Petar Kovačević ( sr-Cyrl, Петар Ковачевић; ?? — 1455) was a
duke
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from the Bosnian
Dinjčić noble family, which had its estates in the eastern parts of the medieval Bosnian state, in the
Jadar region. He was the son of
Kovač Dinjčić.
Petar was one of the most prominent members of the Dinjčić dynasty. He was accepted as a citizen of
Dubrovnik
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on 27 July 1440. In the great Christian coalition against the
Ottomans
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, he allied with the
despot Đurađ Branković
Đurađ Branković (; sr-cyr, Ђурађ Бранковић; hu, Brankovics György; 1377 – 24 December 1456) was the Serbian Despot from 1427 to 1456. He was one of the last Serbian medieval rulers. He was a participant in the battle of Anka ...
. The great Christian coalition was led by the
Hungarian king
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Vladislav I and
Janko Hunyadi, the lord of
Transylvania
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. The army numbered 25,000 Hungarian and 8,000 Serbian horsemen, including 700 of Peter's Bosnian horsemen. Together with the despot Đurđe Branković, he captured Srebrenica in 1443, but he soon abandoned Serbian despot and in 1455 he attacked him and Srebrenica on order of his king,
Stjepan Tomaš
Stephen Thomas ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=/, Stefan Tomaš, Стефан Томаш, sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=/, label=none, Stjepan Tomaš, Стјепан Томаш; 1411 – July 1461), a member of the House of Kotromanić, reigned from 1443 ...
. He was killed in this battle by the Serbians and one document records it with the words:
''"Dmitar Radojević killed Petar Kovačević near Srebrenica" (Ubi Dmitar Radojević Petra Kovačevića pod Srebrenicom)''
See also
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Hrvoje Vukčić
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Zlatonosović noble family The Zlatonosović family was a medieval Bosnians, Bosnian noble family.
The family was first attested in 1389. They sided with Sandalj Hranić, Grand Duke of Hum, Sandalj Hranić and Radoslav Pavlović in 1427, when Tvrtko II of Bosnia, King Stephe ...
References
Bibliography
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* {{cite book , last=Filipović , first=Emir O. , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=28F0zQEACAAJ&q=Emir+Filipovi%C4%87+%22Bosansko+kraljevstvo%22 , title=Bosansko kraljevstvo i Osmansko carstvo: (1386-1463) , date=2019 , publisher=Orijentalni institut Univerziteta u Sarajevu , isbn=978-9958-626-47-0 , language=bs , access-date=27 October 2023
1455 deaths
Dinjčić noble family
Dukes of Bosnia