Atanasije "Tanasije" Čarapić or Atanasije "Tanasko" Čarapić (Serbian: Танасије Чарапић; 1770 – 1810) was the

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or Duke of Gročka

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(Duke of the Principality of Gročka ''Nahiya'' since 1806, the height of the

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. The were among the first to join

Karađorđe Đorđe Petrović ( sr-Cyrl, Ђорђе Петровић, ), better known by the sobriquet Karađorđe ( sr-Cyrl, Карађорђе, lit=Black George, ; – ), was a Serbian revolutionary who led the struggle for his country's independ ...

against the dahijas.

Biography

Tanasije Čarapić, the younger brother of Duke

Vasa Čarapić Vasilije "Vasa" Čarapić, known as the Dragon from Avala ( sr-Cyrl, Василије Васа Чарапић, Змај од Авале; 1768–1806) and Vasso Tscharapitsch was a Serbian ''voivode'' (military commander) that participated in the F ...

, came originally from Beli Potok near

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. He was killed in the battle of

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in 1810. His wife was Ivana (cousin of

's wife Jelena), who had sons Đorđe and Marko, and daughters Jeka (married in

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), Marta (married in Ivanča), Đurđija and Petrija (married in

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). Tanasije Čarapić had a house in Belgrade's

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district, below Pirinčana, the ruins of a palace once belonging to an Austrian commander of Belgrade in the 18th century named "Palace of Prince Evgenije" ( Duke Alexander of Wüttemberg) in today's Dušanova Street, which was then the main street in Čaršija. The tomb of Atanasije Čarapić is located near the Serbian Orthodox Church of

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, the old name for

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Sources

* Milan Đ. Milićević, ''Pomenik znamenitih ljudi u srpskog narodu novijega doba,'' Vol 1 (Belgrade, 1888) * Milan Đ. Milićević,''Kneževina Srbija'' (Belgrade, 1878)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Čarapić, Tanasije People of the First Serbian Uprising Serbian revolutionaries 19th-century Serbian people Serbian military personnel killed in action 1770 births 1810 deaths

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