Petar Dobrnjac
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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 | |
Native name | Петар Теодоровић |
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Birth name | Petar Teodorović |
Other name(s) | Petar Dobrnjac |
Born | 1771 Dobrnje, Sanjak of Smederevo, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 1831 | (aged 60)
Allegiance | Revolutionary Serbia |
Rank | Bimbaša Voivode |
Battles / wars | Battle of Deligrad, Battle of Ivankovac |
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.[5] On his initiative Serbs came to the idea to fortify themself in the battle which proved crucial for Serbian victory.[6][7] Afterwards, the Governing Council-Soviet (Правитељствујушчи совјет) awarded him the rank of Bimbaša (a commander of 1000 men) and Vojvoda.[citation needed]
After the Battle of Deligrad in 1806 against Ibrahim Bushati, pasha of Scutari, he became one of the most important men in Serbia.
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