Ilija Čarapić (, ), was the first

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, Serbia. He was born in 1792 in Beli Potok, near

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, and died in 1844. He was son of the Voyvode Vasa Čarapić and the

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, appointed as Voyvode or Duke of

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when he was only 18 years old after his uncle, Voyvode Tanasije Čarapić, who died in Prahovo, near

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. Vojvoda Ilija Čarapić, with his wife Stamenka Karađorđević had no children. Ilija was the stepfather of Stamenka's daughter Jelena Ristić, who married Đorđe Radojlović, the founder of the Radojlović family.ŽENE SRPSKOG USTANKA

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carapic, Ilija 1792 births 1844 deaths People from the Ottoman Empire 19th-century Serbian people People of the First Serbian Uprising Mayors of Belgrade

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