Career
Gradinja is one of many persons (alongside Branislav, Gojislav, Georgije and Grubeša among others) mentioned only in the Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja, not found in Byzantine sources as the other Serbian rulers and royalty. Following the second Byzantine–Duklja War in which King George was defeated and imprisoned in the stronghold of Oblik, the Byzantines appointed Gradinja as ruler of Duklja, to rule as a vassal. According to the Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja, Gradinja was gentle, tame, compassionate and a protector of the widows and the poor.
Gradinja was a Byzantine exponent, however, the power and territorial extent of Duklja was, in the time of his reign, greatly decreased.
Gradinja was buried in the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus in Bojana. Name: Gradihna (Градихна).
