Nikola Nikolajević (Cyrillic Serbian: Никола Николајевић; 1780-after 1842) was one of four leaders (along with

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and

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) of the

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in the first Serbian insurrection. His son Konstantin Nikolajević (1821-1877) was married to Poleksija Karađorđević, daughter of Aleksandar Karađorđević and sister of King

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. Nikola Nikolajević was a scholarship

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ist of Metropolitan Stevan Stratimirović of Karlovci, where he graduated from the seminary. He moved to

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in 1805 and worked as a teacher in

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in the municipality of

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, then the

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principality of the

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'', where he and his wife Makra were born. After the

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, he was in the service of Prince Miloš, as the manager of the financial department (''aznadar''). He died in a hunt in 1821. It is presumed that he was killed on the order of Prince

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, because he was involved in events in which, among other things, Princess

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killed Miloš's famous mistress Petrija, thinking that the prince would marry her.

Literature

* Dragoslav Janković, "Srpska Država Prvog Ustanka'', Nolit, 1984. * * "Obrenovići i Muzejskim i drugim zbirkama Srbije i Evreope IV", ''Muzej Rudničkog-Takovskog Kraja,''

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, 2016.Obrenovići i Muzejskim i drugim zbirkama Srbije i Evreope IV
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nikolajevic, Nikola Serbian revolutionaries 1780 births 1821 deaths

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