Simeon "Sima" Nenadović (; 1793 – 1815) was a Serbian voivode (military commander) in the Second Serbian Uprising of the Serbian revolution. He was part of the Nenadović family, among which was his brother Prota Mateja, the first Serbian Prime Minister, his father Aleksa Nenadović (1749–1804), his nephew Ljubomir Nenadović, and his uncle Jakov Nenadović.

Life

Simeon Nenadović "Sima" was born in 1793, in Brankovina. His father was knez Aleksa Nenadović, and his mother's name was Jovanka. The renegade janissaries, known as dahia, took control of the Smederevan Sanjak in 1802, after murdering Vizier Hadži Mustafa Pasha. The four leaders divided the Sanjak, ruling as dictators, also removing the rights granted by Sultan Selim III. In 1804, the janissaries executed more than 70 prominent Serb nobles, among which were Aleksa (Sima's father), and Ilija Birčanin. Sima finished Velika škola Ivana Jugovića -- the Grandes écoles-- in Belgrade, and military school in Vienna.

Sima Nenadović

The slaughter of the dukes triggered the First Serbian Uprising. Karadjordje was elected as leader. Sima's uncle, Jakov Nenadović, was one of the most distinguished revolutionary commanders, and the first Serbian Minister of Interior (1811–1813). His older brother, Mateja, known as Prota Mateja, was an Orthodox archpriest and the first Serbian Prime Minister.

Sima Nenadović

Sima did only participate in the last year of the Uprising, in the battles on the Drina (1813). With the suppression of the revolt by the Ottomans, Sima fled Serbia and helped his brother Mateja in his diplomatic missions (1814–15). He returned to Serbia, immediately with the outbreak of the Second Serbian Uprising (1815). He became a voivode of the Valjevo nahija. He died in combat against the Ottomans at Dublje, during the on 26 July 1815, at the age of 22.

Sima Nenadović

See also

List of Serbian Revolutionaries

Citations

General sources

Velibor Berko Savić, Nenadovići, Valjevo 2004

1793 births

1815 deaths

19th-century Serbian nobility

Sima

Military personnel from Valjevo

People of the First Serbian Uprising

People of the Second Serbian Uprising

Serbian military leaders

Serbian military personnel killed in action

Serbian revolutionaries