Stanoje Glavaš

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Stanoje Glavaš
Illustration by Đura Jakšić
Birth nameStanoje Jovanov
Born21 February 1763
Glibovac, Ottoman Empire (modern Serbia)
Died15 February 1815 (aged 51)
Baničina, Ottoman Empire (modern Serbia)
Allegiance
Years of service1790s–1815
Battles/wars

Stanoje Stamatović (Serbian Cyrillic: Станоје Стаматовић), known as Stanoje Glavaš (Станоје Главаш; 21 February 1763 – 15 February 1815) was a Serbian hajduk and hero in the First Serbian Uprising.

Life

Glavaš was born in 1763 in the village of

Karađorđe Petrović spent several months in Glavaš's house, either as an apprentice or as a hajduk in hiding during wintertime.[1]

Later, Glavaš was the co-leader, with

Koča's frontier rebellion
).

In 1804, at the eve of the

Kalemegdan
along with other Serbian leaders.

Legacy

In his home town, there is a street and an elementary school named after him. He is the subject of a Serbian heroic play written by Đura Jakšić, which was widely shown throughout Serbia in the 19th century.

As a young widow, his mother remarried when he was about 12 or 13 (and that's when he became a tailor's apprentice) so he had several half-siblings, many years younger to whom he played a kind of fatherly role in his mature age, especially as he did not have his own family. He also had full (i.e. not half-) brother and sister from his mother's first marriage (to his father) and as a leader of the

Hajduk Veljko Petrović
, a fellow-hero and leader of the revolution (and there are surviving descendants of that union).

See also

References

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  2. ^ Nebojša Damnjanović, Vladimir Merenik (2004). The first Serbian uprising and the restoration of the Serbian state. Historical Museum of Serbia, Gallery of the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts. p. 68.
  3. ^ Esdaile, Charles (2008). Napoleon's Wars. Viking Adult. p. 252.