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Čarapić
A former noble Čarapić family lived in Grocka ''nahija'' (Belgrade region). Members of the family participated in the Serbian Revolution and the subsequent government of the Principality of Serbia. The family descended from the Vujanović brotherhood in Kuči (modern Montenegro), and had settled Grocka in ca. 1750. Čarapić ( sr-Cyrl, Чарапић) is also a surname found in Serbia and Croatia. The root of the word is ''čarapa'', . Notable members * Ana Čarapić (born 1985), Serbian politician * Đorđe Čarapić (1773–1826), Serbian military leader *Ilija Čarapić Ilija Čarapić (, ), was the first Mayor of Belgrade, Serbia. He was born in 1792 in Beli Potok, near Avala, and died in 1844. He was son of the Voyvode Vasa Čarapić and the brother-in-law of Karađorđe, appointed as Voyvode or Duke of Groc ... (1792–1844), mayor of Belgrade * Ognjen Čarapić (born 1998), Montenegrin basketball player * Tanasije Čarapić (1770–1810), Serbian duke * Tom Carapic ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasa Čarapić
Vasilije "Vasa" Čarapić ( sr-Cyrl, Василије "Васа" Чарапић; 1768–1806), known as the Dragon from Avala () and Vasso Tscharapitsch (German), was a Serbian voivode who participated in the First Serbian Uprising of the Serbian Revolution against the Ottoman Empire. Biography Vasa Čarapić was born in 1768, in the village of Beli Potok, under the Avala mountain. His family was originally from the Kuči tribe in Montenegro, and they got an interesting nickname that turned into a surname when one of his ancestors accidentally killed a Turk's dog, and the Turk demanded 500 ''groschens'' compensation for his pet. When the family collected the money, one of his ancestors sent the money in a ''čarapa'' (a sock) instead of a bag. It was from then on that the name Čarapić stuck as a surname. Serbian Free Corps Vasa Čarapić participated in Kočina Krajina as a Freikorps. In the war between Turkey and Austria, Vasa fought as a volunteer against the Turks. On th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |