Novica Cerović

Novica Cerović (Serbian Cyrillic: Новица Цepoвић; 1805-1895) was a Montenegrin vojvoda (duke) of the Drobnjak clan,[1] who is noted as having defeated and killed a local Ottoman tyrant, Smail-aga Čengić, on the auspices of Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, the Prince-Bishop of Montenegro. He later became a senator in the Montenegrin government.

Novica Cerović
Novica Cerović by Ferdo Quiquerez, 1889
Born27.10.1805
Tušina
Died1895 (aged 89–90)
Tušina
NationalityMontenegrin

Life

Cerović was born in Tušina, a village near Šavnik in the Drobnjaci clan, then part of the Ottoman Empire (today in Montenegro). His most noted act was leading a successful assault to kill local Ottoman tyrant Smail-aga Čengić under the auspices of Petar II Petrović-Njegoš[2] thereby freeing parts of Herzegovina from the Ottoman Empire and joining them to the Principality of Montenegro.

Legacy

His heroism and the death of Smail-aga Čengić was the theme of Ivan Mažuranić's poem Smrt Smail-age Čengića, an epic poem celebrating the struggle for freedom.

There is a tower in Tušina named after him (the Tower of Duke Novica Cerović).

See also

References
  1. Istorijski institut Crne Gore, Višetomna istorija Crne Gore, knjiga 3, str. 194
  2. Zulfikarpašić, Adil (1998). The Bosniak. Milovan Djilas. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. p. 7. ISBN 1-85065-339-9.


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