Cuce is a Serb clan of Old Montenegro

Old Montenegro

Old Montenegro is a geo-historical part of the modern Republic of Montenegro. It refers to the territory of the Principality of Montenegrin prior to its expansion and the proclamation of a kingdom during the Balkan Wars...

. Cuce are first mentioned in 1431 in documents from Kotor

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, then in 1521 and 1523 in Ottoman defters. Jovan Cvijic, the Serbian ethnologist and geographer registered the Cuce as a clan of Old Montenegro

Old Montenegro

Old Montenegro is a geo-historical part of the modern Republic of Montenegro. It refers to the territory of the Principality of Montenegrin prior to its expansion and the proclamation of a kingdom during the Balkan Wars...

, of the Katunska nahija-region.

Cuce are divided into Upper Cuce and Lower Cuce. Most of the inhabitants of Upper Cuce descend from Herzegovina

Herzegovina

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, while the inhabitants of Lower Cuce generally descend from the Kuči

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 tribe.

In 1718, after the Peace of Passowitz, the Cuce along with 9 other tribes of the nahiye of Katun, became de facto independent from the Ottoman Empire.

Smail-aga Cengic wrote a letter in 1838 to Njegos, complaining about the Cuce who raided Turkish territory.

The Djer-didije is a dance of the Cuce.

Descendants

• Kovač
  Kovac
  Kovač , meaning "forger" in Slavic languages and in Hungarian, is a common surname in Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Hungary, Serbia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Slovenia...
  
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• Kovačević
  Kovacevic
  Kovačević is a South Slavic surname derived from Kovač, which means smith. It may refer to:*Abid Kovačević, Bosnian footballer*Anto Kovačević , Croatian right-wing politician.*Ante Kovacevic , Australian footballer...
  
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• Krivokapić
  Krivokapic
  Krivokapić is a Montenegrin and Serbian surname having its origin from the clan of Cuce. The bearers are Orthodox Christian. It may refer to following people:*Boris Krivokapić , Serbian professor and scientist...
  
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  • Šakić
    Šakic
    Šakić is a Croatian surname.Sakic may refer to:* Dinko Šakić - Commander of Jasenovac concentration camp* Brian Sakic - Croatian-Canadian hockey player* Joe Sakic - Croatian-Canadian hockey player...
    
    i
• Zviceri (descend from Kuči)
• Simović
  Simović
  Simović is a Serbo-Croatian surname. The bearers are Christian...
  
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• Perović
  Perovic
  Perović is a Montenegrin and Serbian surname and may refer to:* Andrija Ivanov Perović, Montenegrin senator and serdar* Batrić Perović, Montenegrin knez...
  
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• Đuričići (oldest family in Cuce)
• Vujadinović
  Vujadinovic
  Vujadinović is a Serbian surname, meaning "son of Vujadin", may refer to:*Miroslav Vujadinović*Nikola Vujadinović...
  
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• Roganovići
• Popović
  Popovic
  -Popovich:Popovich or Popovitch is a common Ukrainian or Russian surname, and sometimes a patronymic meaning son of Popov...
  
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• Jovovići
• Đukanovići

• Ivanović
  Ivanovic
  -Ivanovich:Ivanovich is a Russian patronymic meaning son of Ivan. Since Ivan is one of the most common names in Russia, innumerable people have Ivanovich or its feminine form Ivanovna as part of their name. Many people with the last name Ivanovic come from different ethnic groups...
  
  i (Mijatovići)

People descending from Cuce

• Slavko Perović
  Slavko Perovic
  Slavko Perović , born on 2 August 1954, is a Montenegrin politician. He is best known as a co-founder and former leader of Liberal Alliance of Montenegro , former party that was fighting for independence of Montenegro and promoting liberalism in Montenegro throughout the 1990s and early...
  
  , famous Montenegrin politician.
• Krsto Zrnov Popović
  Krsto Žrnov Popovic
  Captain Krsto Todorov-Zrnov Popović was one of the leaders of 1919 Christmas Uprising in Montenegro against Serbian dynasty Karađorđević, organized by the greens , followers of dethroned King Nikola and Montenegrin dynasty Petrović-Njegoš...
  
  , leader of the 1919 Christmas Uprising
  Christmas Uprising
  The Christmas Uprising or Christmas Rebellion refers to the uprising of Montenegrin guerrilla fighters aimed against the planned unification of Montenegro with the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes...
  
  
• Predrag Mijatović
  Predrag Mijatovic
  Predrag "Peđa" Mijatović is a Montenegrin football player and former sports director of Real Madrid. He is considered one of Yugoslavia's best players of the 1990s. He was acclaimed as the best athlete of Yugoslavia in 1997...
  
  , former Montenegrin football player

External links

• Branko Krivokapić: Crnogorsko Pleme Cuce, O Sebi i Drugima