Atanasije "Tanasije" Čarapić or Atanasije "Tanasko" Čarapić (Serbian: Танасије Чарапић; 1770 – 1810) was the
Voivode or Duke of Gročka
Nahiya (Duke of the Principality of Gročka ''Nahiya'' since 1806, the height of the
Serbian Revolution.
The were among the first to join
Karađorđe against the
dahijas.
Biography
Tanasije Čarapić, the younger brother of Duke
Vasa Čarapić, came originally from
Beli Potok near
Avala. He was killed in the battle of
Prahovo in 1810.
His wife was Ivana (cousin of
Karađorđe's wife Jelena), who had sons Đorđe and Marko, and daughters Jeka (married in
Boleč), Marta (married in
Ivanča
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), Đurđija and Petrija (married in
Ripanj). Tanasije Čarapić had a house in Belgrade's
Dorćol district, below Pirinčana, the ruins of a palace once belonging to an Austrian commander of Belgrade in the 18th century named "Palace of Prince Evgenije" (
Duke Alexander of Wüttemberg) in today's Dušanova Street, which was then the main street in
Čaršija
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.
The tomb of Atanasije Čarapić is located near the Serbian Orthodox Church of
Poreč, the old name for
Donji Milanovac.
Sources
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Milan Đ. Milićević
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, ''Pomenik znamenitih ljudi u srpskog narodu novijega doba,'' Vol 1 (Belgrade, 1888)
* Milan Đ. Milićević,''Kneževina Srbija'' (Belgrade, 1878)
See also
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List of Serbian Revolutionaries
This is a list of Serbian Revolutionaries, participants in the Serbian Revolution (1804–1817).
See also
* Serbian revolutionary organizations
References
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People of the First Serbian Uprising
Serbian revolutionaries
19th-century Serbian people
Serbian military personnel killed in action
1770 births
1810 deaths