Mlatišuma
Mlatišuma | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Staniša Marković |
| Nickname(s) | Mlatišuma |
| Born | 1664 Vražegrmci, Bjelopavlići, Ottoman Empire (modern Montenegro) |
| Died | 1740 |
| Allegiance | Habsburg monarchy |
| Years of service | 1716–1740 |
| Rank | obercapitain |
| Unit | Serbian Militia (1718–46) |
| Battles / wars | |
Staniša Marković (Serbian Cyrillic: Станиша Марковић; 1664–1740), known as Mlatišuma (Млатишума), was a Habsburg Serbian obercapitain of Kragujevac. He had joined the Austrians in the Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18, and after the victorious war and occupation of central Serbia (the Kingdom of Serbia) he was given the rank of Obercapitain, governing Kragujevac, and commanding the Serbian Militia (1718–46) alongside Vuk Isaković. In peace-time, he was sent to what is today Montenegro to incite an anti-Ottoman rebellion; a short-lived uprising broke out in which his personal unit participated. In 1734–35 he founded the Drača Monastery in Kragujevac. When the Austro-Russian–Turkish War (1735–39) broke out, Serbs were mobilized and Mlatišuma led forces in numerous campaigns. He is regarded as a hero and enumerated in Serbian epic poetry.