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Preradović ( sr-cyr, Прерадовић) is a Serbian surname, derived from ''Prerad''. The surname is traditionally widespread in territories of the historical
Military Frontier The Military Frontier (; sh-Cyrl-Latn, Војна крајина, Vojna krajina, sh-Cyrl-Latn, Војна граница, Vojna granica, label=none; ; ) was a borderland of the Habsburg monarchy and later the Austrian and Austro-Hungari ...
. At least 100 individuals with the surname died at the
Jasenovac concentration camp Jasenovac () was a concentration camp, concentration and extermination camp established in the Jasenovac, Sisak-Moslavina County, village of the same name by the authorities of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) in occupied Yugoslavia durin ...
. It may refer to: *
Petar Preradović Petar Preradović (; 19 March 1818 – 18 August 1872) was a Croatian poet, writer, and military general. He was one of the most important Croatian poets of the 19th century Illyrian movement and the main representative of romanticism in Croatia ...
(1818–1872), Austro-Hungarian general *
Paula von Preradović Paula or PAULA may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Paula, in television sitcom ''Dr. Cándido Pérez'' * Paula, in video game ''EarthBound'' * Paula, List of The Larry Sanders Show characters, in ''The Larry Sanders Show' ...
(1887–1951), Austrian poet *
Rajko Depreradović Rajko Depreradović ( 1710 – after 1764; also spelled Rajko Preradović) was a leader of colonists who settled free lands in what is now known as Donbas that were offered for settlement in 1752 to Serbs, Vlachs and other Balkan people of the Ch ...
(c. 1700 – after 1764) was a Serbian leader of colonists who settled the
Donbas The Donbas (, ; ) or Donbass ( ) is a historical, cultural, and economic region in eastern Ukraine. The majority of the Donbas is occupied by Russia as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian War. The word ''Donbas'' is a portmanteau formed fr ...
region in 1752. He is the father of Nikolay and Leontii. * Nikolay Depreradovich (1767–1843) one of the most decorated Russian Generals who fought against Napoleonic France. * Leontii Depreradovich (1766-1844) also fought against Napoleonic France with distinction.


Families

The Preradović hail from
Old Serbia Old Serbia () is a Serbian historiographical term that is used to describe the territory that according to the dominant school of Serbian historiography in the late 19th century formed the core of the Serbian Empire in 1346–71. The term does ...
, from where they settled the
Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from 1000 to 1946 and was a key part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526-1918. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coro ...
. Jovan Preradović from
Bačka Bačka ( sr-Cyrl, Бачка, ) or Bácska (), is a geographical and historical area within the Pannonian Plain bordered by the river Danube to the west and south, and by the river Tisza to the east. It is divided between Serbia and Hungary. ...
received Hungarian noble status in 1626. The nobility status was confirmed in 1667 for Jovan's son, Ivan. A Preradović family moved from
Počitelj Počitelj is a settlement and a historic village in the Township of Čapljina in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its walled nucleus is protected National Monument of B ...
in
Lika Lika () is a traditional region of Croatia proper, roughly bound by the Velebit mountain from the southwest and the Plješevica mountain from the northeast. On the north-west end Lika is bounded by Ogulin-Plaški basin, and on the south-east by t ...
to Donja Krajina (modern
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) in 1750. Lieutenant Rajko Preradović from Bačka brought Serbs from
Potisje Potisje ( sr-cyr, Потисје) is the name of the Tisa river basin parts located in Serbia, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. The river Tisa flows between the Banat and Bačka regions. Municipalities in Potisje Municipalities in Bačka ...
to Russia in 1751. The Preradović family was one of several families that had settled New Serbia and
Slavo-Serbia Slavo-Serbia or Slaveno-Serbia was a territory of Imperial Russia from 1753 to 1764. It was located to the south of the Donets River, between the Bakhmutka River and Luhan River. This area today is located within present-day Luhansk Oblast a ...
. The Preradović family in Hungary were kin to the Preradović family in the
Military Frontier The Military Frontier (; sh-Cyrl-Latn, Војна крајина, Vojna krajina, sh-Cyrl-Latn, Војна граница, Vojna granica, label=none; ; ) was a borderland of the Habsburg monarchy and later the Austrian and Austro-Hungari ...
. The Preradović family in the Tisa Military Frontier received nobility status in 1704. General and poet
Petar Preradović Petar Preradović (; 19 March 1818 – 18 August 1872) was a Croatian poet, writer, and military general. He was one of the most important Croatian poets of the 19th century Illyrian movement and the main representative of romanticism in Croatia ...
belonged to this family.


See also

*Preradović Square,
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