List of people of the First Serbian Uprising

This group includes the most notable and distinguished Serbian generals, known for their prowess.

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Name	Lifespan	Rank	Notes
Commander-in-chief
Đorđe Petrović-Karađorđe	1768–1817	Vožd (1804–13)	Free Corps veteran, led the First Serbian Uprising as the most able of commanders in Šumadija. Regarded Father of the Nation.
Main generals
Jakov Nenadović	1765–1836	vojvoda of Valjevo nahija (1808) popečitelj (minister) of internal affairs	Merchant by trade, brother of Aleksa, and a top commander.[1] Minister of Internal Affairs.
Stanoje Stamatović-Glavaš	1763–1815	vojvoda of Jasenička (Smederevska) knežina	Karađorđe's friend, former hajduk leader.[2] Killed in the aftermath of Hadži-Prodan's rebellion.
Stojan Čupić-Zmaj	1765–1815	vojvoda of Mačvanska knežina	Merchant by trade, based in Mačva.[3] Killed at the start of the second uprising.
Hajduk-Veljko Petrović	1780–1813	vojvoda of Krajinska nahija (1811–13) vojvoda of Banjska knežina buljubaša (1807)	Former hajduk under Stanoje Glavaš, fell at Negotin.[4]
Janko Katić	1770s–1806	knez and vojvoda of Turija (1804)	Militia veteran, Karađorđe's friend and second-in-command.
Milan Obrenović	1770–1810	vojvoda of Rudnik nahija starešina of Rudnik nahija (1804)	Former cattle trader, brother of Jevrem, Jovan and Miloš.
Milenko Stojković	1769–1831	vojvoda (1807–11) bimbaša (1804)	Free Corps veteran. Assassinated the Dahije leaders at Adakale. Promoted to vojvoda in 1807 during the Russian campaign by Karađorđe. Rival of Karađorđe after 1809, deported in 1811 after conflict.
Petar Teodorović-Dobrnjac	1771–1831	vojvoda in Mlava bimbaša (1805) buljubaša under Milenko (1804)	Former hajduk, merchant by trade.[5][6] Diplomat during the second uprising.

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Name	Image	Lifespan	Active	Rank	Notes
Jovan Jakovljević		17XX–18XX	1804–	vojvoda of Levač
Ilija Čarapić		1792–1844	1810–17	vojvoda	Grocka nahija.
Tanasije Čarapić		1770–1810	1804–10	vojvoda	Grocka nahija.
Kara-Marko Vasić		17XX–18XX	1804–13	vojvoda	Sokol nahija
Todor Vojinović		1760–1813	1804–13	vojvoda under Anta Bogićević buljubaša of right shore of Jadar (1804–)
Milovan Grbović		17XX–18XX	1804–08	vojvoda	Active in the Valjevo nahija, Radovan's brother.
Radovan Grbović		1760–1832	1804–13	vojvoda of Valjevska Kolubara (1811)	Active in the Valjevo nahija, Milovan's brother.
Stevan Grbović		17XX–18XX	18XX	vojvoda	Valjevo nahija
Luka Grbović		17XX–18XX	18XX	vojvoda	Valjevo nahija
Đuka Filipović		1765–after 1817	1804–15	vojvoda
Joksim Karamarković		c. 1779–1813	1804–1813	vojvoda
Nikola Karamarković		1776-1815	1804-1813 and 1815	vojvoda
Marko Katić		1780–1810	1804–1810	vojvoda of Turija/Kosmaj (1806–10)	From Belgrade nahiya, brother of Janko.[14] Served under Nenadović in the Bosnian campaign. Assassinated on orders of Miloje Trnavac.
Nikola Katić		c. 1785– after 1815	fl. 1806–1815	vojvoda (II.) of Turija/Kosmaj (1810–)	From Belgrade nahiya, brother of Janko and Marko.[15]
Stevan Katić		c. 1785-1813	fl. 1810-1813	vojvoda
Milić Kedić		1775–1809	1804–09	vojvoda of Podgorje (1806?) knez of Podgorje (1804)	Valjevo nahija, fought under the command of the Nenadović.
Momir of Lučica		17XX–18XX	1804–13	vojvoda of Morava knežina knez
Pavle-Paulj Matejić		1770–1816	1804–13	vojvoda (II. class) of Mlavska knežina (1811) buljubaša under Petar Dobrnjac	Požarevac nahija.
Jovan Stevanović-Porečki		1777–1817	1804–13	vojvoda (II. class) of Poreč (1811) bimbaša under Milenko	Merchant by trade, obor-knez during Mustafa Pasha.
