Petar Dobrnjac

 ( 1771 Births ) 

Petar Teodorović (Петар Теодоровић; 1771–1831),

known as Petar Dobrnjac (Петар Добрњац) was a Voivode in the First Serbian Uprising. He was born in the Požarevac nahija, in the village of Dobrnje, Petrovac.

(2017). 9783465043102, Klostermann. . ISBN 9783465043102

In his youth, he was a hajduk, and later a trader in farm animals. He had a brother Stevan Dobrnjac who with Marko Todorović launched a short-lived revolt against Miloš Obrenović in 1821.

(1986). 9780930042639, Michigan Slavic Publications. . ISBN 9780930042639

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Role in the Uprising In 1804, the year of the First Serbian Uprising, he was a buljubaša, the commander of a četa (company), under Milenko Stojković. In 1805 he took part in the Battle of Ivankovac against Hafiz Pasha. On his initiative Serbs came to the idea to fortify themself in the battle which proved crucial for Serbian victory.

(2025). 9788676860678, Влада Републике Србије, Министарство рада, запошљавања и социјалне политике. . ISBN 9788676860678

(2025). 9788670253711, Historical Museum of Serbia, Gallery of the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts. . ISBN 9788670253711

Afterwards, the Governing Council- Soviet ( Правитељствујушчи совјет) awarded him the rank of bimbaša (a commander of 1000 men) and Voivode.

After the Battle of Deligrad in 1806 against Ibrahim Bushati, pasha of Scutari, he became one of the most important men in Serbia.

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See also

• List of Serbian Revolutionaries

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Further reading

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