Vicko Bujović (1660 – May 6, 1709) was a Venetian military commander and captain 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 ...

Life

During the

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, Bujović took command of the forces of

, offering their services, in his own name and that of the people of the city, to the

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, with whom he was deeply connected. The Venetians rewarded him well, enabling him to keep living in luxury; he built a palace and maintained a personal

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. In 1695 he assisted in an attack on

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and fought as well against

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s. Between 1694 and 1708 he was repeatedly elected a leader of the town. His palace was finished in 1694; on March 28, 1704, he was made a

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. Bujović provoked a quarrel with the Zmajević family, prominent locally, when he fled to

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with the daughter of an Ottoman agha and had a child with her out of wedlock, who had been committed to the care of

Krsto Zmajević Krsto Zmajević (May 21, 1620— 1688), also known as Krile, was a captain and merchant in his home-town of Perast. He was the brother of Andrija Zmajević. Life Zmajević was born in Perast, in the Bay of Kotor, at the time part of the Republic ...

; he spent several years in that town before returning to Perast. During her stay in Dubrovnik Agha's daughter converted to

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and took the name Jela. The two later got married, their best man being a notable painter Tripo Kokolja. On May 6, 1709, Vicko was provoked into and killed in a street fight by a member of the Stukanović family. For his involvement in the fight,

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was forced to leave Perast, eventually taking up service with the

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