Milan Obrenović (revolutionary)

General Milan Obrenović
Born1767
Brusnica, Ottoman Empire (present-day Serbia)
Died16 December 1810 (aged 42–43)
Bucharest, Principality of Wallachia, (present-day Romania)
Allegiance Revolutionary Serbia
RankGeneral (Vojvoda)
Battles / wars

Milan Obrenović (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Обреновић, c. 1770 – 16 December 1810) was a general (vojvoda) during the Serbian Revolution. He was the half-brother of Prince Miloš I of Serbia.

Life

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He was the youngest child of Obren Martinović (died 1777) and Višnja Urošević (died 1817), having a brother, Jakov (1767–1817), and a sister, Stana (born 1773). His mother remarried Theodore Mihailović (died 1802), at Dobrinje in the district of Užice, they had three sons: Miloš, Jovan (1786–1850) and Jevrem (1790–1856).

Death

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After Milan died on 16 December 1810, his half-brother Miloš adopted the surname Obrenović for him and his brother's legitimate agnatic descendants.

References

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  • Радош Љушић (2006). Милан Обреновић: војвода, командант и саветник Рудничке нахије. Општина Горњи Милановац. ISBN 978-86-86351-00-5.
  • Dejan Nikolić (2000). Srpske vojskovođe. Narodna biblioteka "Resavska škola".