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[[File:Kartakuca.jpg|thumb|300px|Map of Bratonožići (in purple) in the late 19th century]]
'''Bratonožići''' ({{lang-sr-cyr|Братоножићи}}, {{IPA-sh|bräto̞no̞ʒit͡ɕi|pron}}) was a tribe in the [[Brda, Montenegro|Brda region]] during the Ottoman period and a nahija of the [[Principality of Montenegro]].

'''Bratonožići''' ([[Serbo-Croatian|Montenegrin]]:''Братоножићи'', {{IPA-sh|bräto̞no̞ʒit͡ɕi|pron}}) is a small [[Tribes of Montenegro|historical tribe]] (''pleme'') in the [[Brda, Montenegro|Brda region]] of [[Montenegro]]. It appeared during the Ottoman period and was a captaincy of [[Principality of Montenegro]] in the 19th century. Today, it forms part of northeastern [[Podgorica Municipality]]. In Montenegro, the majority of people who trace their origin in Bratonožići identify as Christian Orthodox [[Montenegrins]] and a part identify as Christian Orthodox [[Serbs of Montenegro|Serbs]]. Brotherhoods (''bratstvo'') from the historical tribe that settled in [[Bijelo Polje Municipality|Bijelo Polje]] and became Muslims in the Ottoman period identify as [[Bosniaks]]. In the 18th century, many families from the region settled in western Serbia. In [[Kosovo]], a part of the Serbs of western Kosovo come from Bratonožići. The best known descendant of the Bratonožići tribe is Prince [[Miloš Obrenović I of Serbia]], founder of the [[House of Obrenović]].


==Geography==
==Geography==
The Bratonožići tribal region is situated between the [[Morača river]], [[Mala Rijeka]] and [[Crna Planina]]; it borders the highlander tribes of [[Morača (tribe)|Morača]] to the north, [[Vasojevići]] to the northeast, [[Kuči]] to the southeast, [[Piperi (tribe)|Piperi]] to the west and [[Rovca]] to the northwest.
The Bratonožići tribal region is rugged, hilly area at an altitude which ranges from 400 to 450m. It is situated between the [[Morača river]], [[Mala Rijeka]] and [[Crna Planina]]; it borders the tribes of [[Vasojevići]] to the north, [[Rovčani]] to the northwest, [[Kuči]] to the east and south, and [[Piperi (tribe)|Piperi]] to the west. The region ends after Mala Rijeka pours into the Morača, near the settlement of Mrke, about 13km to the northeast of Podgorica. With the exception of Mrke, most of the other settlements (Klopot, Pelev Brijeg, Duga) of Bratonožići are semi-deserted or completely abandoned as their inhabitants moved to Podgorica. As of 2011, Mrke had 207 residents. 118 identify as Montenegrins, 60 as Serbs, 25 chose not to declare any ethnicity.<ref name="monstat">{{cite web |title=Census 2011 data - Montenegro |url=https://www.monstat.org/eng/page.php?id=395&pageid=57|website=Monstat |publisher=Statistical Office of Montenegro |accessdate=15 February 2020 |ref=monstat}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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In a Venetian document dating to 1455, ''Banovichi'' is mentioned as one of the villages of Upper Zeta; this was most likely Bratonožići.<ref>Poreklo</ref> According to the 1485 defter, the Vasojevići and Bratonožići were not yet established tribes.<ref name="Strugar1987">{{cite book|author=Vlado Strugar|title=Prošlost Crne Gore kao predmet naučnog istraživanja i obrade|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=maYMAAAAIAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Crnogorska akademija nauka i umjetnosti|page=135}}</ref>


