Sima Nenadović was a Serbian voivode (military commander) in the Second Serbian Uprising

Second Serbian Uprising

The Second Serbian Uprising was a second phase of the Serbian revolution against the Ottoman Empire, which erupted shortly after the re-annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire, in 1813. The occupation was enforced following the defeat of the First Serbian Uprising , during which Serbia...

 of the Serbian revolution

Serbian revolution

Serbian revolution or Revolutionary Serbia refers to the national and social revolution of the Serbian people taking place between 1804 and 1835, during which this territory evolved from an Ottoman province into a constitutional monarchy and a modern nation-state...

. He was part of the Nenadović family, among which was his brother Prota Mateja

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...

, the first Serbian Prime Minister.

Life

Sima was born in 1793, in Brankovina

Brankovina

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. His father was knez Aleksa Nenadović, and his mother's name was Jovanka. The renegade janissaries, known as dahia, took control of the Smederevan Sanjak

Sanjak of Smederevo

The Sanjak of Smederevo , also known as the Pashaluk of Belgrade , was an Ottoman administrative unit , that existed between the 15th and the outset of the 19th centuries...

 in 1802, after murdering Vizier Hadži Mustafa Pasha

Hadži Mustafa Pasha

Hadži Mustafa Pasha, Hadži Mustafa Paşa, Hajji Mustafa Pasha nicknamed Mama Srpski , was a Serbian Muslim soldier and Vizier of Sanjak of Smederevo . Hadži Mustafa Pasha was known to have carried out a pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, he was also a member of the Bektashi Order...

. The four leaders divided the Sanjak, ruling as dictators, also removing the rights granted by Sultan Selim III. In 1804, the jannisaries executed more than 70 prominent Serb nobles

Slaughter of the knezes

The Slaughter of the Knezes, , was an event which occurred in January 1804, on the central square of Valjevo, Serbia, when the most prominent Serbian nobles, titled knezes , of Belgrade Pashaluk, were executed by the order of the Dahias, the Jannisary junta that ruled Serbia at the time.The Dahis...

, among which were Aleksa (Sima's father), and Ilija Birčanin

Ilija Bircanin

Ilija Birčanin was a Serbian knez who was killed during the Slaughter of the Dukes, the incident that sparked the First Serbian Uprising of the Serbian Revolution, ultimately leading to the liberation of Serbia.-Life:...

. Sima finished Great School in Belgrade, and military school in Vienna

Vienna

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.

The slaughter of the dukes triggered 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...

. Karadjordje was elected as leader. Sima's uncle, Jakov Nenadović

Jakov Nenadovic

Jakov Nenadović was the first Serbian Interior Minister. He played an important role as voivode in the First Serbian Uprising against the Turks, along with his nephew, Mateja Nenadović...

, was one of the most distinguished revolutionary commanders, and the first Serbian Interior Minister (1811–1813). His older brother, Mateja

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...

, known as Prota Mateja, was an Orthodox archpriest and the first Serbian Prime Minister.

Sima did only participate in the last year of the Uprising, in the battles on the Drina

Drina

The Drina is a 346 kilometer long river, which forms most of the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It is the longest tributary of the Sava River and the longest karst river in the Dinaric Alps which belongs to the Danube river watershed...

 (1813). With the suppression of the revolt by the Ottomans, Sima fled Serbia and helped his brother Mateja in his diplomatic missions (1814–1815). He returned to Serbia, immediately with the outbreak of the Second Serbian Uprising

Second Serbian Uprising

The Second Serbian Uprising was a second phase of the Serbian revolution against the Ottoman Empire, which erupted shortly after the re-annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire, in 1813. The occupation was enforced following the defeat of the First Serbian Uprising , during which Serbia...

 (1815). He became a voivode of the Valjevo nahija. He died in battles against the Ottomans, in Dublje

Dublje

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, 26 July 1815 (22 years old).

Sources

• Velibor Berko Savić, Nenadovići, Valjevo 2004