Karageorge
| Đorđe Petrović "Karađorđe" | |
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Karađorđe, by Vladimir Borovikovsky, 1816
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| Grand Vožd of Serbia | |
| Reign | 15 February 1804 – 21 September 1813 |
| Predecessor | Title created |
| Successor | Miloš Obrenović I |
| President of the Administering Council | |
| Reign | 22 January 1811 – 3 October 1813 |
| Predecessor | Jakov Nenadović |
| Successor | Mladen Milovanović |
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16 November 1762 Viševac, Ottoman Empire (now Serbia) |
| Died | 24 July 1817 (aged 54) Radovanjski Lug, Ottoman Empire (now Serbia) |
| Burial | St. George's Church |
| Spouse | Jelena Jovanović |
| Issue | Alexander Karađorđević |
| House | Karađorđević |
| Father | Petar Jovanović |
| Mother | Marica née Živković |
| Religion | Eastern Orthodox Christian (Serbian Church) |
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Styles of Karađorđe Petrović, Grand Vožd of Serbia |
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| Reference style | His Excellency |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Alternative style | Sir |
Đorđe Petrović OSA (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђе Петровић, Serbian pronunciation: [d͡ʑôːrd͡ʑe pětroʋit͡ɕ], Anglicized: George Petrovich; known as Karađorđe (Serbian Cyrillic: Карађорђе, [kârad͡ʑoːrd͡ʑe]), Black George (Serbian: Црни Ђорђе / Crni Đorđe) ; 16 November 1762 – 24 July 1817), founded modern Serbia as the elected leader of the First Serbian Uprising (part of the Serbian Revolution) that aimed at separating Serbia from the Ottoman Empire (1804–1813); he personally led armies against the Ottomans in several battles, which resulted in a short-lived state which he would administer as Grand Leader (Veliki Vožd) from 14 February 1804 to 21 September 1813, alongside the newly founded People's Assembly and the Governing Council, simulating a wholly functional state government in war-time.
Born into a poor family who were pig farmers in Šumadija, at the time part of the Sanjak of Smederevo (modern central Serbia), Đorđe began working as a servant for affluent Serbs and Turks, but after having killed a local Ottoman aga (lord), his family fled across the Sava into the Military Frontier, a Habsburg-controlled area. He rose to prominence in the Austrian army, participating in Koča's frontier rebellion. He received a medal of honour for his efforts, and when the Austrian army was forced to retreat, and the Ottomans re-occupied Šumadija, he joined the hajduks (brigands, rebels). He commanded a unit and fought the Ottomans until 1794, when he returned to his family.
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