===Tribe relations===
Bratonožići was in conflict with the Kuči.{{when|date=December 2014}}<ref>Vuković 1996, p. 213 {{quote|За ту ријеч Буро убије пушком Батрића. Кучи и Братоножићи побију се, и приће- рају Кучи Братоножиће уз Плочице до села брато- ношкије Поткрша и Павличића, посијеку им 16 гла- ва, а мртвије и рањеније с обје стране не зна ...}}</ref> Bratonožići often attacked Rovca, who were always defended by the Moračani.<ref name="Ровинский1998">{{cite book|author=Павел Аполлонович Ровинский|title=Етнографија Црне Горе|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yXBpAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Цид|quote=Братоножићи су често нападали Ровца, али су Ровчане у свако] невољи штитили Морачани. Што се тиче Ваа^евића, са којима су се Братоножићи такоЬе често били, ово се племе тако брзо намножило и ојачало да им ни Кучи ...}}</ref> They also often fought with the Vasojevići.<ref name="Ровинский1998"/>
Bratonožići was in conflict with the Kuči.{{when|date=December 2014}}<ref>Vuković 1996, p. 213 {{quote|За ту ријеч Буро убије пушком Батрића. Кучи и Братоножићи побију се, и приће- рају Кучи Братоножиће уз Плочице до села брато- ношкије Поткрша и Павличића, посијеку им 16 гла- ва, а мртвије и рањеније с обје стране не зна ...}}</ref> Bratonožići often attacked Rovca, who were always defended by the Moračani.<ref name="Ровинский1998">{{cite book|author=Павел Аполлонович Ровинский|title=Етнографија Црне Горе|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yXBpAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Цид|quote=Братоножићи су често нападали Ровца, али су Ровчане у свако] невољи штитили Морачани. Што се тиче Ваа^евића, са којима су се Братоножићи такоЬе често били, ово се племе тако брзо намножило и ојачало да им ни Кучи ...}}</ref> They also often fought with the Vasojevići.<ref name="Ровинский1998"/>


===Middle Ages===
⚫
In a Venetian document dating to 1455, ''Banovichi'' is mentioned as one of the villages of Upper Zeta; this was most likely Bratonožići.<ref>Poreklo</ref> According to the 1485 defter, the Vasojevići and Bratonožići were not yet established tribes.<ref name="Strugar1987">{{cite book|author=Vlado Strugar|title=Prošlost Crne Gore kao predmet naučnog istraživanja i obrade|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=maYMAAAAIAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Crnogorska akademija nauka i umjetnosti|page=135}}</ref>

