Bobova is a village in the municipality of Valjevo, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 391 people.[Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. ]
History
The prince
Jovan Simić Bobovac was born in Bobova on 17. August 1775 (died on 26 July 1832). He was a
Knyaz (prince), firstly appointed president of the Serbian Supreme Court, politician and participant of the First (1804) and Second Serbian Uprising (1815) against the Turks in the occupied Serbia. One of the closest collaborators of the souvereign prince of Serbia – Miloš Obrenović.
