The Vojnović family (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet (, ), also known as the Serbian script, (, ), is a standardized variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language. It originated in medieval Serbia and was significantly reformed in the 19th cen ...

: Војновић, Vojnovići / Војновићи) or Vojinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Војиновић, Vojinovići / Војиновићи), was a

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noble family Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy (class), aristocracy. It is normally appointed by and ranked immediately below Royal family, royalty. Nobility has often been an Estates of the realm, estate of the rea ...

in the

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and

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active in the 18th and early 19th century, serving the

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and

Republic of Ragusa The Republic of Ragusa, or the Republic of Dubrovnik, was an maritime republics, aristocratic maritime republic centered on the city of Dubrovnik (''Ragusa'' in Italian and Latin; ''Raguxa'' in Venetian) in South Dalmatia (today in southernmost ...

. They were very prominent politicians, intellectuals, soldiers, maritime captains and merchants in history of Dalmatia. The family tree can be reached back to 1536. According to tradition, the family descended from Vojin, the grandson of Serbian king

Stefan Dečanski Stefan Uroš III, , known as Stefan of Dečani ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Дечански, Stefan Dečanski, ( – 11 November 1331), was King of Serbia from 6 January 1322 to 8 September 1331. Dečanski was the son of King Stefan Milutin (). He ...

(r. 1321–32). The family moved to the

from

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in 1692, fleeing Ottoman terror, settling in

Herceg Novi Herceg Novi (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Херцег Нови, ) is a town in Coastal Montenegro, Coastal region of Montenegro located at the Western entrance to the Bay of Kotor and at the foot of Mount Orjen. It is the administrative center of ...

, which was taken over by the

after the 1689–92 battles of the

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. The Republic of Venice recognized their nobility status and coat of arms after 1771, Austria in 1815 (along with other para-nobility of Dalmatia and the Bay of Kotor). Upon receiving noble status, the family adopted the coat of arms of Serbian magnate

Nikola Altomanović Nikola Altomanović ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Алтомановић; died after 1395) was a 14th-century Serbian župan of the House of Vojinović. He ruled the areas from Rudnik, over Polimlje, Podrinje, east Herzegovina with Trebinje, reach ...

( 1359–76) as displayed in the ''Il regno di Slavi'' of

Mavro Orbini Mavro Orbini (1563–1614) was a Ragusan chronicler, notable for his work '' The Realm of the Slavs'' (1601) which influenced Slavic ideology and historiography in the later centuries. Life Orbini was born in Ragusa (now Dubrovnik), the capital ...

(1563–1614). From the end of the 17th- to the 19th-century members of the family emigrated to Austria, Italy, Hungary and Russia.

Marko Vojnović Count Marko Ivanovich Voinovich (, ; 1750–1807) was an Admiral of the Russian Imperial Navy, one of the founders of the Black Sea Fleet.

(1732–1807) founded the Black Sea Fleet of the

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. Jovan V. Vojnović (

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1772–82) was a Russian admiral and general consul in the Greek archipelago. Aleksandar V. Vojnović was a Russian cavalry general.

Family tree

*Vujo Vojinović **Miloš Vujov Serdarević **Jovan Vujov Vojnović, progenitor of the Herceg Novi Vojnović ***Pavle Jovanov Vojnović ***brothers Jovan Vojnović, Vojin Vojnović, Dimitrije Vojnović of

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**** Marko Jovanov Vojnović of

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***Vasilije (Vasilj) Jovanov Vojnović (married Ana Magazinović) **** Jovan (Ivan) Vasiljević Vojnović ****Đorđe Vasiljević Vojnović (married Cassandra Angeli Radovani) *****Jovan Đorđev Vojnović (married Katarina Gojković) ****** Đorđe Jovanov Vojnović (married an unknown member of the Martinelli clan) *******Dušan Đorđev Vojnović *******Ljubica Vojnović (married an unknown member of the Mirković clan) *******Darinka Vojnović (married an unknown member of the Gojković clan) ****** Konstantin (Kosta) Jovanov Vojnović (married Maria Serragli) ******* Ivo Konstantinov Vojnović ******* Lujo Konstantinov Vojnović (married Tinka Kopač) ********Marija (Marica) Lujov Vojnović (married an unknown member of the Schidlof clan) *********Ivan Schidlof ********Xenia Vojnović (not married) *******Eugenija Vojnović (married Charles Loiseau) ********Frédéric-Jean Loiseau *********Geneviève Loiseau (married René Carlier) *********Christiane Loiseau (married André Bommeler) ********Ivan Loiseau (married Jeanne-Marie Pavie) ********Kostia Loiseau ********Marie-Hélène Loiseau (married François Jager) *********François Jager (married Bernadette Lefebure) *********Henriette Jager (married Emmanuel Lescure) *********Kostia Jager (married Marie Seichepine) *********Hélène Jager (married Mériadec Lescure) **********Jérôme Lescure - 1960 **********Patricia Lescure - 1962 (married Xavier d'Esquerre) ***********Séverine d'Esquerre -1988 (married Jean-Baptiste du Tremolet de Lacheisserie) ************Constantin du Tremolet de Lacheisserie- 2014 ************Paul du Tremolet de Lacheisserie - 2016 ***********Anne-France d'Esquerre-1991 ***********Matthieu d'Esquerre-1991 ***********Arnaud d'Esquerre - 1996 ***********Louis d'Esquerre -2001 ***********Alexandre d'Esquerre - 2003 **********Benoit Lescure **********François Lescure **********Nicolas Lescure - 1970 **********Catherine Lescure *******Kristina Vojnović *******Katica Vojnović ****Aleksandar Vasiljević Vojnović ****Dmitar Vasiljević Vojnović *****Nikola Vojnović

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vojnović Serbian noble families Bay of Kotor History of Dalmatia Ragusan noble families Republic of Venice families