Paladino Gondola
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Paladino de Gondola Republic of Ragusa |
| Nationality | Ragusan |
| Other names | Paladin Gundulić (in Croatian) |
| Occupation | 15th century diplomat and merchant |
Paladino Gondola (fl. 1423–1472) was a Ragusan diplomat and merchant, a member of noble Gondola noble family.
Gondola traded cereals only and supplied Dubrovnik with cereals from Southern Italy and Sicily. Two consecutive rulers of the Kingdom of Naples, Alfonso and Ferdinand, granted Gondola with privileges to trade in cereals from Italy. Gondola was imprisoned for some time in 1423 by vojvoda Radosav Pavlović.
In 1425, when Eric of Pomerania, who ruled over the Kalmar Union of northern Europe, visited Dubrovnik on his way to Holy Land and again on returning to Denmark, he wanted to buy a Venetian merchantman galley (Italian: galere da mercato). Since Eric did not have enough money, Dubrovnik (the Republic of Ragusa) provided him with 2,000 ducats in credit, equipped the galley for him and armed its escort of 25 armed people, placed under Gondola's command.
In 1433 the Republic of Ragusa sent Gondola and Andrija Bobaljević over to congratulate the Serbian Despot Đurađ Branković because his daughter Mara had been betrothed to Sultan Murad II of the Ottoman Empire. They were also mandated to ask for his help in dealing with the sultan, Dubrovnik's overlord.
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