===17th century===
Venetian public servant [[Mariano Bolizza]]'s 1614 report that the villages of Kuči, Bratonožići and part of [[Plav, Montenegro|Plav]] were under the soldiers of [[Medun]], the spahee, but the commander was not named; and the highlanders would pay the Ottoman officials a portion of their income.<ref>Elsie, p. 152</ref> The report registered the ''Bratanosich'' as a Serb, Orthodox village with 87 houses, and 260 men in arms commanded by Stanoje Radonjin.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.albanianhistory.net/en/texts1000-1799/AH1614.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213020432/http://www.albanianhistory.net/en/texts1000-1799/AH1614.html |archive-date=2014-12-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1658, the seven tribes of Kuči, [[Vasojevići]], Bratonožići, [[Piperi (tribe)|Piperi]], [[Klimenti]], [[Hoti (tribe)|Hoti]] and [[Gruda (tribe)|Gruda]] allied themselves with the [[Republic of Venice]], establishing the so-called "Seven-fold barjak" or "alaj-barjak", against the Ottomans.<ref name=MZ>{{cite book|title=Mitološki zbornik|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rvUSAQAAIAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Centar za mitološki studije Srbije|pages=24, 41–45}}</ref> In 1689, an uprising broke out in Piperi, Rovca, [[Bjelopavlići (tribe)|Bjelopavlići]], Bratonožići, Kuči and Vasojevići, while at the same time an uprising broke out in [[Prizren]], [[Peć]], [[Priština]] and [[Skopje]], and then in [[Kratovo, North Macedonia|Kratovo]] and [[Kriva Palanka]] in October ([[Karposh's Rebellion]]).<ref name="armije1968">{{cite book|author=Belgrade (Serbia). Vojni muzej Jugoslovenske narodne armije|title=Fourteen centuries of struggle for freedom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2m8MAQAAMAAJ|year=1968|publisher=The Military Museum|page=xxviii}}</ref>
Venetian public servant [[Mariano Bolizza]]'s 1614 report that the villages of Kuči, Bratonožići and part of [[Plav, Montenegro|Plav]] were under the soldiers of [[Medun]], the spahee, but the commander was not named; and the highlanders would pay the Ottoman officials a portion of their income.<ref>Elsie, p. 152</ref> The report registered the ''Bratanosich'' as a Serb, Orthodox village with 87 houses, and 260 men in arms commanded by Stanoje Radonjin.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.albanianhistory.net/en/texts1000-1799/AH1614.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213020432/http://www.albanianhistory.net/en/texts1000-1799/AH1614.html |archive-date=2014-12-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1658, the seven tribes of Kuči, [[Vasojevići]], Bratonožići, [[Piperi (tribe)|Piperi]], [[Klimenti]], [[Hoti (tribe)|Hoti]] and [[Gruda (tribe)|Gruda]] allied themselves with the [[Republic of Venice]], establishing the so-called "Seven-fold barjak" or "alaj-barjak", against the Ottomans.<ref name=MZ>{{cite book|title=Mitološki zbornik|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rvUSAQAAIAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Centar za mitološki studije Srbije|pages=24, 41–45}}</ref> In 1689, an uprising broke out in Piperi, Rovca, [[Bjelopavlići (tribe)|Bjelopavlići]], Bratonožići, Kuči and Vasojevići, while at the same time an uprising broke out in [[Prizren]], [[Peć]], [[Priština]] and [[Skopje]], and then in [[Kratovo, North Macedonia|Kratovo]] and [[Kriva Palanka]] in October ([[Karposh's Rebellion]]).<ref name="armije1968">{{cite book|author=Belgrade (Serbia). Vojni muzej Jugoslovenske narodne armije|title=Fourteen centuries of struggle for freedom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2m8MAQAAMAAJ|year=1968|publisher=The Military Museum|page=xxviii}}</ref>


===18th century===
Documents, especially the letter of Ivan Radonjić from 1789, show that the ''Montenegrins'' were identified as Serbs, and that the Banjani, Kuči, Piperi, Bjelopavlići, Zećani, Vasojevići, Bratonožići were not identified as "Montenegrins". They were all mentioned only in a regional, geographical, and tribal manner, and never as an ethnic category.<ref>Vukčević 1981, p. 46 {{quote|... да Бан>ани, Дробн>аци, Кучи, Пи- пери, Б)елопавлићи, Зепани, Васо^евићи, Братоножићи нијесу Црно- горци. Они су сви поменути само као регионални односно географски и племенски појмови а никако као етничка категорща, при чему се ш^му Црна Гора не даје никакво преимућство над другима, осим што ^е Црна Гора ставлена на прво мјесто.}}</ref>

===19th century===
During the [[Velika attacks (1879)]], the battalions of the Moračani and Bratonožići fought off the Albanians.<ref name=DVA>{{cite book|title=Dva Petrovića Njegoša: Vladika Danilo Petrović|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nH4-AQAAMAAJ|year=1896|publisher=Štamparija Petra Ćurčića|quote=(23) окт. ударе Арнаути на Црногорце између Ржанице и Велике у Васојевићима. Крвав бој потраја до поноћи, најпосле претерају Црногорци Арнауте преко границе. Ово слабо освести Арнауте и њих неколико хиљада. понове 22. нов. (4. дек) нападање на црногорску стражу од 300 људи код Велике. Ту сад ступе у акцију 4—5 црногорских батаљуна. Братoножићи и Морачини с јатаганима улете у Арнауте и стану их. сећи, на пто Арнаути окрену леђа. Црногорци их. вијаше и секоше два часа. Арнаута погибе до 1000. Прногорци имаше 85 мртвих и 100 рањених, добише 100 коња и доста оружја. Међу Арнаутима било је пуно преобучених низама. Ни ово не опамети ни Арнауте, ни патроне им у Цариграду. Трећи дан божића опет ударе око 10.000 Арнаута код Велике на 3000 Црногораца, које су предводиле војводе Марко Миљанов Тодор Миљанов и поп Ђоко. Борба је трајала од 9 часова пре подне до мрака. Арнаути имаше мртвих и рањених 1400, Црногорци 36 мртвих и 70 рањених И овде је константовано, да је међу Арнаутима било много преобучених низама. Ту су се на црногорској страни борили Братoножићи, Васојевићи и Морачани. Нису се Арнаути ни на друге стране поштеније владали. 30. јун. (12. јул.) 1880 пре зоре нападну на црногорску шредњу стражу на Голубовцу на ...}}</ref> At the subsequent [[Battle of Novšiće]], the battalions of [[Kuči]], [[Vasojevići]] and Bratonožići fought the Albanian irregulars under the command of [[Ali Pasha of Gusinje]], and were defeated. Soon after [[Battle of Novšiće]] in the same area, the [[Battle of Murino]] broke out in which Ottomans with Albanian irregulars attacked again less numerous forces of [[Principality of Montenegro]] and were heavily defeated by battalions of Bratonožići, [[Vasojevići]] and [[Moračani]].<ref name=DVA/><ref>{{cite book|author=King Nikola I|title=Cjelokupna djela|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CggYAAAAMAAJ|year=1969|page=567|ref=harv}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Istorijski institut u Titogradu|title=Istorijski zapisi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zD1pAAAAMAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Istorijski institut u Titogradu|page=66|ref=harv}}</ref>
During the [[Velika attacks (1879)]], the battalions of the Moračani and Bratonožići fought off the Albanians.<ref name=DVA>{{cite book|title=Dva Petrovića Njegoša: Vladika Danilo Petrović|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nH4-AQAAMAAJ|year=1896|publisher=Štamparija Petra Ćurčića|quote=(23) окт. ударе Арнаути на Црногорце између Ржанице и Велике у Васојевићима. Крвав бој потраја до поноћи, најпосле претерају Црногорци Арнауте преко границе. Ово слабо освести Арнауте и њих неколико хиљада. понове 22. нов. (4. дек) нападање на црногорску стражу од 300 људи код Велике. Ту сад ступе у акцију 4—5 црногорских батаљуна. Братoножићи и Морачини с јатаганима улете у Арнауте и стану их. сећи, на пто Арнаути окрену леђа. Црногорци их. вијаше и секоше два часа. Арнаута погибе до 1000. Прногорци имаше 85 мртвих и 100 рањених, добише 100 коња и доста оружја. Међу Арнаутима било је пуно преобучених низама. Ни ово не опамети ни Арнауте, ни патроне им у Цариграду. Трећи дан божића опет ударе око 10.000 Арнаута код Велике на 3000 Црногораца, које су предводиле војводе Марко Миљанов Тодор Миљанов и поп Ђоко. Борба је трајала од 9 часова пре подне до мрака. Арнаути имаше мртвих и рањених 1400, Црногорци 36 мртвих и 70 рањених И овде је константовано, да је међу Арнаутима било много преобучених низама. Ту су се на црногорској страни борили Братoножићи, Васојевићи и Морачани. Нису се Арнаути ни на друге стране поштеније владали. 30. јун. (12. јул.) 1880 пре зоре нападну на црногорску шредњу стражу на Голубовцу на ...}}</ref> At the subsequent [[Battle of Novšiće]], the battalions of [[Kuči]], [[Vasojevići]] and Bratonožići fought the Albanian irregulars under the command of [[Ali Pasha of Gusinje]], and were defeated. Soon after [[Battle of Novšiće]] in the same area, the [[Battle of Murino]] broke out in which Ottomans with Albanian irregulars attacked again less numerous forces of [[Principality of Montenegro]] and were heavily defeated by battalions of Bratonožići, [[Vasojevići]] and [[Moračani]].<ref name=DVA/><ref>{{cite book|author=King Nikola I|title=Cjelokupna djela|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CggYAAAAMAAJ|year=1969|page=567|ref=harv}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Istorijski institut u Titogradu|title=Istorijski zapisi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zD1pAAAAMAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Istorijski institut u Titogradu|page=66|ref=harv}}</ref>

==Anthropology==
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According to folklore, the tribe's progenitor was "Brato" (or "Bratonog" according to Erdeljanović), who gave his name to the tribe. He was allegedly a descendant of [[Grgur Branković]] (1415–1459), the son of Serbian Despot [[Đurađ Branković]] (r. 1427–56).<ref name=Miljanov-nob>{{cite web|author=Marko Miljanov|title=Nešto o Bratonožićima|url=http://www.rastko.rs/rastko-cg/umjetnost/marko_miljanov-bratonozici.html}}</ref> It was said that the Bratonožići were of better blood, descending from Despot Đurađ, than the Drekalović (of Kuči), descending from [[Skanderbeg]].<ref name=Miljanov-nob/> One theory has it that the Bratonožići baptised the Kuči tribe which is why today they have the same ''[[Slava]]'' (patron saint).<ref name=pozpncinap>{{citation|title=Predanja o zajedničnom poreklu nekih crnogorskih i nekih arbanaških plemena|url=http://www.rastko.rs/rastko-al/zbornik1990/mbarjaktarevic-predanja_l.php}}</ref>


===Clans===
===Clans===


All clans of the tribe have the ''[[Slava]]'' of [[Saint Nicholas|St. Nikola]] (''sv. Nikola'') and St. Jovan (sv. Jovan)
All clans of the tribe have the ''[[Slava]]'' (patron saint) of [[Saint Nicholas|St. Nikola]] (''sv. Nikola'') and St. Jovan (sv. Jovan)


Avramović, Bajović, Baljević, Balević, Baličević, Barjaktarović, Baržić, Biljurić, Bismiljak, Bošković, Branković, Butrić, Veljić, Veljović, Velimirović, Vesković, Vidić, Vujović, Vujotić, Vukajlović, Vuković, Vukorepović, Vulić, Vučelić, Vučinić, Garić, Gilić, Gogić, Grujić, Gudović, Darmanović, Dmitrović, Dokić, Đelević,Đukić,Đurdjević, Đurić, Živković, Žmikić, Ilić, Janković, Jelavić, Jovanović, Jovović, Kaluđerović, Keljanović, Keković, Korać, Krkelić, Lajkovič, Lainović, Lalović, Lašević, Liković, Lukić, Lutovac, Ljajinović, Ljajkovic, Ljaljović, Ljaković, Ljašović, Malević, Marnić, Macura, Mijailović, Miajlović, Milovanović, Mirković, Muratović, Novović, Obrenović, Pavićević, Pavličić, Pejušković, Perović, Praščević, Prelevčanin, Premović, Progonovići, Radojević, Radosević, Radunović, Raketić, Rakić, Ratković, Sekulović, Stanišić, Stanković, Strahinjić, Toljević, Todoroviić, Tomaševiić, Tošković, Trimojević, Ćeklić, Četkovic, Ugričić, Femijić, Caričić, Cmiljanić, Čađenović, Čubranović, Šćepančević, Šajinović, Šaković, Šoškić.
Avramović, Bajović, Baljević, Balević, Baličević, Barjaktarović, Baržić, Biljurić, Bismiljak, Bošković, Branković, Butrić, Veljić, Veljović, Velimirović, Vesković, Vidić, Vujović, Vujotić, Vukajlović, Vuković, Vukorepović, Vulić, Vučelić, Vučinić, Garić, Gilić, Gogić, Grujić, Gudović, Darmanović, Dmitrović, Dokić, Đelević,Đukić,Đurdjević, Đurić, Živković, Žmikić, Ilić, Janković, Jelavić, Jovanović, Jovović, Kaluđerović, Keljanović, Keković, Korać, Krkelić, Lajkovič, Lainović, Lalović, Lašević, Liković, Lukić, Lutovac, Ljajinović, Ljajkovic, Ljaljović, Ljaković, Ljašović, Malević, Marnić, Macura, Mijailović, Miajlović, Milovanović, Mirković, Muratović, Novović, Obrenović, Pavićević, Pavličić, Pejušković, Perović, Praščević, Prelevčanin, Premović, Progonovići, Radojević, Radosević, Radunović, Raketić, Rakić, Ratković, Sekulović, Stanišić, Stanković, Strahinjić, Toljević, Todoroviić, Tomaševiić, Tošković, Trimojević, Ćeklić, Četkovic, Ugričić, Femijić, Caričić, Cmiljanić, Čađenović, Čubranović, Šćepančević, Šajinović, Šaković, Šoškić.
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*families migrating from Kuči, Bjelopavlići and Piperi
*families migrating from Kuči, Bjelopavlići and Piperi


