Sokolović

Sokolović (Serbian Cyrillic: Соколовић, may also be transliterated as Sokolovic or Sokolovich) is a Serbo-Croatian surname, found among Serbs and Bosniaks. It derives from the Slavic word , meaning "falcon" and literally means "son of the falcon". The Sokolović of the Sanjak of Herzegovina were called Sokoli and Sokullu-oğlu, by the Ottomans. One of the coat of arms included in the Korenić-Neorić Armorial (1595) and the Fojnica Armorial (1675–88) claimed to be that of the "Sokolovich". The coat of arms most likely was attributed to the Sokolović of Glasinac (Sokolac region).

Sokolović may refer to:

In the Ottoman period, in the 16th century, there was an influential Sokolović family that had two branches, one that was Orthodox (Serb), and was dominant in the Serbian Orthodox Church, while the other became Islamized, and was influential in the Ottoman government. The Orthodox branch included Serbian patriarchs Makarije Sokolović (s. 1557–71), Antonije Sokolović (s. 1571–75), Gerasim Sokolović (s. 1575–86) and Savatije Sokolović (s. 1587). The Muslim branch included Sokollu Mehmed Pasha (Mehmed-paša Sokolović), the Ottoman Grand Vizier (s. 1565–79) and Sokollu Ferhad Pasha (Ferhad-paša Sokolović), the Beylerbey of Bosnia.

The Sokolović in Foča have the slava of Mratindan, the veneration of Serbian King Stefan Dečanski. The Sokolović of Foča, when interviewed by Vladimir Dedijer, said that they had left their ancestral home long ago. Dedijer concluded that the Sokolović of Foča hailed from Korjenići. Indeed, in the Late Middle Ages, families in Korjenići had the slava of Mratindan; among one of these families were surely the Sokolović of Foča. The Mastilović in Gacko claimed that they were formerly named Sokolović, and that they were kin with those Sokolović in Foča, with whom they share the slava, and they claimed that Mehmed-paša Sokolović was one their ancestors. A Sima Mastilović was mentioned in a document of the Piva Monastery from 1569; this points to that Sokolović was used much earlier than that. The Kojović and Djaić in Čičevo near Trebinje also descend from the Sokolović in Foča, and have the slava of Mratindan.

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