Đurađ Bogutović ( sr-cyr, Ђурађ Богутовић; fl. 1370-1399) was Serbian nobleman. He is an ancestor of the House of Petrović-Njegoš and the

Njeguši Njeguši ( cnr, Његуши) is a village in the Cetinje Municipality of southern Montenegro, located on the slopes of Mount Lovćen, within the Lovćen national park. It is part of the territory of Njeguši (tribe), Njeguši tribe. Demographics ...

tribe.

Life

Đurađ's father, "Bogut" or "Boguta", is believed to be the oldest known ancestor of the House of Petrovic-Njegoš - the Metropolitans and once ruling family of

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. Bogut was an alive at the time of the

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(1330) and the building of

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, and perhaps into the 1340s.Etnografski muzej Cetinje 1963, p. 75 According to tradition, and recorded by some historians, the ancestors of the Petrović family settled in Muževice at the end of the 14th century, from the Bosnia region, from the area of

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. It is possible that Bogut at that time had moved to

Drobnjaci Drobnjaci (, ) are historical tribe and region, Drobnjak, in Old Herzegovina in Montenegro (municipalities from Nikšić to Šavnik, Žabljak and Pljevlja). Its unofficial centre is in Šavnik. The Serb Orthodox families have St. George (''Đu ...

with his son.Srpsko istorijsko-kulturno društvo "Njegoš" u Americi 1983, p. 73 Đurađ or some of his sons were in the entourage of Marko Drago, an affluent Serbian nobleman who had served Serbian lord

Vuk Branković Vuk Branković ( sr-cyr, Вук Бранковић, , 1345 – 6 October 1397) was a Serbian medieval nobleman who, during the Fall of the Serbian Empire, inherited a province that extended over present-day southern and southwestern Serbia, enti ...

(1345-1397), and as such they are believed to have also served Vuk. Đurađ and his five sons "from Drobnjaci" are mentioned in a document dating March 1, 1399, in which they gave several items to the depository of Dapko Vasilijev, an affluent

Kotor Kotor (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Котор, ), historically known as Cattaro (from Italian: ), is a coastal town in Montenegro. It is located in a secluded part of the Bay of Kotor. The city has a population of 13,510 and is the administrative c ...

an nobleman.Miljanić 1989,

Family

Đurađ Bogutović had five sons (with their descendants): *Vukac (fl. 1399) *Radin (fl. 1399) *Herak (fl. 1399) **Herak (fl. April 1441), ancestor of Herakovići and Petrovići (Heraković-Popović) in Njeguši *Pribil (fl. 1399) **Rajko or Rajič, ancestor of Rajičevići in Njeguši *Ostoja (fl. 1399)

References

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bogutovic, Djuradj Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown 14th-century Serbian nobility Serbs of Montenegro Petrović-Njegoš dynasty