User talk:Zoupan/Vuk Isaković

Vuk Isaković (Вук Исаковић; fl. 1696-1759) was a Serb military commander in Austrian service during the Austrian-Ottoman Wars.

Life
Isaković was born in 1694 or 1695 in Banoštor (Syrmia) or Crna Bara (Mačva), at the time part of the Ottoman Empire (now Serbia). His family hailed from Sredska, Kosovo. His brother was Trifun, also a commander. In seobe, Vuk's brother is a merchant named Aranđel, married to a Dafina.

The Serbs established a Hajduk army that supported the Austrians. In 1716, at 22 years of age, he participated in the Battle of Petrovaradin.

The most notable obor-kapetans were Isaković, Mlatišuma from Kragujevac and Kosta Dimitrijević from Paraćin. Apart from the obor-kapetans, other notable commanders were kapetans Keza Radivojević from Grocka and Sima Vitković from Valjevo.

In 1732

In 1738, he fought in the Austrian side against the Ottoman Empire. With his brother Trifun he commanded the hajduks who devastated Lešnica. After the war he had the rank of captain. His brother became major in Syrmia, then lieutenant colonel of the Petrovaradin regiment. He and his brother were among the main contributors for the new church and tower-bell of the Šišatovac monastery.

He entered Austrian nobility in 1739.

In 1753, when Pavle Nenadović guested at the Vrdnik Monastery, he was mentioned along with oberstleutnant Vuk Isaković. He was also mentioned in an assembly at Divša.

He died in 1759, at the age of 65, in Mitrovica. He was buried at Šišatovac, which at the time was some type of mausoleum for notable Serbs.

Ranks

 * Colonel of the Petrovaradin Regiment
 * Oberstkapitän
 * Oberstwachtmeister in 1736–42
 * Oberstleutnant in 1742–53
 * Major

Legacy
He was the inspiration for the main character, Vuk Isakovič (Вук Исакович), in the Seobe roman by Miloš Crnjanski.