GRAND-DUKE MILOS OBRENOVIC

He was born in Dobrinja Village (county of Uzicka Pozega) in the house of a poor peasant Teodor Mihailovic. He took his surname from his stepbrother Milan Obrenovic, who was Duke in the First Serbian Rising, and in whose house Milos lived in Brusnica.
He took part in almost all the greatest battles in the First Serbian Rising. He distinguished himself during the subjugation of Uzice in 1807, when he was badly wounded. In Takovo in 1815 he was chosen to be a commander in chief of the second Serbian Rising and he took part in the crucial combats against the Turks: on Ljubic, Palez, in Pozarevac, Karanovac, Dubalj......
Using his diplomatic skills and using favorable international political situation Milos succeeded in getting the internal autonomy of Serbia by special "Hatiserif" (The highest Turkish State Decree) and in getting the hereditary title of Grand-Duke for his successors in 1830.
He retired from his position of Grand Duke after so-called "Turkish Constitution" in 1839. When the Diet in Saint Andrea toppled Grand-Duke Aleksandar Karadjordjevic, the position of Grand-Duke of Serbia was given back to Milos again in 1858.

DUKE MILAN OBRENOVIC

He was born in Brusnica. His parents' names were Obren and Visnja. His surname was Obrenovic after his father (Obren). By the First Serbian Rising he was a cattle-dealer. In 1804 as one of the first Karadjordje's associates he took part in conquering Rudnik together with 80 other men from Rudnik. He excelled himself in a couple of battles of the First Serbian Rising.
As the first Duke of Rudnik District, in 1809 he went to Russian Army in Rumania as a deputy. He got ill in Bucharest and after short illness he died on December 16th 1810.

DUKE AKSENTIJE LOMA

Aksentije Loma was born in Dragolje where his father Joksim Knezevic, settled just before Loma's birth. He was among the first, together with Milan Obrenovic who hurried to help Karadjordje attack Rudnik in 1804. At first he was Captain (buljubasa) and since 1811 he had been Duke of Kacer.
From all Serbian Dukes he was the one who pleaded the most for starting the Rising against Turks in 1815. He had the leading role on the first meeting in Rudovci and Vreoci. During the Second Rising he surrounded and conquered Rudnik. He was killed perfidiously in the same year.
This great hero of many combats was described by his contemporaries like this: He was tall, very strong and robust; his hair was brown, his moustaches long and thin; On the top of his head he had a long cue and he always wore a green Dolman; he weighted about 110 "okas" (one "oka" is about three pounds).

MILENTIJE PAVLOVIC

Milentije Pavlovic was born in Vrbava (Upper Gruza) in 1776. He learned how to read and write in the Monastery of Vracevsnica, where he was the monk at first, and then since 1810 he had been the prior of the monastery. He took part in the preparations of the Second Serbian Rising and he distinguished himself in the battles on Ljubic and Palez in 1815.
He ran Belgrade Metropolis from the summer of 1815 to March of 1816 when a Greek Anatangel became Metropolitan. In August of 1831,Patriarch of Constantinopole Konstantije, at the request of Milos Obrenovic himself, established him as Archbishop and Metropolitan of Belgrade. He died in Belgrade on June 11th 1833.

DUKE MILIC DRINCIC

Drincic is a great hero of the Fist and the Second Serbian Risings. He was born in Teocin village. At first he was buljubasa (a captain) at Duke Milan Obrenovic. Together they conducted the first fights against the Turks on Rudnik. Later, he became a Duke himself in the District which is now the territory of Gornji Milanovac Municipality.
He excelled himself in the battles in Cacak and Ljubic and in a battle on the Drina river. He fell gloriously in the battle on Dubalj on July 14th 1815.

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DUKE NIKOLA MILICEVIC LUNJEVICA

Nikola Milicevic was born in Lunjevica in 1767. He was nicknamed Lunjevica after his birthplace.
At the time the First Serbian Rising started he was known all over Serbia as a cattle-dealer. With his men of Takovo and Rudnik he conducted military operations at Karadjordje's time. As a very wealthy man he supported the insurrectionists giving them money for purchasing arms and ammunition as well as the other war stuffs in Austria. During 1839 he got the rank of Major and he was the Chairman of Regional Court in Rudnik. He died in 1842 and he was buried on the left side of the church of Vujan monastery.