Stevan Šupljikac
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Stevan Šupljikac (1786–1848)
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| Birth name | Stevan Šupljikac |
| Born | 1786 Petrinja, Habsburg Monarchy (modern Croatia) |
| Died | 15 December 1848 (aged 62) Pančevo |
| Buried at | Krušedol |
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| Years of service | fl. 1805–1814 |
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Stevan Šupljikac, known simply as Vojvoda Šupljikac (Serbian Cyrillic: Стеван Шупљикац; 1786 – 15 December 1848;) was a voivode (military commander) and the first Voivode of the Serbian Vojvodina, in 1848.
He was born in Petrinja, in 1786. He had a brother Jovan who was also a fighter, and a sister Anka who later married Gabriel Miletić.
He entered the Austrian army in 1805, subsequently becoming a general. Between 1806 and 1814 he was officer of the Imperial French army. During the Russian Campaign of 1812, he was awarded with the Légion d'honneur. In 1814, he again served as officer in the Austrian army, as a commander of the Ogulin regiment at Banat and Lika. He then was brigade commander under Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, after which he was awarded with the Great Cross of the Iron Crown. In 1848 he took part in the suppression of Italian rebels in the Unification of Italy.
As part of the Revolutions of 1848, the Serbs under Austria-Hungary demanded what they had in the previous century; recognition of Serbian as official language, equality of the Orthodox church as with Catholics, and annual church assembly gatherings. They met at Sremski Karlovci and Novi Sad. Several thousand Serbs met at the May Assembly in Sremski Karlovci on May 1, 1848. The delegates chose Šupljikac as voivode, the civil and military commander.Josif Rajačić was elected the patriarch of the Serbs. The Serbs demanded a national unit consisting of Banat, Backa, Baranja and part of Srem, known collectively as Vojvodina.
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