Nikola Skobaljić

Nikola Skobaljić
Born	Nikola Skobaljić
Died	16.11.1454
Title	voivode of Dubočica
Religion	Serbian Orthodox Christianity

Nikola Skobaljić (Serbian: Никола Скобаљић ; 1430-16.11.1454) was a mid 15th-century Serbian voivode (Vojvoda) who ruled a region around Leskovac, Southern Serbia, during the rule of Đurađ Branković (r. 1427 — 1456). He came from Dubočica, and was seated at Zelen Grad (Skobaljić Grad).

After Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II had conquered Constantinople, he turned to conquer the Serbian Despotate,^[1] a division of the Serbian Army was at Dubočica, led by Nikola, the other was arond Sitnica. He fought at the Battle of Kruševac and Battle of Leskovac in September 24, 1454, and Battle of Trepalje against Ottoman Empire. The first two battles resulted in a decisive Serbian victory.^[2] He was defeated on November 16th, 1454, taken prisoner and impaled alive with his uncle^[3] by the Ottoman Turks.^[4]

Government offices
Preceded by Jug Bogdan	Duke of Zelen-Grad under Đurađ Branković fl. 1454	Succeeded by under Stefan Branković

See also

• Nikola Skobaljic street, in Leskovac
• Nikola Skobaljic schools, in Leskovac

References

1. ^ http://www.rastko.rs/kosovo/istorija/kosovo_chronicles/kc_part1b.html
2. ^ Babinger, Franz, William C. Hickman and Ralph Manheim, Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time, Princeton University Press, 1978.
3. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=yjxpAAAAMAAJ&q=nikola+skobalic
4. ^ Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time:page 110

Sources

• М. Вукићевић: Никола Скобаљић, Дело 1894.
• Сергије Димитријевић: Борба с Турцима под Скобаљићем, историја и предање, Лесковац 1951.
• Др Живан Стојковић, Др Слободанка Стојичић, Хранислав Ракић: Историја Лесковца, Београд 1992.