Ivo Momirović		17XX–18XX	fl. 1811–13	vojvoda (II. class) in Požarevac nahija (1811)
Živko Šljivić		17XX–18XX	fl. 1811	vojvoda (II. class) in Požarevac nahija (1811)
Tomo Jovanović		17XX–18XX	fl. 1811	vojvoda (II. class) in Požarevac nahija (1811)
Ostoja Spuž		1765–1814	1804–13	vojvoda knez	From Montenegro, ancestor of intellectual Slobodan Jovanović.
Ilija Stošić		17XX–1819	1804–13	vojvoda (II. class) of Homolje (1811) buljubaša in Homolje (1804)	Active on the eastern front.
Milutin Petrović-Era		1791–1861	fl. 1813	vojvoda	Krajina nahija
Maksim Krstić		c. 1780–1844	1804-1813	vojvoda
Blagoje Marinković		17XX–18XX	18XX	vojvoda
Raka Levajac		1777–1833	1804–13	vojvoda
Aksentije Miladinović		1760–1820	1804–15	vojvoda knez	diplomat
Jevrem Nenadović		1793–1867	fl. 1811–13	vojvoda	Tamnava
Mihailo Radović		1759–1822	1804–17	vojvoda of Zlatibor (1808) knez of Zlatibor (1805)	Farmer and shepherd by trade.
Dušan-Đuša Vulićević		1771–1828	1804–05	vojvoda obor-knez	Smederevo nahija.
Vujica Vulićević		1773–1828	1804–17	vojvoda obor-knez	Smederevo nahija.
Vule Ilić-Kolarac		1766–1834	1804–15	komandant of the Smederevo fort	Former hajduk under Stanoje Glavaš.
Toma Vučić Perišić		1788–1859	1804–17	vojvoda	Cousin of Melentije Pavlović.[16]
Antonije Ristić-Pljakić		c. 1780–1832	1804–1813	vojvoda (1813)	Karađorđe's son-in-law. Karanovac nahija.
Milosav Zdravković-Resavac		1787–1854	1804–17	knez of Resava (1809)	Son of Milija Zdravković.
Pavle Cukić		1778–1817	1804–17	vojvoda of Lepenička knežina (–1812)
Antonije-Anta Bogićević		1758–1813	1804–13	vojvoda of Podrinje (1807–?) vojvoda of Jadar	Stationed in Loznica.[17]
Cincar-Marko Kostić		1777–1822	1804–15	vojvoda of Soko nahija (1812–13) buljubaša of a Šabac bećari unit (1806)	From Ohrid, cousin of Cincar-Janko. Participated in the second uprising as vojvoda of Šabačka Posavina.
Cincar-Janko Popović		1779–1833	1804–13	vojvoda (1809)	From Ohrid, cousin of Cincar-Marko. Exiled in Russia.
Petar Đorđević-Džoda		17XX-18XX	1804–13	vojvoda of Vražogrnac (1811–13) komandant of Vražogrnac trench (1807–11) bimbaša under Hajduk-Veljko	Former hajduk.
Petar Đukić		17XX-1813	fl. 1812–13	vojvoda in Kruševac župa (1812–13)	[18]
Ivan Knežević-Ivo Semberac		1760–1840	1806–13	vojvoda of Bosnian refugees (1809–13)	From Bosnia, attached to Luka Lazarević.
Petar Nikolajević-Moler		1775–1816	1804–16	vojvoda	Prime Minister (1815–16)
Milutin Ilić-Gučanin		1739–1814	1804–13	vojvoda in Dragačevo (1811)	Archpriest.[19]
Milisav Đorđević		17XX–1832	1804–13	vojvoda in Crna Reka (1811)	knez in Ottoman period, cooper by trade.[20]
Boža Radojević		17XX–18XX	18XX	vojvoda
Petronije Šišo		1770–1813	1804–1813	vojvoda	Fell at Ravnje in August 1813
Miloš Saranovac		17XX–18XX	18XX	vojvoda
Miloje Petrović-Trnavac		1760–1810	fl. 1809–10	Rival of Dobrnjac, executed by Pop-Luka.
Pavle Popović		1750–1816	18XX	Member of Governing Council vojvoda	knez of Vranić, friend of Aganlija.
Zdravko		17XX–18XX	?	vojvoda in Kruševac	[21]
Kara-Pavle Simeunović		17XX–1815	1804–15	vojvoda	Active in the Raška campaign, fell at Ljubić.
