Šišmundo Gundulić, also Sigismondo Gondola, son of famous poet Ivan Gundulić and Nika Sorkočević, and brother of the Austrian Marshal Fran Dživo Gundulić.
Background
Following the footsteps of his father, 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.
Career
He was also a Rector of the Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik). 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 Sponza Palace (Rector"s Palace) in 1682.