Krsto Zmajević (May 21, 1620— 1688), also known as Krile, was a captain and merchant in his home-town of

Perast Perast () is a town in Coastal Montenegro, Coastal region of Montenegro. It is situated a few kilometres northwest of Kotor and is noted for its proximity to the islets of Sveti Đorđe Island, St. George and Our Lady of the Rocks. History Acc ...

. He was the brother of

Andrija Zmajević Andrija Zmajević ( cyrl, Андрија Змајевић; 6 June 1628 - 7 September 1694) was a Baroque poet, Archbishop of Antivari, and Catholic theologian. Biography The Zmajević family hailed from Vrba, a village from the region of the N ...

Life

Zmajević was born in Perast, in the

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, at the time part of the

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(now

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) on 3 May 1640. The Zmajević family hailed from

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; when the last members of the Crnojević family left

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, Nikola Zmajević and his cousins Ivaniš and Vučeta moved to

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. Becoming appealed and somewhat wealthy, the family quickly converted from Orthodoxy in favour of

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,Ljetopis Crkovni, Mato Pižurica with the three marrying Catholic girls and having their children baptized in the Latin Rite. Andrija's father was Nikola Milutin Zmajević. After Andrija's birth in 1628, soon came Andrija's brothers, Ivan and Krsto. Krsto Zmajević would become a very famous person, on more than one occasion as the Captain of

. Andrija remained very akin towards his family origin throughout his life. In 1671 he was elected the town captain of Perast, entrusted with the military and administrative authority of the town. In 1675, he was sent to expel the pirates in

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who had sacked throughout the

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, for which he was awarded a golden necklace by the Senate. He became the caretaker of an Ottoman general's daughter, which later became the cause of the Zmajević- Bujović family feud. In 1679 he was elected town captain for the second time, in a period when Perast saw an expansion in defence against the Ottomans and pirates. His son, Vicko, was the later

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became the admiral of the Russian Navy.Hrvatska enciklopedija
, Zmajević

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Krsto Zmajevic 1620 births 1688 deaths Italian people of Montenegrin descent Republic of Venice military personnel People from Perast Venetian period in the history of Montenegro Republic of Venice merchants Venetian Slavs 17th-century Italian businesspeople