Petar Kara		17XX–18XX	1804	vojvoda (II. class)	From Donja Trešnjevica, former hajduk, fell at Jagodina (1804).
Aleksa Popović		17XX–18XX	1804	komandant	From Subjel.[22]
Dimitrije Parezan		1780–1813	1804–1813	vojvoda (II. class) (soldier) under Karađorđe
Đorđe Milovanović-Guzonja		1765–1817	1804–1813	komandant of Belgrade city vojvoda (II. class)	[23]
Jovica Milovanović		17XX–18XX	18XX	komandant of Belgrade city vojvoda (II. class)
Milisav Petrović		17XX–18XX	1806–	komandant of 1st Belgrade Foundry vojvoda (II. class)	cannon engineer.
Tomo Milinović-Morinjanin		1770–1846	1809–13	komandant of 2nd Belgrade Foundry vojvoda (II. class)	Karađorđe's advisor and artillery specialist.
Đorđe Čarapić		1773–1826	18XX	podvojvoda under Lazar Mutap
Ilija Ugričić Trebinjski-Novokršteni		1766–1813	1806–09	Police-chief (policajmajstor) kapetan	Russian cavalry captain that joined the uprising. Deported to Siberia on accusations by Rodofinikin.
Uzun-Mirko Apostolović		1782–1868	1804–15	bimbaša
Đurica Stočić-Đura		17XX–18XX	1804–	buljubaša under Stevan Sinđelić Council knez of Ćuprija nahija	Militia veteran, merchant by trade. Sinđelić's associate.
Sima Milosavljević-Amidža-Paštrmac		1776–1836	1804–17	barjaktar under Antonije Ristić-Pljakić (1813)	Participated in Hadži-Prodan's rebellion and became barjaktar and buljubaša of Miloš Obrenović in the second uprising, Miloš's state secretary.
Toša Đorđević		c. 1790–1850	1804–17	bimbaša of Zaglavak (1811–) buljubaša of Zaglavak (1807–11)	Former hajduk, brother of Golub Đorđević.
Đorđe Obradović-Ćurčija		17XX–1804	1804		Hajduk harambaša.
Bakal-Milosav		1770–1823	1804–13	kapetan	Obrenović's
Petar Erić		17XX–18XX	18XX	kapetan
Giorgakis Olympios		1772–1821	1804–06	kapetan	Greek volunteer, later Greek Revolutionary. Married Hajduk-Veljko's widow Čučuk Stana.
Jovica Milutinović		1773–1846	1804–13	kapetan under the Nenadović	Valjevo nahija.
Ranko Matejić		17XX–18XX	18XX	kapetan
Marko R. Lazarević		17XX–1844	18XX	kapetan
Marko Filipović		1782–after 1842	1804–15	kapetan	Karađorđe's brother-in-law.
Konda Bimbaša		17XX–1807	1806–07	bimbaša	Revolutionary bimbaša, former krdžalija.[24]
Petar Jokić-Topolac		c. 1779–1852	1804–13	buljubaša under Karađorđe
Dragan Papazoglu-Papazoglija		17XX–18XX	fl. 1804–1807	bimbaša	former krdžalija
Milovan Resavac		17XX–18XX	fl. 1804–	bimbaša	From Radošin in Resava, comrade of Sinđelić.
Vuča Žikić-Žika		17XX–1808	1804–08	ekzercir-majstor kapetan	Shepherd, Free Corps veteran, built Deligrad.[25]
Jovan Gligorijević-Zeka Buljubaša		1785–1813	1804–13	buljubaša	Commander of Goli Sinovi četa. Fell at Ravnje.[26]
Todor Bojinović		1750s–1813	1804–09, 1813	buljubaša under Ćurčija (soldier) under Anta Bogićević (1807–09)	Free Corps veteran, captured and hanged.[27]
Mina Bimbaša		17XX–18XX	1804	bimbaša
Ignatije Bjelić		17XX–18XX	18XX	kapetan under Stojan Čupić
Ilija Srdanović-Srdan		1770–1836	1804–15	kapetan
Dragić Petrović		17XX–1817	fl. 1813–15	kapetan	From Belgrade nahiya, executed by Marashli Ali Pasha.
Petko Vasiljević		1780–1809	1804–09	bimbaša
Raka Tešić		1773–1823	1804–17	buljubaša (1815) knez
Rada Radosavljević		17XX–18XX	1804–15	buljubaša in Tamnava
Stojan Abraš		1780–1813	1813	buljubaša and bimbaša	Former hajduk, Hajduk-Veljko's blood brother.
