| Novica Cerović | |
|---|---|
 Novica Cerović | |
| Born | 1805 |
| Died | 1895 (aged 89–90) |
| Nationality | Montenegrin |
| Religion | Serbian Orthodox Christian |
Novica Cerović (Serbian Cyrillic language: Новица Цepoвић
- 1805-1895) was a Serb knez (duke) of the Drobnjak clan, who is noted as having defeated and killed a local Ottoman tyrant, Smail-aga Čengić, on the auspices of Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, the Prince-Bishop of Montenegro. He later became senator in the Montenegrin government.
Life[]
Cerović was born in Tušina, a village near Šavnik in the Drobnjak clan, then part of the Ottoman Empire (today in Montenegro). His most noted act was leading a successful assault to kill local Muslim tyrant Smail-aga Čengić under the auspices of Petar II Petrović-Njegoš[1] thereby freeing parts of Herzegovina from the Ottoman Empire and joining them to the Principality of Montenegro.
Legacy[]
His heroism and the death of Smail-aga Čengić was the theme of Ivan Mažuranić's poem Smrt Smail-age Čengića, an epic poem celebrating the struggle for freedom. Some of the Cerović family later moved to Serbia, some going north, near to the city of Pljevlja and changed their family name to "Lalović" to disguise from Turks.[citation needed]
There is a tower in Tušina named after him (the Tower of Duke Novica Cerović).
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ Zulfikarpašić, Adil (1998). The Bosniak. Milovan Djilas. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. pp. p7. ISBN 1-85065-339-9.
External links[]
The original article can be found at Novica Cerović and the edit history here.