Šišmundo (Šiško) Gundulić, also Sigismondo Gondola, (c. July 1634– September 16, 1682) was a nobleman and poet from the

Republic of Ragusa The Republic of Ragusa, or the Republic of Dubrovnik, was an maritime republics, aristocratic maritime republic centered on the city of Dubrovnik (''Ragusa'' in Italian and Latin; ''Raguxa'' in Venetian) in South Dalmatia (today in southernmost ...

. He was the son of poet

Ivan Gundulić Dživo Franov Gundulić (; 8 January 1589 – 8 December 1638), better known today as Ivan Gundulić, was the most prominent Baroque literature, Baroque poet from the Republic of Ragusa (now in Croatia). He is regarded as the Croatian national ...

and Nika Sorkočević, and brother of the Austrian Marshal Fran Dživo Gundulić. He served as a Rector of the

(Dubrovnik).

Biography

Following the footsteps of his father, poet

, he also composed diverse poetry, poetry of both father and son was distinguished by the same similar elegance, some of their works were translated in the ''L´Epithalame de Catulle'', other great musical works in 1662 '' Sunčanica''. His first wife is unknown but he remarried with Katarina de Nale and had four children, Fran Gundulić II k.k General der Cav., Dživo Šiškov Gundulić (c. 1678 – c. 1721), Hieronymus Gundulić and Šiško Frano Gundulić II (*1682 + 1758) was one of the founders the first Austrian Lodge Zu den drei in Vienna 17 September 1742, on 7 March 1743 became Master of the Lodge Zu den drei Kanonen of

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. Šišmundo married Pier An. Crijević and had the last Gundulić male line, Šiško Dominko Gundulić, the daughter Katarina Gundulić married with Matej Getaldić, continued with the surname Getaldić-Gundulić, by adoption for the son of Katarina, Frano Augustin Getaldić-Gundulić. He was also known by his bad habits, his public addiction to alcohol and his public scandals in the city of Dubrovnik. Šiško died in the

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( Rector's Palace) in 1682.

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Biography in the Croatian Biographical Lexicon (''in Croatian'')Short biography (''in Croatian'')
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