The Vojnović (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, th ...

: Војновић, Vojnovići / Војновићи) or Vojinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Војиновић, Vojinovići / Војиновићи), was a Serbian

noble family Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy (class), aristocracy. It is normally ranked immediately below Royal family, royalty. Nobility has often been an Estates of the realm, estate of the realm with many e ...

in the

Bay of Kotor The Bay of Kotor ( Montenegrin and Serbian: , Italian: ), also known as the Boka, is a winding bay of the Adriatic Sea in southwestern Montenegro and the region of Montenegro concentrated around the bay. It is also the southernmost part of the hi ...

and

Dalmatia Dalmatia (; hr, Dalmacija ; it, Dalmazia; see #Name, names in other languages) is one of the four historical region, historical regions of Croatia, alongside Croatia proper, Slavonia, and Istria. Dalmatia is a narrow belt of the east shore of ...

active in the 18th and early 19th century, serving the

Republic of Venice The Republic of Venice ( vec, Repùblega de Venèsia) or Venetian Republic ( vec, Repùblega Vèneta, links=no), traditionally known as La Serenissima ( en, Most Serene Republic of Venice, italics=yes; vec, Serenìsima Repùblega de Venèsia, ...

and

Republic of Ragusa hr, Sloboda se ne prodaje za sve zlato svijeta it, La libertà non si vende nemmeno per tutto l'oro del mondo"Liberty is not sold for all the gold in the world" , population_estimate = 90 000 in the XVI Century , currency = ...

. They were very prominent politicians, intellectuals, soldiers, maritime captains and merchants in history of Dalmatia. The family tree can be reached back to 1536. According to tradition, the family descended from Vojin, the grandson of Serbian king

Stefan Dečanski Stefan Uroš III ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Урош III, ), known as Stefan Dečanski ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Дечански, ; 1276 – 11 November 1331), was the King of Serbia from 6 January 1322 to 8 September 1331. Dečanski was the son of ...

(r. 1321–32). The family moved to the

from

Herzegovina Herzegovina ( or ; sh-Latn-Cyrl, Hercegovina, separator=" / ", Херцеговина, ) is the southern and smaller of two main geographical region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being Bosnia. It has never had strictly defined geogra ...

in 1692, fleeing Ottoman terror, settling in

Herceg Novi Herceg Novi ( cyrl, Херцег Нови, ) is a coastal town in Montenegro located at the Western entrance to the Bay of Kotor and at the foot of Mount Orjen. It is the administrative center of the Herceg Novi Municipality with around 33,000 in ...

, which was taken over by the

after the 1689–92 battles of the

Morean War The Morean War ( it, Guerra di Morea), also known as the Sixth Ottoman–Venetian War, was fought between 1684–1699 as part of the wider conflict known as the "Great Turkish War", between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire. Military ...

. The Republic of Venice recognized their nobility status and coat of arms after 1771, Austria in 1815 (along with other para-nobility of Dalmatia and the Bay of Kotor). Upon receiving noble status, the family adopted the coat of arms of Serbian magnate

Nikola Altomanović Nikola Altomanović ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Алтомановић; died after 1395) was a 14th-century Serbian župan of the House of Vojinović. He ruled the areas from Rudnik, over Polimlje, Podrinje, east Herzegovina with Trebinje, reaching ...

( 1359–76) as displayed in the ''Il regno di Slavi'' of

Mavro Orbini Mavro Orbini (1563–1614) was a Ragusan chronicler, notable for his work '' The Realm of the Slavs'' (1601) which influenced Slavic ideology and historiography in the later centuries. Life Orbini was born in Ragusa (now Dubrovnik), the capital ...

(1563–1614). From the end of the 17th- to the 19th-century members of the family emigrated to Austria, Italy, Hungary and Russia. Marko Vojnović (1732–1807) founded the Black Sea Fleet of the

Imperial Russian Navy The Imperial Russian Navy () operated as the navy of the Russian Tsardom and later the Russian Empire from 1696 to 1917. Formally established in 1696, it lasted until dissolved in the wake of the February Revolution of 1917. It developed from a ...

. Jovan V. Vojnović ( fl. 1772–82) was a Russian admiral and general consul in the Greek archipelago. Aleksandar V. Vojnović was a Russian cavalry general.

Family tree

*Vujo Vojinović **Miloš Vujov Serdarević **Jovan Vujov Vojnović, progenitor of the Herceg Novi Vojnović ***Pavle Jovanov Vojnović ***brothers Jovan Vojnović, Vojin Vojnović, Dimitrije Vojnović of

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**** Marko Jovanov Vojnović of

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***Vasilije (Vasilj) Jovanov Vojnović (married Ana Magazinović) **** Jovan (Ivan) Vasiljević Vojnović ****Đorđe Vasiljević Vojnović (married Cassandra Angeli Radovani) *****Jovan Đorđev Vojnović (married Katarina Gojković) ****** Đorđe Jovanov Vojnović (married an unknown member of the Martinelli clan) *******Dušan Đorđev Vojnović *******Ljubica Vojnović (married an unknown member of the Mirković clan) *******Darinka Vojnović (married an unknown member of the Gojković clan) ****** Konstantin (Kosta) Jovanov Vojnović (married Maria Serragli) ******* Ivo Konstantinov Vojnović ******* Lujo Konstantinov Vojnović (married Tinka Kopač) ********Marija (Marica) Lujov Vojnović (married an unknown member of the Schidlof clan) *********Ivan Schidlof ********Xenia Vojnović (not married) *******Eugenija Vojnović (married Charles Loiseau) ********Frédéric-Jean Loiseau *********Geneviève Loiseau (married René Carlier) *********Christiane Loiseau (married André Bommeler) ********Ivan Loiseau (married Jeanne-Marie Pavie) ********Kostia Loiseau ********Marie-Hélène Loiseau (married François Jager) *********François Jager (married Bernadette Lefebure) *********Henriette Jager (married Emmanuel Lescure) *********Kostia Jager (married Marie Seichepine) *********Hélène Jager (married Mériadec Lescure) **********Jérôme Lescure - 1960 **********Patricia Lescure - 1962 (married Xavier d'Esquerre) ***********Séverine d'Esquerre -1988 (married Jean-Baptiste du Tremolet de Lacheisserie) ************Constantin du Tremolet de Lacheisserie- 2014 ************Paul du Tremolet de Lacheisserie - 2016 ***********Anne-France d'Esquerre-1991 ***********Matthieu d'Esquerre-1991 ***********Arnaud d'Esquerre - 1996 ***********Louis d'Esquerre -2001 ***********Alexandre d'Esquerre - 2003 **********Benoit Lescure **********François Lescure **********Nicolas Lescure - 1970 **********Catherine Lescure *******Kristina Vojnović *******Katica Vojnović ****Aleksandar Vasiljević Vojnović ****Dmitar Vasiljević Vojnović *****Nikola Vojnović

References

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vojnović Serbian noble families Bay of Kotor History of Dalmatia Ragusan noble families Republic of Venice families