Matija Nenadović
Matija Nenadović | |
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Матија Ненадовић | |
Prime Minister of Serbia | |
In office 27 August 1805 – April 1807 | |
Monarch | Karađorđe |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Mladen Milovanović |
Personal details | |
Born | Brankovina, Ottoman Empire (present-day Serbia) | 26 February 1777
Died | 11 December 1854 Valjevo, Principality of Serbia | (aged 77)
Political party | Independent |
Awards | Order of Glory |
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Matija Nenadović (Serbian Cyrillic: Матија Ненадовић, or Mateja Nenadović Serbian Cyrillic: Матеја Ненадовић; 26 February 1777 – 11 December 1854), also known as Prota Mateja, was a Serbian archpriest, writer, and politician who served as the first prime minister of Serbia from 1805 to 1807. He was a notable leader in the First Serbian Uprising.
Life
At the age of sixteen he was ordained priest, and a few years later was promoted to an archpriest (
Prota Mateja became the deputy-commander of the insurgents of the Valjevo district (1804), but did not hold the post for long, as
He had a brother, Sima, a voivode. His paternal uncle, Jakov Nenadović, had an equally important role in Serbia, as the first Interior Minister. Mateja Nenadović had a son, Ljubomir Nenadović.
Works
He is best known for his work The Memoirs of Prota Nenadović. He also authored other memoirs and documentary literature.
Legacy
He is included in the book The 100 most prominent Serbs.
See also
References
Sources
- Milićević, Milan (1888). Поменик знаменитих људи у српскога народа новијега доба. Srpska kraljevska štamparija. pp. 408–412. ( Public domain)
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Nenadovich, Mateya". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 371. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
- Srpska književna zadruga (1893). "Memoari Prote Matije Nenadovića". Srpska književna zadruga 9.