Konstantin Hadija ( sr-cyr, Константин Хадија) was a Serbian politician serving as the secretary of

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Biography

Konstantin Hadija was born in Zemun, the younger son of Josif Hadija, his elder brother was named Josif. His grandfather Konstantin Hadija (born 1755), a

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, moved to

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in 1800, from the town of Melnik (in modern-day Bulgaria), and owned a goldsmithing trade. His paternal grandmother was Franciska Kracajzen, the daughter of a brewery owner in

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. The brewery was then owned by his grandfather Konstantin. His paternal uncles were Panajot and Konstantin (Kosta), and aunts Rozina, Terezija, Jelisaveta and Marija. His paternal cousin was Obrad Konstantinović, a ''

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'' (military commander) in Jadar and father-in-law of

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. He married

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, the daughter of

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. They had a son Miloš, named after the Prince.

References

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