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Divo (Ivan) Siskov Gundulic (also Giovanni di Sigismondo Gondola), (13 February 1678 – 13 December 1721) son of Sismundo (Sisko) Gundulic and Katarina Nale, was the Rector of the Republic of Ragusa between 1696–1700. Following his father and his grandfather, he also wrote poetry: Suze i tuzbe Radmilove (1702), Radmio (1701), Oton (1707) and Filomena. He also composed diverse folklore songs, that have been preserved from generation to generation until today by the people of Dubrovnik.
Life
Divo was accused of raping a young Sephardic Jew, Luna Zidovka on 13 March 1699. Divo Siskov Gundulic was engaged at the time to Marija Bosdari and what happened after the raping young Luna Zidovka (Protocol of the Conference that was held by the Council on Friday 13 March 1699). The Council found Gundulic guilty, all the Bosdari nobles were against him and wanted revenge. The sentence for Gundulic was expulsion from Dubrovnikan aristocracy, exile from the Republic, a ban on selling or to giving his estate, an increased punishment in the event of a repeated attack. The political confrontation between the aristocracy took place at the end of the 17th century, primarily between the Salamankezi and Sorbonezi Dubrovnikan patrician clans.