Bratonožići
| Ethnicity | Montenegrin and Serb (Serbs of Montenegro) |
|---|---|
| Current region | Brda (Highlands), Montenegro |
Bratonožići (Serbian Cyrillic: Братоножићи, pronounced [bräto̞no̞ʒit͡ɕi]) was a tribe in the Brda region during the Ottoman period and a nahija of the Principality of Montenegro.
The Bratonožići tribal region is situated between the Morača river, Mala Rijeka and Crna Planina; it borders the highlander tribes of Morača to the north, Vasojevići to the northeast, Kuči to the southeast, Piperi to the west and Rovca to the northwest.
The upper part of the tribal region is called Brskut.
Bratonožići was in conflict with the Kuči. Bratonožići often attacked Rovca, who were always defended by the Moračani. They also often fought with the Baljevići.
In a Venetian document dating to 1455, Banovichi is mentioned as one of the villages of Upper Zeta; this was most likely Bratonožići. According to the 1485 defter, the Vasojevići and Bratonožići were not yet established tribes.
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. The report registered the Bratanosich as a Serb, Orthodox village with 87 houses, and 260 men in arms commanded by Stanoje Radonjin. 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. 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).
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