The House of Gradi or Gradić 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
Bazilije Gradić, 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)
Nikola Mateo Gradić, married on 19 June 1774 to
Tereza Zamanja. The same received 1 December 1817 one recognition of nobility, and left two sons:
Mateo Gradić, 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.
Baltazar Gradić, JDr Adv, Dubrovnik, Königreich Dalmatien, High-Life-Almanach : Adressbuch der Gesellschaft Wiens und der österreichischen Kronländer.1913
The House of Gradi or Gradić 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
Bazilije Gradić, 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)
Nikola Mateo Gradić, married on 19 June 1774 to
Tereza Zamanja. The same received 1 December 1817 one recognition of nobility, and left two sons:
Mateo Gradić, 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.
Baltazar Gradić, JDr Adv, Dubrovnik, Königreich Dalmatien, High-Life-Almanach : Adressbuch der Gesellschaft Wiens und der österreichischen Kronländer.1913