Periša Savić		d. 1817	1807–15	buljubaša	From Miokovci, knez of Karadak knežina (1816–17)[28]
Marko Todorović		17XX–18XX	18XX	knez
Kosta Ignjatijević		17XX–18XX	18XX	kapetan of Belgrade varoš police	From Austria.
Kraga Andrejević-Patrijaršanin		17XX–18XX	1804–13	kapetan of Belgrade varoš police	From Prizren, arms smuggler.[29]
Gaja Dabić		17XX–18XX	18XX	kapetan
Živko Dabić		1778–1807	1804–07	(commander) momak under Jakov Nenadović	[30]
Sava Dedobarac		17XX–1807	1804–07	buljubaša of bećari under Ilija Strelja
Milutin Savić-Garašanin		1762–1842	1804–15	(captain)	Free Corps corporal, former hajduk.
Jovan Simić Bobovac		1775–1832	1804–17	buljubaša under Milić Kedić (1804–09) knez of Bobovac's knežina (1809)	Former buljubaša under Ilija Birčanin.
Milisav Čamdžija		c. 1785–1815	1804–15	kapetan under Sima Marković	Sima Marković's entourage. Heroic, had ten wounds.
Jovan Mitrović-Demir		1762–1852	1804–15	buljubaša of Ponikve trench kapetan (1811)	From Herzegovina.[31]
Vreta Kolarac		17XX–18XX	1804–13	buljubaša	From Macedonia, Vule Ilić's father-in-law.[32]
Đorđe Zagla		17XX–18XX	1804–13	buljubaša under Vujica buljubaša under Vule Kolarac	From Macedonia.[33]
Živan Petrović		17XX–18XX	1804–13	buljubaša	Hajduk, Free Corps veteran. Participated at Valjevo (1804).[34]
Sima Katić-Prekodrinac		1783–1832	1804–15	buljubaša (1805), bimbaša (1807) under Stojan Čupić	From Bosnia, active in Mačva and Podrinje.
Mijailo Nedić		1774–1807	1804–1807	buljubaša	Joined to avenge his hajduk brothers Gligorije and Damnjan.[35]
Jova Barjaktar		?	?	barjaktar under Dimitrije Kujundžija	Son of Petar Sarajlija.[36]
Veljko		?	1805–?	under Ilija Barjaktarović	knez from Paraćin.[9]
Šunda		?	1805–?	buljubaša under Ilija Barjaktarović	[9]
Laza		?	1804–?	buljubaša in Vračar	From Vračar.
Radoje Marinković		?	1804–?	buljubaša in Kosmaj	From Kosmaj.
Juriša Mihailović		?	1804–?	kapetan in Valjevska Tamnava	Merchant, Valjevo nahija representative at Ostružnica, representative at the Zemun Meeting, signed April 1805 petition to the Sultan.
Nikola Smiljanić		1760–1815	1804–15		Archpriest, led 50–200 men based in Kitog.[37] Poisoned by Marko Štitarac on Miloš Obrenović's order.[citation needed]

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• Among instructors (egzercir-majstori) in the Belgrade nahija were Austrian captains Vuča Žikić (d. 1808), Mijailo Đurković from Baja, Kosta Gligorijević, Mihailo Kostić from Karlovac, Zrnić from Glina, Proka Slavonac from Pakrac, Jevta Sremac from Srem, Dimitrije Simonović from Srem, Austrian lieutenant Đorđe Simić from Sremčica, kapelmajstor Aksentije Dobošar, adjutant Jakov Popović-Jakšić Pancirlija (1774–1848) from Ugrinovci.
• Among police chiefs/commissaries (policaj-kvartalmajstori) in Belgrade were Jefta Krstić from "Austria", Petar Tomić from "Austria", Jovica Petrović, a local knez, all subordinate policaj-majstor Ilija Trebinjski (fl. 1808–09); in Šabac nahija the scribe Lazar Teodorović (1771–1846) was appointed policaj-kvartalmajstor by komandant Luka Lazarević in September 1808.

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Name	Image	Lifespan	Active	Occupation	Notes
Bishops
Leontius		c. 1770–1823	1804–13	Metropolitan of Belgrade (1801–13)	intermediary between rebels and the Porte
Antim Zepos		1762–fl. 1814	1804–13	Metropolitan of Užice-Valjevo	supported the rebels.
Petar I Petrović-Njegoš		1748–1830	1804–17	Metropolitan (or "Prince-Bishop") of Montenegro	assisted Karađorđe with volunteers.
