Jakov Nenadovic
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Jakov Nenadović was the first Serbian Interior Minister. He played an important role as voivode (military commander) in the First Serbian Uprising
against the Turks, along with his nephew, Mateja Nenadović
. Nenadović was after Karadjordje and Janko Katić, perhaps the most influential figure in Serbia at the time.
. His brother was executed in the Slaughter of the Dukes in January 31, 1804, which sparked the First Serbian Uprising
.
Jakov immediately joined the Serbian rebels, and after the victory in Svileuva (1804) he became one of the most distinguished commanders and persons of western Serbia. He acquired his ammunitions and weapons from Syrmia
, then part of Austria
. In March 1804, he attacked Šabac
. Jakov was one of the founders of the Praviteljstvujušči sovjet serbski (Serbian government), of which Prota Mateja Nenadović, his nephew (the son of Aleksa), was the first Prime Minister.
In 1813, for the purpose of armory, a tower bearing the Nenadović name was built next to a road leading to Šabac
, at the edge of Kličevac
hill, by Jakov and his son Jevrem. After the failed uprising, Nenadović followed Karadjordje to Bessarabia
in 1814, and in 1816 to Imperial Russia in St. Peterburg to confer with Tsar Alexander I of Russia
over the state of affairs in the Balkans
, then re-occupied by the Ottoman Turks. Later on, he settled in Vienna where he died in 1836. His granddaughter, Persida Nenadović (the daughter of Jevrem), married Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia, the son of Karadjordje.
First Serbian Uprising
The First Serbian Uprising was the first stage of the Serbian Revolution , the successful wars of independence that lasted for 9 years and approximately 9 months , during which Serbia perceived itself as an independent state for the first time after more than three centuries of Ottoman rule and...
against the Turks, along with his nephew, Mateja Nenadović
Mateja Nenadovic
Prota Mateja Nenadović was a Serbian archpriest, writer, and a notable leader of the First Serbian Uprising. He is generally called Prota Mateja, since as a boy of sixteen he was made a priest, and a few years later became archpriest of Valjevo...
. Nenadović was after Karadjordje and Janko Katić, perhaps the most influential figure in Serbia at the time.
Life
Jakov was the younger brother of Aleksa Nenadović, a Serbian nobleman who held a province around ValjevoValjevo
Valjevo is a city and municipality located in western Serbia. It is the center of the Kolubara District, which includes five other smaller municipalities with a total population of almost 180,000 people...
. His brother was executed in the Slaughter of the Dukes in January 31, 1804, which sparked the First Serbian Uprising
First Serbian Uprising
The First Serbian Uprising was the first stage of the Serbian Revolution , the successful wars of independence that lasted for 9 years and approximately 9 months , during which Serbia perceived itself as an independent state for the first time after more than three centuries of Ottoman rule and...
.
Jakov immediately joined the Serbian rebels, and after the victory in Svileuva (1804) he became one of the most distinguished commanders and persons of western Serbia. He acquired his ammunitions and weapons from Syrmia
Syrmia
Syrmia is a fertile region of the Pannonian Plain in Europe, between the Danube and Sava rivers. It is divided between Serbia in the east and Croatia in the west....
, then part of Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. In March 1804, he attacked Šabac
Šabac
Šabac is a city and municipality in western Serbia, along the Sava river, in the historic region of Mačva. It is the administrative center of the Mačva District. The city has a population of 52,822 , while population of the municipality is 115,347...
. Jakov was one of the founders of the Praviteljstvujušči sovjet serbski (Serbian government), of which Prota Mateja Nenadović, his nephew (the son of Aleksa), was the first Prime Minister.
In 1813, for the purpose of armory, a tower bearing the Nenadović name was built next to a road leading to Šabac
Šabac
Šabac is a city and municipality in western Serbia, along the Sava river, in the historic region of Mačva. It is the administrative center of the Mačva District. The city has a population of 52,822 , while population of the municipality is 115,347...
, at the edge of Kličevac
Kličevac
Kličevac is a village in the municipality of Požarevac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 1329 people.-References:...
hill, by Jakov and his son Jevrem. After the failed uprising, Nenadović followed Karadjordje to Bessarabia
Bessarabia
Bessarabia is a historical term for the geographic region in Eastern Europe bounded by the Dniester River on the east and the Prut River on the west....
in 1814, and in 1816 to Imperial Russia in St. Peterburg to confer with Tsar Alexander I of Russia
Alexander I of Russia
Alexander I of Russia , served as Emperor of Russia from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825 and the first Russian King of Poland from 1815 to 1825. He was also the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland and Lithuania....
over the state of affairs in the Balkans
Balkans
The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...
, then re-occupied by the Ottoman Turks. Later on, he settled in Vienna where he died in 1836. His granddaughter, Persida Nenadović (the daughter of Jevrem), married Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia, the son of Karadjordje.