;Migrants
;Dispersed families
Muslim families in [[Bijelo Polje]] hailing from Bratonožići include Koraći, Ljaljevići, Polumente, Uremovići, Huremovići.
Muslim families in [[Bijelo Polje]] hailing from Bratonožići include Koraći, Ljaljevići, Polumente, Uremovići, Huremovići.


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==Notable people==
==Notable people==
*[[Miloš Obrenović I of Serbia]]{{sfn|Banac|1988|p=45}}
*[[Uroš Tošković]], painter<ref>{{cite web|title=TOŠKOVIĆ|url=http://montenegrina.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/toskovic-low-res.pdf|website=montenegrina.net|accessdate=9 February 2018}}</ref>
*[[Uroš Tošković]], painter<ref>{{cite web|title=TOŠKOVIĆ|url=http://montenegrina.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/toskovic-low-res.pdf|website=montenegrina.net|accessdate=9 February 2018}}</ref>
*[[Niša Saveljić]], by paternal descent
*[[Niša Saveljić]], by paternal descent
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==Sources==
==Sources==
*{{cite book |last1=Banac |first1=Ivo |title=The National Question in Yugoslavia: Origins, History, Politics |date=1988 |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn=0801494931 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KfqbujXqQBkC&pg=PA438|ref=harv}}
*{{cite book|last=Erdeljanović|first=Jovan|authorlink=Jovan Erdeljanović|title=Kuči, Bratonožići, Piperi|year=1907}}
*{{cite book|last=Erdeljanović|first=Jovan|authorlink=Jovan Erdeljanović|title=Kuči, Bratonožići, Piperi|year=1907}}
**{{cite book|last=Erdeljanović|first=Jovan|title=Bratonožići, pleme u Crnogorskim brdima|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TwlZnQEACAAJ|year=1907}}
**{{cite book|last=Erdeljanović|first=Jovan|title=Bratonožići, pleme u Crnogorskim brdima|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TwlZnQEACAAJ|year=1907}}

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Map of Bratonožići (in purple) in the late 19th century

Bratonožići (Montenegrin:Братоножићи, pronounced [bräto̞no̞ʒit͡ɕi]) is a small historical tribe (pleme) in the Brda region of Montenegro. It appeared during the Ottoman period and was a captaincy of Principality of Montenegro in the 19th century. Today, it forms part of northeastern Podgorica Municipality. In Montenegro, the majority of people who trace their origin in Bratonožići identify as Christian Orthodox Montenegrins and a part identify as Christian Orthodox Serbs. Brotherhoods (bratstvo) from the historical tribe that settled in Bijelo Polje and became Muslims in the Ottoman period identify as Bosniaks. In the 18th century, many families from the region settled in western Serbia. In Kosovo, a part of the Serbs of western Kosovo come from Bratonožići. The best known descendant of the Bratonožići tribe is Prince Miloš Obrenović I of Serbia, founder of the House of Obrenović.