Archimandrites, archpriests and hegumen
Hadži-Melentije Stevanović		1766–1824	1804–13	archimandrite	Armed priest, acting bishop.
Arsenije Gagović		c. 1750–1817	1804–15	archimandrite	cleric and diplomat
Gligorije Radojičić		17XX–18XX	?	archimandrite of Blagoveštenje Rudničko	archimandrite of Blagoveštenje Rudničko.[53]
Radisav Milošević		17XX–18XX	?	archimandrite of Vujan	archimandrite of Vujan, from Prislonica in Rudnička Morava knežina.[63]
Pavle Lazarević		17XX–1844	18XX	archpriest	archpriest
Radojica Žujović		17XX–18XX	?	archpriest of Rudnik	From Rudnik, Kačer knežina; archpriest (prota) of Rudnik.[53]
Aleksa Lazarević		17XX–18XX	?	archpriest of Šopić	From Šopić. Deputy (poslanik) in the delegation to Russia (1804–05). [64]
Atanasije Antonijević		1734–1804	1804	protojerej of Bukovica	1803 conspirator. Armed priest, participated at Drlupa.
Pajsije Ristović		1790–1814	1804–1813	hegumen of Trnava	Armed priest in the First Uprising, from Trnava in Čačanska Morava–Podibar knežina.[65] Supported Hadži-Prodan's rebellion. Proclaimed New Martyr.
Avakum Petrović		17XX–18XX	?	hegumen of Bogovađa	hegumen of Bogovađa.[54]
Melentije Pavlović		1776–1833	1815	hegumen of Vraćevšnica	Cousin of Toma Vučić Perišić, Armed priest in Second Uprising, later Metropolitan of Belgrade (1831–33)
Hadži-Atanasije Radovanović		1771–1826	–	hegumen of Nikolje	From Rudnik nahiya. Baptized the children of Miloš Obrenović.[66]
Vidak		17XX–18XX	?	hegumen of Vaznesenje Ovčarsko	Armed priest.[65]
Filimon		17XX–18XX	?	hegumen of the Holy Trinity	Armed priest, from Dučalovići in Dragačevo knežina.[67]
Neofit		17XX–18XX	?	hegumen of Nikolje	Armed priest, from Dučalovići in Dragačevo knežina.[67]
Priests and monks
Melentije Simeonović Nikšić		1780–1816	1804–13	hieromonk	Armed priest in First Uprising, diplomatic envoy (1815), vladika of Užice-Valjevo (1816).
Samuilo Jakovljević		1760–1825	1804–13	hieromonk of Studenica	Armed priest in First Uprising. Died in Ottoman prison.[68]
Filip Petrović		17XX–18XX	?	vojvoda priest	Armed priest, from Trnava in Čačanska Morava–Podibar knežina. Promoted to vojvoda of Studenica.[65]
Nikola Kostić		1769–1818	?	knez priest	Armed priest, from Mrsać in Čačanska Morava–Podibar knežina. Served as knez in the Požega nahija.[65]
Staniša		17XX–18XX	1804–	(soldier) under Sinđelić priest	Armed priest, distinguished soldier and advisor of Sinđelić.
Milovan Protić		17XX–18XX	?	priest	Armed priest, son of archpriest and vojvoda Milutin Ilić, from Guča in Dragačevo knežina.[69]
Avakum		1792–1814	1814	monk in Trnava	From Bosnia, deacon of Moštanica, fled to Trnava and supported Hadži-Prodan's rebellion. Proclaimed New Martyr.

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• There were many armed priests and monks that participated in the uprising. Among lesser known were priest Savo from Moravci in Kačer knežina; priest Janko Vitomirović from Takovo in Brusnica/Takovo knežina; priest Mijailo from Ljutovnica in Brusnica/Takovo knežina, impaled during uprising; priests Petar Protić and Antonije Pejović-Protić from Cvetke in Rudnička Morava knežina; priest Spasoje Pavić from Katrga in Rudnička Morava knežina; priests Milić Vujović and Simo Seničanin, and monk Đorđe-Genadije Šuvak, from Trnava in Čačanska Morava–Podibar knežina; priest Radovan Popović from Ježevica in Čačanska Morava–Podibar knežina; priest Vićentije Miladinović from Lazac in Čačanska Morava–Podibar knežina; priests Jovan Savić-Knežević, Dimitrije Nedeljković-Janjić, David Milićević-Petković from Goračići in Dragačevo knežina; priest Pavle Nikolić (1738–1835) from Guča in Dragačevo knežina.^[70]

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