Ozrinići ( sr-cyr, Озринићи) is a historical

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confli ...

() and region in

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. During the

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, it was one of the largest tribe of the Katunska nahija, one of the four territorial units of

Old Montenegro Old Montenegro ( sr, Стара Црна Гора, Stara Crna Gora), also known as Montenegro proper ( sr, Права Црна Гора, Prava Crna Gora), or True Montenegro ( sr, Истинска Црна Гора, Istinska Crna Gora), is a ...

History

The first reference to the Ozrinići comes from a letter issued by the Serbian Chancellery in Dubrovnik in 1411. The document, a complaint from Ragusan people addressed to Jelena Balšić, is about the looting committed by the Ozrinići, together with the

Bjelopavlići Bjelopavlići ( cyrl, Бјелопавлићи; sq, Palabardhi), ) is a historical tribe (pleme) of Albanian origin and a valley in the Brda region of Montenegro, around the city of Danilovgrad. Geography The ''Bjelopavlići'' valley (also kn ...

, Maznice and Malonšići, on Ragusan merchants on their way through

Zeta Zeta (, ; uppercase Ζ, lowercase ζ; grc, ζῆτα, el, ζήτα, label= Demotic Greek, classical or ''zē̂ta''; ''zíta'') is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 7. It was derived f ...

while they were returning from

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...

. The Ozrinići are mentioned again in the 1489 charter of

Ivan Crnojević Ivan Crnojević ( sr-Cyrl, Иван Црнојевић, italics=no, lit=Ivan the Black) was the lord of Zeta and Serbian leader from 1465 to 1490. Having formed an alliance with the Republic of Venice, he led the Serb resistance against the expandi ...

, then in the 1570–1571 defter of the Sandjak of Peć. Five families of the Ozrinići founded the settlement of Ozrinići in the

Nikšić Nikšić ( cnr, Никшић, italic=no, sr-cyrl, Никшић, italic=no; ), is the second largest city in Montenegro, with a total population of 56,970 located in the west of the country, in the centre of the spacious Nikšić field at the foot ...

area in 1597. During the

, from the 16th up to the end of the 18th century, the Ozrinići were the largest tribe of the Katunska nahija, one of the four territorial units of

In 1829, the Ozrinići and

Cuce Cuce (Cyrillic: Цуце, ) is a historical tribe (''pleme'') and region in Montenegro, located in the area of the Katunska nahija from Old Montenegro. History The toponym ''Cuce'' is first mentioned in 1431 in documents from Kotor, then again ...

had an armed conflict against neighboring

Bjelice Bjelice ( sr, Бјелице/Bjelice) is a historical region and tribe of the Katunska nahija region of Old Montenegro. The tribe was one of the largest traditional tribes of Old Montenegro and one of nine tribes of the Katunska nahija, along w ...

Petar I Petrović-Njegoš Petar I Petrović-Njegoš (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар I Петровић Његош; 1748 – 31 October 1830) was the ruler of the Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro as the Metropolitan (''vladika'') of Cetinje, and Exarch (legate) of the Serbi ...

sent

Sima Milutinović Sarajlija Simeon "Sima" Milutinović "Sarajlija" ( sr-cyr, Симеон "Сима" Милутиновић "Сарајлија", ; 3 October 1791 – 30 December 1847) was a poet, hajduk, translator, historian and adventurer. Literary critic Jovan Skerlić ...

and Mojsije to negotiate peace among them.

Anthropology

According to Kovijanić, the Ozrinići were an old Serb tribe. Their founder was Ozro, who moved from Zeta and his descendants formed the Ozrinići tribe. Ozrinići included the villages of Barjamovica, Velestovo, Markovina, Maklen, Čevo, Ploča, Lastva, Ožegovići. All Ozrinići celebrate the ''slava'' (feast) of Aranđelovdan (Michael).

Notable people

* Milena Vukotić * Sula Radov Radulović *

Janko Vukotić Janko Vukotić ( sr-cyr, Јанко Вукотић; 18 February 1866 – 4 February 1927) was a Montenegrin serdar, general in the armies of the Principality and Kingdom of Montenegro in the Balkan Wars and World War I. Biography Vukotić was b ...

Dušan Vukotić Dušan Vukotić (7 February 1927 – 8 July 1998) was a Yugoslav and Croatian cartoonist, author and director of animated films of Montenegrin descent. He is the best known member of the Zagreb school of animated films. Biography Vukotić ...

Momčilo Vukotić Momčilo "Moca" Vukotić (Serbian Cyrillic: Moмчилo Моца Bукoтић; 2 June 19503 December 2021) was a Serbian football coach and player. He played 14 times for his national team, Yugoslavia, between 1969 and 1974 scoring four goals. ...

Petar Vukotić Petar Vukotić ( sr-cyr, Петар Вукотић, 14 December 1826 – 30 January 1904/1907) was a Montenegrin voivode and senatorBurke's Royal Families of the World; Europe and Latin-America who participated in the Montenegrin–Ottoman War (18 ...

Vito Nikolić Vitomir "Vito" Nikolić ( sh-Cyrl, Витомир "Вито" Николић; 27 April 1934 – 10 September 1994) was a Yugoslav and Montenegrin poet and journalist from Nikšić. His work is often compared to that of Sergey Yesenin, as he is o ...

* Živko Nikolić *

Milo Đukanović Milo Đukanović ( cnr, Мило Ђукановић, ; born 15 February 1962) is a Montenegrin politician serving as the President of Montenegro since 2018, previously serving in the role from 1998 to 2003. He also served as the Prime Minister ...

* Aco Đukanović *

Željko Šturanović Željko Šturanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Жељко Штурановић; 31 January 1960 – 30 June 2014) was a Montenegrin politician who was the Prime Minister of Montenegro from 2006 until his resignation in 2008. Early life Šturanović was ...

* Žarko Varajić * Vojo Gardašević * Blažo Perutović * Rođa Raičević * Pop Milo Jovović * Brano Mićunović *

Dragoljub Mićunović Dragoljub Mićunović ( sr-Cyrl, Драгољуб Мићуновић ; born 14 July 1930) is a Serbian politician and philosopher. As one of the founders of the Democratic Party, he served as its leader from 1990 to 1994, and as the president of ...

* Peko Pavlović *

Dušan Spasojević Dušan Spasojević ( cyrl, Душан Спасојевић; 10 July 1968 – 27 March 2003), known by the nicknames Duća and Šiptar (meaning “Albanian”) was the head of one of the largest Serbian criminal groups on record, the Zemun clan ...

* Andrija Drašković * Branko Radulović (Montenegrin politician) * Saša Radulović

References

Sources

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