Nikola Grbović (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Грбовић; fl. 1793–1806) was a Serbian obor-knez of the Kolubara knežina of the Valjevo nahija in the Sanjak of Smederevo, who later became a Serbian Revolutionary.[1] He was born in Mratišić.[1] He was active in the formation of the district and the Ottoman Serb civil army from 1793–94 to 1796, and took part in the operations against Janissary leader Osman Pazvantoğlu.[1] At the end of November 1797 obor-knezes Aleksa Nenadović, Ilija Birčanin and Nikola Grbović from Valjevo brought their forces to Belgrade and forced the besieging janissary forces to retreat to Smederevo.[2][3] He participated since the outbreak of the First Serbian Uprising, organizing a detachment of his knežina together with his son Milovan.[1] He was a rebel delegate in the talks with Bekir Pasha in 1804.[1] He participated in the liberation of Valjevo and in the first fights around Belgrade.[1]
Nikola Grbović's sons Stevan, Milovan, Radovan and grandson Luka (Radovan's son) participated in the First and the Second Serbian Uprising.[4]
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- Petrovich, Michael Boro (1976). A history of modern Serbia, 1804-1918. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. ISBN 978-0-15-140950-1.
- Ranke, Leopold von (1847). History of Servia, and the Servian Revolution: From Original Mss. and Documents. J. Murray.
See also
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edit- ^ a b c d e f Stojšić 1926.
- ^ Filipović, Stanoje R. (1982). Podrinsko-kolubarski region. RNIRO "Glas Podrinja". p. 60.
Ваљевски кнезови Алекса Ненадовић, Илија Бирчанин и Никола Грбовић довели су своју војску у Београд и учествовали у оштрој борби са јаничарима који су се побеђени повукли.
- ^ Ćorović 2001.
- ^ Nenadović, Konstantin N. (1884). Život i dela velikog Dorda Petrovića KaraDorda Vrhovnog Vožda, oslobodioca i Vladara Srbije i život njegovi Vojvoda i junaka: Kao gradivo za Srbsku Istoriju od godine 1804 do 1813 i na dalje.
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edit- Ćorović, Vladimir (2001) [1997]. Историја српског народа (in Serbian). Belgrade: Јанус.
- Stojšić, I (1926). "Једна заборављена породица". Наша нахија (алманах). Београд: 62–76.