List of Serbs in the Habsburg monarchy
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List of Serbs in the Habsburg monarchy encompasses prominent Serbs in the Habsburg Monarchy, also including the Austrian Empire, and the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, from 1526 to 1918.[1][2] In political terminology of the Habsburg Monarchy, the Serbs were also known as "Rascians".[3][4]
Nobility and military personnel
- Crepović noble family
- Radič Božić
- Stjepan Berislavić
- Ivaniš Berislavić
- Miloš Belmužević
- Đorđe Branković
- Jovan Branković
- Jovan Nenad
- Pavle Bakić
- Radoslav Čelnik
- Jakšić noble family
- Vuk Grgurević
- Petar Ovčarević
- Mihailo Ovčarević
- Dimitrije Ovčarević
- Stefan Osmokruhović
- Petar Ljubojević
- Staniša Marković-Mlatišuma
- Bogić Vučković
- Arsenije Loma
- Demeter Radossevich von Rados
- Anton Csorich
- Gabriel Rodić
- Adam Bajalics von Bajahaza
- Andreas Karaczay (1744–1808), Austrian Field Marshal
- Petar Ovčarević (fl. 1521–41), commander
- Mihailo Ovčarević (fl. 1550–79), commander
- Dimitrije Ovčarević (fl. 1552–66), commander
- Jovan Ovčarević (fl. 1557), deputy
- Péter Petrovics (1486–1557), magnate
- Nikola Crepović (fl. 1542–58), magnate
- Deli-Marko (fl. 1596)
- Starina Novak (fl. 1596)
- Jovan Tekelija (1660–1721/22), commander of the Serbian Militia, ennobled by Joseph I
- Stefan Osmokruhović (fl. 1665–d. 1666), rebel leader
- Jovan Monasterlija (fl. 1683–1706), general, Serbian Militia
- Antonije Znorić (fl. 1688–d. 1695), Austrian colonel, Serbian Militia
- Pera Segedinac (1655–1736), captain
- Vuk Isakovič (1696–1759), Serbian Militia commander
- Đorđe Sečujac (fl. 1715–59), Austrian captain (active 1715–59)
- Mihajlo Mikašinović (1715–1774), Austrian Field Marshal
- Jovan Albanez (fl. 1711–27), Russian colonel
- Bogić Vučković (fl. 1735–45), a rebel leader in Austrian service
- Peter Tersich von Cadesich (1739–1806), Austrian general
- Ignaz Stojanich (1741–1807), Austrian general
- Mihailo Mihaljević (1748-1794), Austrian colonel
- Petar Ljubojević (fl. 1754–55), rebel leader
- Jovan Šević (d. c. 1764), Austrian and Russian general
- Jeronim Ljubibratić (1716–1779), Austrian general
- Vuča Žikić (fl. 1788–d. 1808), Austrian soldier and Serbian Revolutionary
- Arsenije Sečujac (1720–1814), Austrian general (active 1741–83)
- Paul Davidovich (1737-1814), Austrian Lieutenant general
- Sebastian Prodanovich (1755–1822), Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal
- Josef Philipp Vukassovich (1755-1809), Austrian Lieutenant general
- Andreas von Stoichevich (1751–1810), Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal
- Paul von Radivojevich (1759-1829), Austrian Lieutenant general
- Emmerich Blagoevich (1784–1850), Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal
- Kuzman Todorović (1787–1858), Austrian Lieutenant general
- Lazar Mamula (1795–1878), Austrian general and Governor of Dalmatia
- Gavrilo Rodić (1812-1890), Austrian Lieutenant general
- Joseph von Dedovich )1752–1827), Austrian general
- Martin von Dedovich (1756–1822), Austrian general
- Paul Dimich von Papilla (1722–1802), Austrian general
- Peter Duka von Kadar (1756–1822), Austrian general and privy councillor
- Sava Tekelija (1761–1842), nobleman and philanthropist
- Stanoje Glavaš (1763–1815), hajduk and Serbian Revolutionary
- Karađorđe (1768–1817), leader of the First Serbian Uprising
- János Damjanich (1804–1849), Austrian and Hungarian general
- Károly Knezić (1808–1849), Hungarian general, one of the The 13 Martyrs of Arad
- Petar Čarnojević (1810–1892), Hungarian nobleman, Royal Commissioner and Grand Prefect of Tamis County
- Petar Preradović (1818–1872), Austrian general
- Josip Runjanin (1821–1878), Austrian military officer and composer
- Emanuel Cvjetićanin (1833–1919), Austro-Hungarian Field Marshal
Clergy
- Teodor of Vršac (fl. 1594–96), bishop of Vršac, leader of Banat Uprising
- Arsenije III Čarnojević (1633–1706), exiled Serbian Patriarch
- Vikentije Jovanović (1689–1737), Metropolitan of Karlovci (1732–37)
- Pavle Nenadović (1703–1768), Metropolitan of Karlovci (1749–68)
- Dionisije Novaković (1705–1767), Bishop of Buda
- Teodor Komogovinski (d. 1788), martyr
- Mojsije Putnik (1728–1790), Metropolitan of Karlovci (1781–90)
- Stefan Stratimirović (1757–1836), Metropolitan of Karlovci (1790–1836)
Politicians
- Đorđe Branković (1645–1711), Transylvanian diplomat and writer
- Dušan Popović (1877–1958), Serb member of Croatian parliament
Other
- Teodor Kračun (1730–1781), painter
- Dimitrije Bačević (1734–1770), icon painter and muralist
- Nikola Nešković (1740–1789), painter
- Teodor Ilić Češljar (1746–1793), painter
- Pavel Đurković (1772–1830), painter
- Georgije Bakalović (1786–1843), painter
- Jovan Avakumović (1748–1810), poet
- Petar Blagojevich (d. 1725), and Arnold Paole (d. c. 1726), alleged vampires
- Gavril Stefanović Venclović (1670–1749), priest, writer, poet, orator, philosopher, and illuminator.
- Zaharije Orfelin (1726–1785), polymath
- Emanuilo Janković (1758–1792), writer, dramatist, philosopher, translator, and editor
- Jovan Rajić (1726–1801), writer, historian, traveller, and pedagogue, considered one of the greatest Serbian academics of the 18th century.
- Teodor Filipović (1778–1807), writer, jurist, and educator
- Jovan Muškatirović (1743–1809), writer, lawyer, and educator
- Dositej Obradović (1739–1811), author, philosopher, linguist, traveler, polyglot, and the first minister of education of Serbia
- Avram Miletić (1755–fl. 1826), merchant and songwriter
- Jovan Pačić (1771–1849), painter and poet
- Sava Petrović (1788-1857)
- Pavel Petrović (1818-1887)
Families
See also
References
- ^ Adler 1976, p. 116-147.
- ^ Gavrilović 1993, p. 41–54.
- ^ Ćirković 2004, p. 143, 156, 159-160.
- ^ Točanac-Radović 2025, p. 83–87.
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