Simeon "Sima" Nenadović ( sr-cyr, Сима Ненадовић; 1793 – 1815) was a

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''voivode'' (military commander) in the

Second Serbian Uprising The Second Serbian Uprising ( / ''Drugi srpski ustanak'', ) was the second phase of the Serbian Revolution against the Ottoman Empire, which erupted shortly after the re-annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire in 1813. The occupation was ...

of the

Serbian revolution The Serbian Revolution ( / ') was a national uprising and constitutional change in Serbia that took place between 1804 and 1835, during which this territory evolved from an Sanjak of Smederevo, Ottoman province into a Revolutionary Serbia, reb ...

. He was part of the

Nenadović family Nenadović (Cyrillic script: Ненадовић) is a Serbian surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined wi ...

, among which was his brother Prota Mateja, the first Serbian Prime Minister, his father

Aleksa Nenadović Aleksa Nenadović (1749 Brankovina, Sanjak of Smederevo — 4 February 1804, Valjevo, Sanjak of Smederevo) was ober knyaz of Tamnava—Posavina district of Valjevo nahiyah of the Belgrade Pashaluk. Family Aleksa Nenadović was a member of the ...

(1749–1804), his nephew

Ljubomir Nenadović Ljubomir Nenadović (14 September 1826 – 21 January 1895) was a Serbian writer, poet, translator, diplomat, minister of education and member of the Serbian Royal Academy. Family Ljubomir was born in Brankovina, Valjevo, Principality of Serbi ...

, and his uncle

Jakov Nenadović Jakov Nenadović ( sr-cyr, Јаков Ненадовић; 1765–1836) was a Serbian voivode and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Serbia, prime minister of Serbia from 31 December 1810 to 22 January 1811. He was the first Serbian in ...

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Simeon Nenadović "Sima" was born in 1793, in Brankovina. His father was ''knez''

, and his mother's name was Jovanka. The renegade

janissaries A janissary (, , ) was a member of the elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman sultan's household troops. They were the first modern standing army, and perhaps the first infantry force in the world to be equipped with firearms, adopted du ...

, known as ''dahia'', took control of the Smederevan Sanjak in 1802, after murdering Vizier

Hadži Mustafa Pasha Hadji Mustafa Pasha (, Хаџи Мустафа-паша, ; 1733 – 27 December 1801) was an Ottoman commander and politician of Greek Muslim origin who lived in Sanjak of Smederevo (in modern-day Serbia). He fought in the Austro-Turkish War (178 ...

. The four leaders divided the Sanjak, ruling as dictators, also removing the rights granted by Sultan Selim III. In 1804, the janissaries executed more than 70 prominent Serb nobles, among which were Aleksa (Sima's father), and

Ilija Birčanin Ilija Birčanin ( sr-cyr, Илија Бирчанин; 12 August 1764 – 4 January 1804) was a Serbian '' knez'' (Prince) who was killed during the '' Slaughter of the Dukes'', the incident that sparked the First Serbian Uprising of the Serbian R ...

. Sima finished ''Velika škola Ivana Jugovića'' -- the

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-- in

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, and military school in

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. The ''slaughter of the dukes'' triggered the

First Serbian Uprising The First Serbian Uprising (; sr-Cyrl, Први српски устанак; ) was an uprising of Serbs in Orašac (Aranđelovac), Orašac against the Ottoman Empire from 14 February 1804 to 7 October 1813. The uprising began as a local revolt ...

.Leopold von Ranke
"History of Servia and the Servian Revolution"
p. 119-120 Karadjordje was elected as leader. Sima's uncle,

, was one of the most distinguished revolutionary commanders, and the first Serbian

Minister of Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

(1811–1813). His older brother,

Mateja Mateja () is a given name, variant of the Greek given name ''Mathias'' ( Matthew). In Serbian, it's a masculine name, while in Croatian and Slovene, it's a feminine name. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Mateja Andrlić (born 199 ...

, known as ''Prota Mateja'', was an Orthodox archpriest and the first Serbian Prime Minister. Sima did only participate in the last year of the Uprising, in the battles on the

Drina The Drina ( sr-Cyrl, Дрина, ) is a long river in the Balkans, which forms a large portion of the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It is the longest tributary of the Sava River and the longest karst river in the Dinaric Al ...

(1813). With the suppression of the revolt by the Ottomans, Sima fled Serbia and helped his brother Mateja in his diplomatic missions (1814–15). He returned to Serbia, immediately with the outbreak of the

(1815). He became a ''voivode'' of the

Valjevo Valjevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Ваљево, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Kolubara District in western Serbia. According to the 2022 census, the city itself has a population of 56,145 while the city admini ...

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. He died in combat against the Ottomans at Dublje, during the on 26 July 1815, at the age of 22.

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* * Velibor Berko Savić, Nenadovići, Valjevo 2004 {{DEFAULTSORT:Nenadovic, Sima 1793 births 1815 deaths 19th-century Serbian nobility

Sima Sima or SIMA may refer to: People * Sima (Chinese surname) * Sima (Persian given name), a Persian feminine name in use in Iran and Turkey * Sima (Indian given name), an Indian feminine name used in South Asia * Sima (surname) * Sima (born 1 ...

Military personnel from Valjevo People of the First Serbian Uprising People of the Second Serbian Uprising Serbian military leaders Serbian military personnel killed in action Serbian revolutionaries

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