- Maleševci
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Maleševci Ethnicity Serbian Current region Montenegro and Republika Srpska Information Place of origin Old Herzegovina Notable members Jefto Dedijer
Petar Kočić
Vladimir ŠipčićTraditions Slava of St. Ignatius Estate Maline (medieval) Name origin and meaning derived from the name of founder Duke Males Maleševci (Малешевци) is a medieval Serb clan[1] located originally in Old Herzegovina, today's western Montenegro. Of Aromanian[2] descent the tribe originated from Vojvoda Maleš who fought in the Battle of Kosovo in 1389 and lived in the area of today's Eastern Herzegovina between Trebinje and Bileca (with his fort in Maline village). His domain was greater Bileca area, including Ravno Mountain, canyon of Ljubotinja, and Dobricevo Monastery. First mention of the clan dates from a 14th century Ragusan document (written on January 14th, 1374 and addressing "de Malleseva" clan). Malesevci clan traded with the Republic of Ragusa (today's Dubrovnik) and protected their caravans. They absorbed the Katuns of the Pokrajčići in 1403, Punoševići in 1402 and Repoševići in 1431.[1] The patron saint protector of the Maleševci clan is St. Ignatius which is the best way they distinguish their ancestry and relatives from the others as through the centuries they have dispersed far and wide by losing their homogeneous tribal organization and becoming an ancestral clan with offspring coming under different tribal rule (Rudine, Piva).[1]
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Family Descendants
Family descendants of the Maleševci clan are: Aleksić, Banović, Bogdanović, Božić, Veletić, Vitomir, Vidojević, Vujičić, Vuković,Vučković, Gojko, Gruić, Dedijer, Dragutinović, Drakul, Dubovina, Duda, Durić, Đerić, Đokić, Đukić, Đurović, Ilić, Janković, Jaramaz, Kalem, Kalajdžić, Komljenović, Kovačević, Kočić, Krajinović, Krnja, Laičević, Majdov, Mandić, Matić, Maričić, Milaković, Milović, Mirjanić, Nikolić, Novoselac, Obradović, Ogrizović, Pajić, Pantić, Paspalj, Pelkić, Perišić, Petrović, Radović, Radulović, Simić, Sjeran, Skender, Spasojević, Srna, Stajić, Stanišić, Stanković, Stojić, Supeta, Tanić, Tegarić, Timotijević, Ćorović, Filipović, Cvijanović, Čakarević, Čustić, Šipčić, and Šupić
Notable members of the clan
- Jefto Dedijer - Serbian Anthropologist
- Vladimir Dedijer - Tito's Biographer and historian
- Stevan Dedijer - Scientist
- Petar Kočić - Writer
- Vladimir Šipčić - The last member of the Chetniks in Yugoslavia-killed 1957
- Novak Mandić Studo-Historian
- Jovan Maleševac-Monk
- Milan Aleksić - Water polo player
References
- ^ a b c http://www.malesevci.rs/
- ^ Grandits, Hannes (2008-05-09). Herrschaft und Loyalität in der spätosmanischen Gesellschaft: das Beispiel der multikonfessionellen Herzegowina. Böhlau Verlag Wien. p. 138. ISBN 9783205778028. http://books.google.com/books?id=cPcvUev25p4C&pg=PA138. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
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