Mlatišuma
| Mlatišuma | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Staniša Marković |
| Nickname(s) | Mlatišuma |
| Born | 1664 Vražegrmci, Bjelopavlići, Ottoman Empire (modern Montenegro) |
| Died | 1740 |
| Allegiance | Habsburg Monarchy |
| Years of service | 1716–1740 |
| Rank | obor-kapetan |
| Unit | Serbian Militia (1718–39) |
| Battles/wars | |
Staniša Marković (Serbian Cyrillic: Станиша Марковић; 1664–1740), known as Mlatišuma (Млатишума), was a Habsburg Serbian obor-kapetan of Kragujevac. He had joined the Austrians in the Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18, and after the victorious war and occupation of central Serbia (the Kingdom of Serbia) he was given the rank of obor-kapetan, governing Kragujevac, and commanding the Serbian Militia (1718–39) alongside Vuk Isaković. In peace-time, he was sent to what is today Montenegro to incite an anti-Ottoman rebellion; a short-lived uprising broke out in which his personal unit participated. In 1734–35 he founded the Drača Monastery in Kragujevac. When the Austro-Russian–Turkish War (1735–39) broke out, Serbs were mobilized and Mlatišuma led forces in numerous campaigns. He is regarded a hero and enumerated in Serbian epic poetry.
According to Sima Milutinović Sarajlija, Staniša Marković was born in a village below the Ostrog monastery, in Bjelopavlići (present day Montenegro). His family hailed from Novi Pazar. With the failure of the Austro-Serbian campaign during the Great Turkish War (1683–99), a large migration of Serbs ensued into Habsburg territories in 1690.
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