia od dieustua gouore i ono scto sueti naucitegli u mnosieh librieh pisciu ; Libarze velle duhovno i bogogliubno od molitve i contemplanya, sniekiem napomenam duhouniem, oniem ki xele duhouno xiuieti, uelle potrebno i korisno (printed in Venice, second edition in Rome in 1584)
• , married on 19 June 1774 to . The same received 1 December 1817 one recognition of nobility, and left two sons:
  • , born 15 July 1777
  • , born 22 August 1786, he married Ana Giorgi-Bona. They had one daughter Elena de Gradi, who married Matteo Niccolo Pozza and Nicola de Gradi, who married Magdalena de Pozza in 1854.
• Stjepan Gradić (1613–1683), philosopher and scientist
• , mother of Ivan Gundulić

See also[]

• Republic of Ragusa
• Dubrovnik
• Dalmatia
• Post-Roman patriciates

References[]

• Siebmacher "Dalmatien", S. 12.
• Siebmacher "Dalmatien", Seite 139.
• Baltazar Gradić, JDr Adv, Dubrovnik, Königreich Dalmatien, High-Life-Almanach : Adressbuch der Gesellschaft Wiens und der österreichischen Kronländer.1913

This article about Croatian history is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

• v
• t