Milija Zdravković-Resavac ( sr-cyr, Милија Здравковић-Ресавац; c. 1755–1814) was an ''

obor-knez ''Ober-knez'' ( sr-Cyrl, обер-кнез) was a title borne by elected local native Serbs, Serbian chiefs (''Knyaz'') of the ''Nahiye (Ottoman), nahiyah'' (district of a group of villages) in the Sanjak of Smederevo (also known as the Pashalik ...

'' during the

First Serbian Uprising The First Serbian Uprising (; sr-Cyrl, Први српски устанак; ) was an uprising of Serbs in Orašac (Aranđelovac), Orašac against the Ottoman Empire from 14 February 1804 to 7 October 1813. The uprising began as a local revolt ...

and a representative of the Ćuprija nahiyah in the cabinet of Matija Nenadović in 1805. The Zdravković ancestors hail from the village northeast of

Niš Niš (; sr-Cyrl, Ниш, ; names of European cities in different languages (M–P)#N, names in other languages), less often spelled in English as Nish, is the list of cities in Serbia, third largest city in Serbia and the administrative cente ...

Knyaz A , also , ''knjaz'' or (), is a historical Slavs, Slavic title, used both as a royal and noble title in different times. It is usually translated into English language, English as 'prince', 'king' or 'duke', depending on specific historical c ...

Milija Zdravković was born in

Lomnica Lomnica () is a village in Despotovac municipality, in the Pomoravlje District of Serbia. Geography Lomnica is located 10 kilometers from the town of Despotovac and about 7 kilometers from Manasija Monastery. It is situated at (roughly) about ...

, the Resava Principality of the

Ćuprija Ćuprija (Serbian Cyrillic: Ћуприја, ) is a town and municipality located in the Pomoravlje District of central Serbia. The population of the town is 16,522, while the municipality has 25,325 inhabitants (2022 census). History The Romans ...

Nahiya A nāḥiyah ( , plural ''nawāḥī'' ), also nahiyeh, nahiya or nahia, is a regional or local type of administrative division that usually consists of a number of villages or sometimes smaller towns. In Tajikistan, it is a second-level divisi ...

''. Milija was a member of

Karađorđe Đorđe Petrović (; ; – ), known by the sobriquet Karađorđe (; ), was a Serbian revolutionary leader who led a struggle against the Ottoman Empire during the First Serbian Uprising. He held the title of Grand Vožd of Serbia from 14 ...

's Governing State Council for the Ćuprija Nahiya. After the first revolution was quelled in 1813, he surrendered to the Turkish authorities in 1813 but was killed in 1814 in

Belgrade Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...

. Milija Zdravković had two sons, the oldest Milosav (who, according to

Mateja Nenadović Mateja () is a given name, variant of the Greek given name ''Mathias'' ( Matthew). In Serbian, it's a masculine name, while in Croatian and Slovene, it's a feminine name. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Mateja Andrlić (born 199 ...

, took over his father's title of

of the Resava Principality of the Ćuprija Nahiya), and Dobrosav.

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* From Serbian Wikipedia: Здравковићи 1750s births 1814 deaths First Serbian Uprising People from Despotovac Serbian politicians Politicians from Belgrade 19th-century executions by the Ottoman Empire Serbian revolutionaries {{Serbia-politician-stub

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