The Drekalovići ( cyrl, Дрекаловићи; ) are a historical union of brotherhoods of
Kuči.
Their patron saint (
slava) is
St. Nicholas (Nikoljdan), the old tradition of Orthodox Serbs.
They were part of a wave of settlement in the mid 16th century in the area of Kuči, and came to form an important part of it. Unlike the brotherhoods that form Old Kuči (the families that already lived in the area before their arrival) the Drekalovići all claim ancestry from a single ancestor,
Drekale after whom they are named.
Originally, a
Catholic
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brotherhood, they gradually became Orthodox, in particular after the conversion of their leader
Lale Drekalov }; ) was a vojvoda of the Kuči tribe in eastern Montenegro in the first half of the 17th century.
Life
His father was Drekale and his mother was the daughter of a vojvoda of Old Kuči. He had a brother, Nikola who died with his father in a ra ...
in the 17th century when
Rufim Njeguš
Rufim Njeguš ( sr-Cyrl, Руфим Његуш; 1594–1631) was the Metropolitan of Cetinje between 1594 and 1636. He succeeded the Metropolitan duo of Nikanor and Stevan (s. 1591–93). Rufim Njeguš and Metropolitan Visarion, Metropolitan of H ...
was
Metropolitan of Cetinje.
[Ivan Jovović, 2013, Dvooltarske crkve na crnogorskom primorju, https://www.maticacrnogorska.me/files/53/06%20ivan%20jovovic.pdf #page= 69] The Drekalovići do not marry within Kuči, and historically form no marriage with a part of
Kastrati, which according to Edith Durham trace descent from emigrants from Drekalovići.
Notable people
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Drekale
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Lale Drekalov }; ) was a vojvoda of the Kuči tribe in eastern Montenegro in the first half of the 17th century.
Life
His father was Drekale and his mother was the daughter of a vojvoda of Old Kuči. He had a brother, Nikola who died with his father in a ra ...
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Iliko Lalev
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Radonja Petrović
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Marko Miljanov Popović
References
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Kuči