Nikola Grbović

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]

Mikola Grbović's son Stevan participated in both the First and the Second Serbian Uprising.

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References
  1. Stojšić 1926.
  2. 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.
  3. Ćorović 2001.

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