Stanislav Popov Radonjić ( sr-cyr, Станислав Радоњић) or Staniša Stanišić (Станиша Станишић); 1690 – 17 March 1758), known as Stano (Стано), was a '' vojvoda'', '' serdar'' and the first ''

guvernadur The title of guvernadur ("governor", Ital. ''governatore'') was used by the Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro, initially as the diplomatic office between Montenegro and the Republic of Venice, and later evolved into the counterpart to the Metropol ...

'' (governor) of the

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from 1756 until he died in 1758, serving Metropolitan

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Life

He was born in

Njeguši Njeguši ( cnr, Његуши) is a village in the Cetinje Municipality of southern Montenegro, located on the slopes of Mount Lovćen Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest. Mount or Mounts may also ref ...

Old Montenegro Old Montenegro ( sr, Стара Црна Гора, Stara Crna Gora), also known as Montenegro proper ( sr, Права Црна Гора, Prava Crna Gora), or True Montenegro ( sr, Истинска Црна Гора, Istinska Crna Gora), is a ...

. His father was the priest and serdar Vukolaj, while his grandfather and namesake was serdar Staniša Radonjić "Stano". He was elected by the Montenegrin ''

zbor The Yugoslav National Movement ( sh, Jugoslavenski narodni pokret / Југословенски народни покрет), also known as the United Militant Labour Organization (''Združena borbena organizacija rada'' / ''Здружена бор ...

'' in

Cetinje Cetinje (, ) is a town in Montenegro. It is the former royal capital (''prijestonica'' / приjестоница) of Montenegro and is the location of several national institutions, including the official residence of the president of Montenegr ...

following the victory against the Ottomans at Bijele Poljane, where he killed their commander, Ahmet-paša. The diploma that confirmed his title as gubernadur appears: "Did wonders in the battlefield – Bijele poljane". He died in

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

and was buried with great honor by the Russian court in a tomb bearing the family

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. After his death, his eldest son Vukajlo Radonjić (1758–1764) succeeded him as guvernadur, succeeded in turn by his younger brother Jovan Radonjić (1764–1802) and Jovan's son

Vukolaj Radonjić Vukolaj Radonjić ( sr-cyr, Вуколај Радоњић, 1765 – 29 May 1832) was the last Montenegrin '' guvernadur''. Biography His training was completed in the noble Academy in Shklow ( Belarus) in 1778, where he gained the title of kava ...

(1804–1832).

Diplomacy with Russia

During his stay as Metropolitan Vasilija's escort in

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and

, Radonjic received an allowance of 100 rubles per month from the Russian government, while the other heads of the Metropolitan escort received only 50. This implies that the Russian government considered him more important than the others."Guvernadurs in Montenegro 1711-1832" -Risto J. Dragicevic- Cetinje i Crna Gora, 1927. As the mandator of the Montenegrin people, Bishop Vasilije traveled to

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in June 1752. Accompanying him to

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was serdar Stanislav Radonjic. He received a courtesy audience with Empress

Maria Theresa Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina (german: Maria Theresia; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position '' suo jure'' (in her own right) ...

. Seen off with gifts and

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, Stano visited

Pope Benedict XIV Pope Benedict XIV ( la, Benedictus XIV; it, Benedetto XIV; 31 March 1675 – 3 May 1758), born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 17 August 1740 to his death in May 1758. Pope Be ...

(1740–1758), seeking assistance in an amount of 50,000 SCA for reconstruction and maintenance of

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on the territory from

Kotor Kotor ( Montenegrin Cyrillic: Котор, ), historically known as Cattaro (from Italian: ), is a coastal town in Montenegro. It is located in a secluded part of the Bay of Kotor. The city has a population of 13,510 and is the administrativ ...

Venetian Albania Venetian Albania ( vec, Albania vèneta, it, Albania Veneta, Serbian and Montenegrin: Млетачка Албанија / ''Mletačka Albanija'', ) was the official term for several possessions of the Republic of Venice in the southeastern Adri ...

, which was then under the religious authority of Cetinje mitropholy.

Annotations

*Name: Stanislav Vukolajev Radonjić

References

External links

Radonjic coat of arms
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