Preradović ( sr-cyr, Прерадовић) is a Serbian surname, derived from ''Prerad''. The surname is traditionally widespread in territories of the historical
Military Frontier. At least 100 individuals with the surname died at the
Jasenovac concentration camp. It may refer to:
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Petar Preradović (1818–1872), Austro-Hungarian general
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Paula von Preradović (1887–1951), Austrian poet
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Rajko Depreradović Rajko Depreradović also spelled Rajko Preradović (c. 1710 – after 1764) 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 Chr ...
(c. 1700 – after 1764) was a Serbian leader of colonists who settled the
Donbas
The Donbas or Donbass (, ; uk, Донба́с ; russian: Донба́сс ) is a historical, cultural, and economic region in eastern Ukraine. Parts of the Donbas are controlled by Russian separatist groups as a result of the Russo-Ukrai ...
region in 1752. He is the father of Nikolay and Leontii.
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Nikolay Depreradovich
Nikolai Ivanovich Depreradovich (russian: Депрерадович, Николай Иванович; sr, Никола Прерадовић; Novorossiya, Imperial Russia, 23 October 1767 – St. Peterburg, Imperial Russia, 16 December 1843) was o ...
(1767–1843) one of the most decorated Russian Generals who fought against Napoleonic France.
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Leontii Depreradovich (1766-1844) also fought against Napoleonic France with distinction.
Families
The Preradović hail from
Old Serbia
Old Serbia ( sr, Стара Србија, Stara Srbija) 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 S ...
, from where they settled the
Kingdom of Hungary.
Jovan Preradović from
Bačka received Hungarian noble status in 1626.
The nobility status was confirmed in 1667 for Jovan's son, Ivan.
A Preradović family moved from
Počitelj 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 ...
to Donja Krajina (modern
Bjelovar-Križevci County) in 1750.
[ Lieutenant Rajko Preradović from Bačka brought Serbs from Potisje to Russia in 1751.]
See also
*Preradović Square, Zagreb
References
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Serbian surnames