Geography

The Bratonožići tribal region is rugged, hilly area at an altitude which ranges from 400 to 450m. It is situated between the Morača river, Mala Rijeka and Crna Planina; it borders the tribes of Vasojevići to the north, Rovčani to the northwest, Kuči to the east and south, and Piperi to the west. The region ends after Mala Rijeka pours into the Morača, near the settlement of Mrke, about 13km to the northeast of Podgorica. With the exception of Mrke, most of the other settlements (Klopot, Pelev Brijeg, Duga) of Bratonožići are semi-deserted or completely abandoned as their inhabitants moved to Podgorica. As of 2011, Mrke had 207 residents. 118 identify as Montenegrins, 60 as Serbs, 25 chose not to declare any ethnicity.[1]

History

In a Venetian document dating to 1455, Banovichi is mentioned as one of the villages of Upper Zeta; this was most likely Bratonožići.[2] According to the 1485 defter, the Vasojevići and Bratonožići were not yet established tribes.[3]

Bratonožići was in conflict with the Kuči.[when?][4] Bratonožići often attacked Rovca, who were always defended by the Moračani.[5] They also often fought with the Vasojevići.[5]

Venetian public servant Mariano Bolizza's 1614 report that the villages of Kuči, Bratonožići and part of Plav were under the soldiers of Medun, the spahee, but the commander was not named; and the highlanders would pay the Ottoman officials a portion of their income.[6] The report registered the Bratanosich as a Serb, Orthodox village with 87 houses, and 260 men in arms commanded by Stanoje Radonjin.[7] In 1658, the seven tribes of Kuči, Vasojevići, Bratonožići, Piperi, Klimenti, Hoti and Gruda allied themselves with the Republic of Venice, establishing the so-called "Seven-fold barjak" or "alaj-barjak", against the Ottomans.[8] In 1689, an uprising broke out in Piperi, Rovca, Bjelopavlići, Bratonožići, Kuči and Vasojevići, while at the same time an uprising broke out in Prizren, Peć, Priština and Skopje, and then in Kratovo and Kriva Palanka in October (Karposh's Rebellion).[9]

During the Velika attacks (1879), the battalions of the Moračani and Bratonožići fought off the Albanians.[10] At the subsequent Battle of Novšiće, the battalions of Kuči, Vasojevići and Bratonožići fought the Albanian irregulars under the command of Ali Pasha of Gusinje, and were defeated. Soon after Battle of Novšiće in the same area, the Battle of Murino broke out in which Ottomans with Albanian irregulars attacked again less numerous forces of Principality of Montenegro and were heavily defeated by battalions of Bratonožići, Vasojevići and Moračani.[10][11][12]

Clans

All clans of the tribe have the Slava (patron saint) of St. Nikola (sv. Nikola) and St. Jovan (sv. Jovan)

Avramović, Bajović, Baljević, Balević, Baličević, Barjaktarović, Baržić, Biljurić, Bismiljak, Bošković, Branković, Butrić, Veljić, Veljović, Velimirović, Vesković, Vidić, Vujović, Vujotić, Vukajlović, Vuković, Vukorepović, Vulić, Vučelić, Vučinić, Garić, Gilić, Gogić, Grujić, Gudović, Darmanović, Dmitrović, Dokić, Đelević,Đukić,Đurdjević, Đurić, Živković, Žmikić, Ilić, Janković, Jelavić, Jovanović, Jovović, Kaluđerović, Keljanović, Keković, Korać, Krkelić, Lajkovič, Lainović, Lalović, Lašević, Liković, Lukić, Lutovac, Ljajinović, Ljajkovic, Ljaljović, Ljaković, Ljašović, Malević, Marnić, Macura, Mijailović, Miajlović, Milovanović, Mirković, Muratović, Novović, Obrenović, Pavićević, Pavličić, Pejušković, Perović, Praščević, Prelevčanin, Premović, Progonovići, Radojević, Radosević, Radunović, Raketić, Rakić, Ratković, Sekulović, Stanišić, Stanković, Strahinjić, Toljević, Todoroviić, Tomaševiić, Tošković, Trimojević, Ćeklić, Četkovic, Ugričić, Femijić, Caričić, Cmiljanić, Čađenović, Čubranović, Šćepančević, Šajinović, Šaković, Šoškić.

