{"id":167014,"date":"2026-02-25T16:04:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=167014"},"modified":"2026-02-25T16:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:30:16","slug":"the-undestined-leader-of-the-uprising-stanoje-was-fear-and-terror-for-the-turks-but-he-personally-chose-karadorde-as-the-leader-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/the-undestined-leader-of-the-uprising-stanoje-was-fear-and-terror-for-the-turks-but-he-personally-chose-karadorde-as-the-leader-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"THE UNDESTINED LEADER OF THE UPRISING: Stanoje was fear and terror for the Turks, but he personally chose Kara\u0111or\u0111e as the leader! (PHOTO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

He was a great fighter and duke who gave up the leadership of the First Serbian Uprising to his godfather Kara\u0111or\u0111e. He caused the Turks great trouble for a long time, but in the end they still “got the better of him.” Legend says that for the redemption of his remains, the Turks demanded so many ducats that they could fill the duke’s severed head to the top with them. Even when displayed at the top of the Stambol Gate, the duke’s head caused fear and terror among the Turks of Belgrade.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally from the village of Glibovica, near Sremska Palanka, Stanoje Stamatovi\u0107, known in history as Stanoje Glava\u0161, was born on February 10, 1763. As the eldest of three children, he took on the responsibility of avenging his father, Dimitrije, who was beaten to death by the Turks in front of the whole family. Besides being a family man, accomplished and very wealthy, he decided to become a fighter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stanoje was known even before the First Serbian Uprising, because he distinguished himself as one of the greatest haramba\u0161as (outlaw leaders) in hajdu\u010dija (banditry). Having earned great respect and trust among his fellow fighters, they proposed him in Ora\u0161ac in 1804 as the leader of the national uprising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, as Kara\u0111or\u0111e’s godfather and very close friend, Stanoje suggested that Kara\u0111or\u0111e should bear the title of leader. “Instead, you take Kara\u0111or\u0111e as the supreme leader, whom I will be the first to obey, who is better than me and all of us, and I will do what I can, as I have done so far,” Glava\u0161 said at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He believed that he himself would fight better if he had him as the main leader. This was met with the approval of those present, so Stanoje officially gave up the leadership to Kara\u0111or\u0111e and became his right-hand man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the uprising, Stanoje proved to be a great and fearless fighter. Tradition says that he fought so fiercely and violently that he instilled fear in the Turks. His name alone was a bad omen, they believed that if they said his name aloud, they could attract something bad. Stanoje distinguished himself in the battle of Deligrad and in the siege of Belgrade, and he achieved his greatest success in 1806 when he liberated Prokuplje and Kur\u0161umlija from the Turks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among his fighters was the famous Veljko Petrovi\u0107, later known as Hajduk Veljko, and the close connection would deepen when Veljko married Stanoje’s sister. He was a fearless leader who taught military skills to a large number of hajduks and dukes, who before that had only occasionally entered into open conflict with the Turks. He attracted great attention with his characteristic attitude, and with his fearless fighting he caused great trouble to the Turks, so the conquerors only devised ways to stop him and do the worst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many believe that Stanoje Stamatovi\u0107 Glava\u0161 was unfairly neglected. As history is always written by the winners, his name was rarely mentioned and glorified in the records of contemporaries, although his merits were known among the people. Although it is considered that he remained in the shadow of Kara\u0111or\u0111e, what is certain is that he played one of the most important roles in raising the uprising in 1804, as well as a great contribution in the war for our people. He remained faithful to the chosen leader Kara\u0111or\u0111e until the very end of his life. And that was a rarity, at least as far as the Kara\u0111or\u0111evi\u0107s were concerned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stanoje Glava\u0161 \/ Wikimedia Creative Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As many ducats for Stanoje’s head<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Turks’ wait for the wrong move of the cautious Stanoje lasted a long time. However, the opportunity to capture the most wanted hajduk presented itself during the time of Jovo Mitrovi\u0107. The day of celebration and newly acquired godfatherhood was interrupted on the same day, and the happy day would turn out to be fatal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It all happened on February 25, 1815 in the village of Ban\u010dina, when a band of Turks attacked Stanoje in the middle of the celebration. In a difficult and unfair fight, they mutilated his body, and took Sanoje’s head to Belgrade, straight into the hands of Skopljak Pasha. They displayed the head as a trophy at the Stambol Gate, at Kalemegdan. How much anger the Turks harbored towards him is also evidenced by the fact that after the brutal execution, they removed his tongue and teeth with the sentence: “This head has barked enough against us, it will not be able to anymore!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stanoje’s family tried in every way and at any cost to get hold of the displayed head. How it happened, today there are two traditions about who returned and buried his head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you believe the first tradition, Stanoje’s head was returned by his sister Stana. It was said that she, with the help of her acquaintances, managed to steal it and bring it from Belgrade in her bosom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the second, his widow Mara came to Belgrade and asked the pasha for the head, to which he replied: “Stanoje’s head is golden to me. Bring me as many ducats as I can fill the duke’s head to the top with them, and carry it away.” Following this story, the head was paid with Stanoje’s ducats that he had buried in a pot, near a beehive. Only his wife Mara knew about those ducats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A great host and a believer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Known among his people as a very devout man, it was said that he did not even go into battles on Sundays. He warned anyone he heard cursing, with the explanation that Christians do not curse. As his village did not have a church, he built a log church which was visited by believers from all the surrounding places. He procured a gold cross and a gold bell for it even from Russia. The bell is engraved with the name of the caster and the year 1808, so it is believed that the church was built then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Turkish hostility went so far that, when they heard about his church, they decided to destroy it immediately. Sensing the worst, Glava\u0161 hid both the bell and the cross, so when they came to burn it, there was nothing in it. This did not prevent the Turks from carrying out their revenge, so the church was burned to the ground. Legend has it that for many years afterwards, when they were digging up that area, they found a nailed coffin in which the gold bell and cross were preserved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stanoje Stamatovi\u0107 Glava\u0161 was considered a great host. He was married twice and left behind numerous descendants. The first wife’s name was Stana, she was Kara\u0111or\u0111e’s relative and with her he had two daughters. The second marriage was with Mara, with whom he had three children, two sons and a daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zbor u Ora\u0161cu \/ Wikimedia Creative Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Two memorial plaques for Stanoje Glava\u0161<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Stanoje Stamatovi\u0107 Glava\u0161 was buried several times. The first place where he was buried was in the village of Ban\u010dina, where he lost his life. The locals buried his headless body in the shade of an oak tree, where Stanoje liked to rest. Later, after it was brought from Belgrade, his head was buried in the same place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later, in 1902, Stanoje’s remains were transferred with state and military honors to the courtyard of the church of St. Archangels Gabriel and Michael, also in the village of Ban\u010dina, where they are still located today. Both at the first and the second place where he was buried, memorial plaques were erected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our famous poet \u0110ura Jak\u0161i\u0107 wrote a book that bears his name: “Stanoje Glava\u0161”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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