Nicolò Gradenigo

Nicolò Gradenigo was a Venetian nobleman and a son of Doge Bartolomeo Gradenigo. Bartolomeo advanced his many sons through widely resented favouritism, until the Major Council, soon after his death in 1342, barred public office to the relatives of a living doge and forbade the ducal family to trade.

In 1348 Nicolò was sent as ambassador to King Louis I of Hungary, who was disputing Dalmatia with Venice, and he later served several times among the Savi.