Vuk Mandušić

Vuk Mandušić
Retouched image of Vuk Mandušić's statue
Born	Dalmatian hinterland, Ottoman Empire (now Croatia)
Died	31 July 1648 Zečevo, Ottoman Empire (now Croatia)
Allegiance	Republic of Venice
Years of service	1645-48
Rank	"capo direttore de Morlacchi del territorio di Sebenico"
Unit	Morlach army
Battles/wars	Cretan War (1645–1669)

Vuk Mandušić (Serbian Cyrillic: Вук Мандушић; fl. 1645 – died 13 July 1648) was the capo direttore of the Morlach army, one of the most prominent harambaša (rebel leaders) in the Dalmatian hinterland, that fought the Ottoman Empire during the Cretan War (1645–69). He is one of the heroes renowned in both Croatian, and Serbian epic poetry. The Montenegrin poet and prince-bishop Petar II Petrović Njegoš immortalized him in one of his epic poems,Gorski vijenac, also known in English translation as Mountain Wreath.

Mandušić was called a Morlach or Vlach, and his birthplace is undetermined, but it is generally considered he was born somewhere in the Dalmatian Zagora. Several localities in the hinterland of modern-day Šibenik-Knin County has been given: Rupe near Skradin, according to the oral tradition preserved in the work from 1756 by Franciscan monk Andrija Kačić Miošić; and Petrovo polje. As Mandušić was included in the 19th century work by Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, under the influence of the work were given additional theories; he was from Velestovo and revolted in Kotari (Dalmatia), or that hailed from Tetovo (now in the Republic of Macedonia), before settling in Sredska, Kosovo, while others claim it was another person with the same name.