Ilija Stošić

Ilija Stošić
Trška church, where Stošić was buried and to which he was ktetor (donator)
Born17XX
Žagubica, Sanjak of Smederevo, Ottoman Empire
Diedafter 1817
Žagubica, Principality of Serbia
Cause of deathnatural causes
AllegianceRevolutionary Serbia (1804–15)
Service years1804–1813
Rankbuljubaša, vojvoda (II. class)
Unit
  • Homolje (1804–13)
  • Vražogrnac trench (1807–12)
CommandsHomolje–Timok area
Known forleader in Homolje
ConflictsFirst Serbian Uprising

Ilija Stošić (Serbian: Илија Стошић; fl. 1804–1817) was a Serbian commander of the Homolje area in the First Serbian Uprising (1804–13), beginning as a buljubaša (captain) under the command of vojvoda Petar Dobrnjac protecting the roads coming from the frontiers of Crna Reka and Negotinska Krajina. He was promoted to vojvoda (commander) of Homolje in eastern Serbia in 1811.

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