Others
  • Lutovci, descend from kapetan Gojko from Pirot.
  • families migrating from Kuči, Bjelopavlići and Piperi
Migrants

Muslim families in Bijelo Polje hailing from Bratonožići include Koraći, Ljaljevići, Polumente, Uremovići, Huremovići.

Demographic history

At the beginning of the 20th century, the region had ca. 400 houses.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Census 2011 data - Montenegro". Monstat. Statistical Office of Montenegro. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  2. ^ Poreklo
  3. ^ Vlado Strugar (1987). Prošlost Crne Gore kao predmet naučnog istraživanja i obrade. Crnogorska akademija nauka i umjetnosti. p. 135.
  4. ^ Vuković 1996, p. 213

    За ту ријеч Буро убије пушком Батрића. Кучи и Братоножићи побију се, и приће- рају Кучи Братоножиће уз Плочице до села брато- ношкије Поткрша и Павличића, посијеку им 16 гла- ва, а мртвије и рањеније с обје стране не зна ...
  5. ^ a b Павел Аполлонович Ровинский (1998). Етнографија Црне Горе. Цид. Братоножићи су често нападали Ровца, али су Ровчане у свако] невољи штитили Морачани. Што се тиче Ваа^евића, са којима су се Братоножићи такоЬе често били, ово се племе тако брзо намножило и ојачало да им ни Кучи ...
  6. ^ Elsie, p. 152
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-13. Retrieved 2014-12-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ Mitološki zbornik. Centar za mitološki studije Srbije. 2004. pp. 24, 41–45.
  9. ^ Belgrade (Serbia). Vojni muzej Jugoslovenske narodne armije (1968). Fourteen centuries of struggle for freedom. The Military Museum. p. xxviii.
  10. ^ a b Dva Petrovića Njegoša: Vladika Danilo Petrović. Štamparija Petra Ćurčića. 1896. (23) окт. ударе Арнаути на Црногорце између Ржанице и Велике у Васојевићима. Крвав бој потраја до поноћи, најпосле претерају Црногорци Арнауте преко границе. Ово слабо освести Арнауте и њих неколико хиљада. понове 22. нов. (4. дек) нападање на црногорску стражу од 300 људи код Велике. Ту сад ступе у акцију 4—5 црногорских батаљуна. Братoножићи и Морачини с јатаганима улете у Арнауте и стану их. сећи, на пто Арнаути окрену леђа. Црногорци их. вијаше и секоше два часа. Арнаута погибе до 1000. Прногорци имаше 85 мртвих и 100 рањених, добише 100 коња и доста оружја. Међу Арнаутима било је пуно преобучених низама. Ни ово не опамети ни Арнауте, ни патроне им у Цариграду. Трећи дан божића опет ударе око 10.000 Арнаута код Велике на 3000 Црногораца, које су предводиле војводе Марко Миљанов Тодор Миљанов и поп Ђоко. Борба је трајала од 9 часова пре подне до мрака. Арнаути имаше мртвих и рањених 1400, Црногорци 36 мртвих и 70 рањених И овде је константовано, да је међу Арнаутима било много преобучених низама. Ту су се на црногорској страни борили Братoножићи, Васојевићи и Морачани. Нису се Арнаути ни на друге стране поштеније владали. 30. јун. (12. јул.) 1880 пре зоре нападну на црногорску шредњу стражу на Голубовцу на ...
  11. ^ King Nikola I (1969). Cjelokupna djela. p. 567. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  12. ^ Istorijski institut u Titogradu (1982). Istorijski zapisi. Istorijski institut u Titogradu. p. 66. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  13. ^ Banac 1988, p. 45.
  14. ^ "TOŠKOVIĆ" (PDF). montenegrina.net. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

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