Stevan Knićanin

Stevan Petrović Knićanin Стеван Петровић Книћанин
Stevan Knićanin, oil painting by Uroš Knežević, 1849
Born	Stevan Petrović February 15, 1807 Knić, Serbia
Died	May 14, 1855 (48 years) Belgrade, Serbia
Cause of death	stroke
Nationality	Serbia
Occupation	military commander commissioner
Known for	Serbian revolutionary
Home town	Knić
Salary	2000 ducats
Title	voivode

Stevan Petrović, KCMT (Serbian Cyrillic: Стеван Петровић), known as Stevan Knićanin (Стеван Книћанин, Stevan of Knić; 1807-1855) was a Serbian voivode (commander) of the Serbian volunteer squads in Serbian Vojvodina during the 1848 revolution.

Stevan Petrović was born on February 15, 1807 in Knić near Kragujevac (hence his nickname), during the Serbian Revolution, the region at the time being part of the Sanjak of Smederevo of the Ottoman Empire (today Serbia). During the rule of Prince Miloš Obrenović, Knićanin's political career began as a commissioner of the Jasenica municipality in 1835, and in 1839 as a commissioner of the Smederevo district, but he eventually joined the opposition as a Constitutionalist and supporter of the rival Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević of the Karađorđević dynasty. Since he supported "ustavobranitelji" (the defenders of the constitution), he was expelled from the Principality of Serbia in 1840-1841. He returned in 1842, after Aleksandar Karađorđević had acceded to the throne on September 14, after being elected the Prince of Serbia at the National Assembly in Vračar.