Nikola Skobaljić

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Nikola Skobaljić
Born Nikola Skobaljić
Died 16.11.1454
Title voivode of Dubočica
Religion Serbian Orthodox Christianity

Nikola Skobaljić (Serbian: Никола Скобаљић ; 1430-16.11.1454) was a mid 15th-century Serbian voivode (Vojvoda) who ruled a region around Leskovac, Southern Serbia, during the rule of Đurađ Branković (r. 1427 — 1456). He came from Dubočica, and was seated at Zelen Grad (Skobaljić Grad).

After Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II had conquered Constantinople, he turned to conquer the Serbian Despotate,[1] a division of the Serbian Army was at Dubočica, led by Nikola, the other was around Sitnica. He fought at the Battle of Tripolje Battle of Kruševac, and Battle of Leskovac against Ottoman Empire. The latter two battles resulted in a decisive Serbian victory.[2] He was defeated on November 16, 1454, taken prisoner and impaled alive with his uncle[3] by the Ottoman Turks.[4]

Government offices
Preceded by
Jug Bogdan		 Duke of Zelen-Grad
under Đurađ Branković
fl. 1454 		Succeeded by
under Stefan Branković

See also

  • Nikola Skobaljic street, in Leskovac
  • Nikola Skobaljic schools, in Leskovac

References

  1. ↑ http://www.rastko.rs/kosovo/istorija/kosovo_chronicles/kc_part1b.html
  2. ↑ Babinger, Franz, William C. Hickman and Ralph Manheim, Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time, Princeton University Press, 1978.
  3. ↑ http://books.google.com/books?id=yjxpAAAAMAAJ&q=nikola+skobalic
  4. ↑ Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time: p. 110

Sources

  • М. Вукићевић: Никола Скобаљић, Дело 1894.
  • Сергије Димитријевић: Борба с Турцима под Скобаљићем, историја и предање, Лесковац 1951.
  • Др Живан Стојковић, Др Слободанка Стојичић, Хранислав Ракић: Историја Лесковца, Београд 1992.


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