Vikentije Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Викентије Јовановић; 1689 – 6 June 1737) was the
Serbian Orthodox
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Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci from 1731 to 1737, as Vikentije II. During his diplomatic mission in Vienna in 1734, he was given permission by Emperor
Charles VI to establish a
hussar
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regiment constituted solely of Serbs and Croats. It was officially named ''Illyrian-Rascian regiment'' and inaugurated on 16 June 1735 in a grand ceremony officiated by Vikentije. The ceremony took place outside
Budim where the banners which were used symbolized his importance in the
Austrian Empire
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, but also the dual symbolism of East and West; dual coats of arms on their spears, two languages in their inscriptions (
Church Slavonic
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and Latin), and the use of Eastern iconography and Western emblematic imagery. Vikentije's hussars went on to fight in the Austro-Russian–Turkish War (1735–1739).
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Metropolitanate of Karlovci
The Metropolitanate of Karlovci () was a metropolitanate of the Eastern Orthodox Church that existed in the Habsburg monarchy between 1708 and 1848. Between 1708 and 1713, it was known as the Metropolitanate of Krušedol Monastery, Krušedol, ...
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List of heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church
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1698 births
1737 deaths
18th-century Eastern Orthodox bishops
18th-century Serbian people
Metropolitans of Belgrade
Metropolitans of Karlovci
Serbian military leaders
People from the Habsburg monarchy
People from Szentendre
Vojvodina under Habsburg rule
Hussars
Serbs of Hungary
Habsburg Serbs