Vidak, I know that "vuđa" is derived from "vođa", that means leader.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vo%C4%91aBut was "vođa" used in Serbia in conjunction with the name of a ruler? I ask this because in medieval Wallachia and Moldavia the ruler was named with his first name followed by "vodă", for example "Ștefan Vodă", "Vasile Vodă", "Șerban Vodă", "Ion Vodă", etc. This can be seen in all the old chronicles, like the one written by Ion Neculce. The page linked below is full of these constructions.
https://ro.wikisource.org/wiki/Letopise%C8%9Bul_%C8%9A%C4%83rii_Moldovei/Capitolul_IThere was even a Wallachian ruler named "Neagu Vodă". His real name was Neagoe Basarab and he was married to Milica Despina, a Serbian woman. The name Neagoe was the older form of Neagu in the Rumanian language.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neagoe_Basarabhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milica_Despina_of_WallachiaI searched the surnames from the article mentioned in my previous message in my father’s lists of matches.
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Quote from the article: “Gradislav Kovačević, father of Radič Gradisalić, a well-known merchant from Drobnjak, who did business in Dubrovnik, Kotor and Serbia.”
Matches with ancestors having the name Kovačević:
1) E. Kovacevic (16 cM): Paternal grandfather named Djulaga Kovacevic. Paternal grandmother named Almasa Balagic. Maternal grandfather named Reso Reis. All born in Glamoč, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
2) D. Simurina (10 cM): 3rd great-grandfather named Ostoja Kovacevic from Gredjani, Hrvatska (possibly Gređani, Sisak-Moslavina County).
3) I. Kovacevic (8 cM): Mother named Marica Milicic from Croatia.
4) S. Shimrak (7 cM): Paternal grandfather named Tomo Shimrak from Šimraki, Žumberak, Croatia. Paternal grandmother named Helen Kovacevic, possibly also from Croatia.
5) D. White (7 cM): Maternal great-grandmother named Ivka Kovacevic from Croatia. Her husband was named Ivan Premuz.
6) D. Krstevski (7 cM): Paternal great-grandmother named Stoja Kovacevic from Ubli, Herceg Novi, Montenegro. Her husband was named Jovo Vukovic. It is interesting that all the other great-grandparents were from North Macedonia.
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Quote: “Branko Predojević sued them in Dubrovnik (also remain Ratko Vukšić, Gojak and Obrad) for stealing two oxen on the river Tara.”
Matches with ancestors having the name Predojević:
1) M. Mijatovic (8 cM): Paternal grandmother named Milka Predojevic. Other ancestral names: Mijatovic, Vulin. Doesn’t say anything about their birthplaces.
Matches with ancestors having the name Obradović:
1) steveafro (9 cM): Maternal grandfather named Sreten Obradovic from Valjevo, Serbia.
2) S. Sakota (7 cM): Maternal great-grandmother named Jelka Obradović from Smrekovica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, married to Nikola Jovovic from Samari, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Quote: “In August of the same year, Pribjen Vokosalić and Bogut Vuković and his Drobnjak Vlach brothers kidnapped three Dubrovnik merchants who were transporting cattle, fabrics and other things to Komarnica.”
Matches with ancestors having the name Vuković:
1) F. Milosavljevic (16,5 cM): paternal great-grandfather named Jovo Vukovic from Bosnia-Herzegovina. Other ancestral names: Tokanovic (Bosnia-Herzegovina) and Djuric, Milosavljevic (from Serbia).
2) T. Dukovcic (8 cM): Maternal grandparents named Vukovic and Lackovic (both died in Brodanci, Osijek-Baranja, Croatia). Paternal grandparents named Dukovcic and Bacic (both died in Kucevice, Karlovac, Croatia).
3) K. Adams (8 cM): Father named John Vukovich born in Dreznik Grad, Karlovac, Croatia. His parents were named Vukovich and Kolich.
4) D. Krstevski (7 cM): Paternal great-grandfather named Jovo Vukovic, probably from Montenegro.
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Quote: "Therefore, it was a big and real merchant, which can be seen from the amount of indebtedness and from establishing a trading company with Vukša Grubačević, a well-known merchant from Dubrovnik."
Matches with ancestors having the name Grubačević:
1) K. Adams (7 cM): Paternal great-grandfather named Ilija Grubacevic from Croatia.
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Quote: “Vukota Brajković stands out among the Drobnjaci owners from that period.”
Matches with ancestors having the name Brajković:
1) I. Jakšić (14,6 cM): Has a distant ancestor named Katarina Brajković, probably from Croatia.
2) M. Demander (11 cM): Maternal grandfather was named Miloslav Brajković from Serbia.
3) A. Brajkovic (11 cM): His genealogical tree is private.
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Quote: “Among the most famous merchants who were Drobnjak Vlachs was Radman Petković, who also borrowed large amounts of money in Dubrovnik.”
Matches with ancestors having the name Petković:
1) M. Petkovic (23,6 cM): Her tree is private.
2) A. Boras (16,9 cM): Paternal grandfather was named Miodrag Petkovic from Bosnia-Herzegovina.
3) Z. Panjeskovic (13,8 cM): Maternal grandfather was named Mihajlo Petkovic from Serbia.
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