Petar_Dobrnjac

Petar Dobrnjac

Petar Dobrnjac

Serbian Vojvoda

Petar Teodorović (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Теодоровић; 1771–1831),[1] known as Petar Dobrnjac (Петар Добрњац) was a Serbian Vojvoda in the First Serbian Uprising. He was born in the Požarevac nahija, in the village of Dobrnje, Petrovac.[2] In his youth, he was a hajduk, and later a trader in farm animals. He had a brother Stevan Dobrnjac who with Marko Todorović launched a short-lived revolt against Miloš Obrenović in 1821.[3]

Petar Dobrnjac

Role in the Uprising

In 1804, the year of the First Serbian Uprising, he was a Buljubaša, the commander of a četa (company), under Milenko Stojković.[4] In 1805 he took part in the Battle of Ivankovac against Hafuz Pasha, after which the Governing Council-Soviet (Правитељствујушчи совјет) awarded him the rank of Bimbaša (a commander of 1000 men) and Vojvoda. On his initiative Serbs came to the idea to fortify themself in the battle of Ivankovac, which was crucial for Serbian victory. After the Battle of Deligrad in 1806 against Ibrahim Bushati, pasha of Scutari, he became one of the most important men in Serbia.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Balkanski, Ostoja Gordanić (2004). Renovators of Serbian State, 1804-1839: Reliefs. Historical Museum of Serbia. p. 52. ISBN 978-86-82925-06-4. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  2. [2]
    Simon, Thomas; Bender, Gerd; Kirov, Juri, eds. (30 April 2017). "The Beginning of Serbian Constitutionality". Konflikt und Koexistenz (in German). Klostermann. doi:10.5771/9783465143109. ISBN 978-3-465-04310-2. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  3. [3]
    Wilson, Sir Duncan (1986). The Life and Times of Vuk Stefanović Karadzić, 1787-1864: Literacy, Literature, and National Independence in Serbia. Michigan Slavic Publications. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-930042-63-9. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  4. [4]
    Nenadović, Konstantin N. (1884). Život i dela velikog Dorda Petrovića Kara (in Serbian). Jovana N.'s Publishing House. p. 795. Retrieved 7 February 2024.


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