Milan Obrenović ( sr-cyr, Милан Обреновић, 1770 – 16 December 1810) was a general (
vojvoda) during the
Serbian Revolution
The Serbian Revolution ( sr, Српска револуција / ''Srpska revolucija'') was a national uprising and constitutional change in Serbia that took place between 1804 and 1835, during which this territory evolved from an Ottoman prov ...
. He was the half-brother of
Prince Miloš I of Serbia.
Life
He was the youngest child of Obren Martinović (died 1777) and
Višnja Urošević (died 1817), having a brother,
Jakov Jakov ( sr-Cyrl, Јаков, ) is a Croatian and Serbian masculine given name, a variant of the biblical names ''Jacob'' and James. Often the nicknames of Jaki/Јаки, Jakša/Јакша and Jakica/Јакица will be used for people bearing the ...
(1767–1817), and a sister, Stana (born 1773). His mother remarried Theodore Mihailović (died 1802), at Dobrinje in the district of
Užice
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, they had three sons:
Miloš, Jovan (1786–1850) and
Jevrem (1790–1856).
When Milan died, Miloš adopted the surname Obrenović.
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1770 births
1810 deaths
Serbian revolutionaries
People of the First Serbian Uprising
Serbian military leaders
19th-century Serbian people
Burials at Serbian Orthodox monasteries and churches