Panta Lunjevica

Panta Lunjevica (Serbian Cyrillic: Панта Луњевица; 1840–1887) was a Serbian higher administrative officer,[1] the chief (načelnik) of the Šabac district (srez or okrug),[2] at one point also of the Belgrade district.[3] He was educated,[4] formerly working as a military officer and policeman.[5] He was a loyal to the Obrenović dynasty and a liberal.[2] Panta was the son of Nikola Lunjevica (1776–1842), a commander (vojvoda) of the Serbian Revolution[4] and close comrade of Prince Miloš. With his mother Đurđija,[6] Panta renovated the Vujan Monastery in 1858, which had earlier been renovated by his father in 1800.[7] He founded the library in Aranđelovac.[5] With his wife Anđelija Koljević, he had seven children; two sons, Nikola and Nikodije, and five daughters, Hristina, Đina, Ana, Draga and Vojka. Draga was the Queen consort of Serbia (1900–1903) as the wife of King Aleksandar Obrenović.

References
  1. Schreiber 1971, p. 219.
  2. Jovanović 1926, p. 206.
  3. Stoimirović 1971, p. 199.
  4. Malenić 1901, p. 111.
  5. Gavrilo Kovijanić (1986). Tragom čitališta u Srbiji. Narodna knjiga. p. 150.
  6. Српско учено друштво (1872). Гласник Српскога ученог друштва ... pp. 305–.
  7. Nikola Čupić (1937). Godišnjica Nikole Čupića. 46. Štampa Državne štamparije Kraljevine Jugoslavije. p. 103. Никола Луњевица 1800 године, а обновио ју је његов син и наследник Панта Луњевица са матером својом 1858.') „Док су Турци у Србији владали многи су босански бегови по њој надгледали и оправљали чесме и ћуприје које су ...

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