Vuk Isaković ( sr-cyr, Вук Исаковић; fl. 1696–1759) was a Serb military commander in Austrian service during the Austrian-Ottoman Wars. He was the inspiration for the main character, Vuk Isakovič (Вук Исакович), in the ''Seobe'' (novel by Miloš Crnjanski). Vuk's family originated from Sredska, Serbia, then under Ottoman rule. His brother was Trifun Isaković, also a commander. The Serbs established a Hajduk army that supported the Austrians. The army was divided into 18 companies, in four groups. In this period, the most notable obor-kapetans were Vuk Isaković from Crna Bara,

Mlatišuma Staniša Marković ( sr-Cyrl, Станиша Марковић; 1664–1740), known as Mlatišuma (Млатишума), was a Kingdom of Serbia (1718–39), Habsburg Serbian ''obor-kapetan, obercapitain'' of Kragujevac. He had joined the Austrians ...

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and Kosta Dimitrijević from

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. With his brother Trifun he commanded the Hajduks who devastated Lešnica. After the war he had the rank of ''captain''. His brother became ''major'' in

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, then lieutenant colonel of the Petrovaradin regiment. He and his brother were among the main contributors for the new church and tower-bell of the Šišatovac monastery. Isaković participated in the Austro-Russian–Turkish War (1735–39). He died in 1759, at the age of 65, in Mitrovica. He was buried at Šišatovac, which at the time was some type of

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18th-century Serbian people Serbian military leaders Austrian soldiers Kosovo Serbs Serbs of Vojvodina 1759 deaths Year of birth unknown Habsburg Serbs People from Prizren Hajduks Refugees of the Great Turkish War {{Serbia-bio-stub

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