The Kobiljačić ( sr-cyr, Кобиљачићи) was a family in the

Trebinje Trebinje ( sr-Cyrl, Требиње, ) is a city and municipality located in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the southernmost city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is situated on the banks of Trebišnjica river in the re ...

region whose members were mentioned in the period between 1349 and 1434, mostly involving orchestrated thefts on the territory of the

Republic of Ragusa hr, Sloboda se ne prodaje za sve zlato svijeta it, La libertà non si vende nemmeno per tutto l'oro del mondo"Liberty is not sold for all the gold in the world" , population_estimate = 90 000 in the XVI Century , currency = ...

. The most known member, Vukosav, was a local magnate in the service of

Pavle Radenović Pavle ( Macedonian and sr-cyr, Павле; ka, პავლე) is a Serbian, Macedonian, Croatian and Georgian male given name corresponding to English Paul; the name is of biblical origin (cf. Saint Paul). People known mononymously as Pavle inc ...

of the

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, and was mentioned several times in Ragusan complaints.

History

In the

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, the Trebinje Hinterland (''Trebinjska Zagora'') was an important center, which was often mentioned from 1325 and on. It was part of the ''župa'' (county) of Popovo. Part of the border of the Popovo župa crossed the Trebinje Hinterland. The Kobiljačić family is known to have lived in the Hinterland and had estates in Popovo and other places in the Trebinje region. (Expand) Vojislav Kobiljačić is mentioned as having sold cattle in Ragusa (

Dubrovnik Dubrovnik (), historically known as Ragusa (; see notes on naming), is a city on the Adriatic Sea in the region of Dalmatia, in the southeastern semi-exclave of Croatia. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterran ...

) in 1349. The family is mentioned in 1362. In the beginning of 1373, Vojislav was mentioned with his son Mrkočela, and the following Kobiljačići: Vukosav and his son Stanihna, Novak and his son Mladen and brother Bjelica. The Kobiljačić are believed to have been called Kobilić (Кобилић) and Kobilanović (Кобилановић), as well. In 1390, a "Kobilić" is mentioned as the ''knez'' (duke) of

Župa A župa (or zhupa, županija) is a historical type of administrative division in Southeast Europe and Central Europe, that originated in medieval South Slavic culture, commonly translated as "parish", later synonymous "kotar", commonly translate ...

. Bjelinče Kobiljačić and his nobles from the hinterland are mentioned in 1412–13. Vukosav (Вукосав Кобиљачић; 1397–1413) was a nobleman in

in the service of

(fl. 1381–d. 1415), a magnate of the

. When Pavle Radenović issued a charter for the rights of Ragusan merchants to trade freely on his land (1397), the three witnesses, "from the maritime (''

pomorje Pomorje ( sr-Cyrl, Поморје), also known (in plural) as the Lands of Pomorje ( sr, / ), is a medieval term, used to designate several maritime regions of Upper Dalmatia and its hinterland, that at the end of the 12th century, during the ...

'')", were Vukosav Kobiljačić, Ljubiša Bogdančić and Vukosav Poznanović. Vukosav was present in a number of complaints filed in Ragusa, such as one time when he stole cattle in

Začula Začula ( sr-cyrl, Зачула) is a village in the Municipalities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the 1991 census it had 23 inhabitants, all of them being Bosnian Serbs, Serbs. Prior the war in Bos ...

. In September 1412, a Priboje complained to the Ragusan court that he had found out who stole his items and that the thieves were some peasants of Vukosav Kobiljačić, and the Ragusan court intervened. In 1413, Vukosav wrote to the Ragusan ''knez'' (count) Simko about the theft that his people had done in Zaton, a Ragusan territory. A 1413 document said that Vukosav's man Mirko Medošević from Sopoštica had received the cattle for holding (Mirchus Medosseuich de Sopostiza homo Vocoslaui Cobigliacich). Vukosav's estate was Sopoštica, which was abandoned during the Ottoman conquest. In 1434, a complaint against two people of Vukašin Kobiljačić was filed in Ragusa.

Connection to Miloš Obilić

It has been theorized that

Miloš Obilić Miloš Obilić ( sr-cyr, Милош Обилић, ) was a legendary Serbian knight who is reputed to have been in the service of Prince Lazar during the Ottoman invasion of Serbia in the late 14th century. He is not mentioned in contemporary sou ...

, the legendary assassin of the Ottoman sultan

Murad I Murad I ( ota, مراد اول; tr, I. Murad, Murad-ı Hüdavendigâr (nicknamed ''Hüdavendigâr'', from fa, خداوندگار, translit=Khodāvandgār, lit=the devotee of God – meaning "sovereign" in this context); 29 June 1326 – 15 Jun ...

during the

Battle of Kosovo The Battle of Kosovo ( tr, Kosova Savaşı; sr, Косовска битка) took place on 15 June 1389 between an army led by the Serbian Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović and an invading army of the Ottoman Empire under the command of Sultan ...

(1389), originated from this family.

History

Connection to Miloš Obilić

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