Jevrem Obrenović

Prince Jevrem Teodorović Obrenović (18 March 1790 – 20 September 1856) was a Serbian politician and revolutionary.

Active in the Serbian independence movement from his youth, Jevrem travelled to Ostružnica to sell oxen for weapons and ammunition.

Miloš led the Second Serbian Uprising that broke out in the beginning of April 1815, and Jevrem again took up arms.

As such; Jevrem was in line to the succession to the Serbian throne behind his brother Jovan and the sons of Miloš.

Applying harsh, sometimes even cruel measures, Miloš and Jevrem managed to reduce brigandage to a reasonable level.

In the period from 1817 to 1835, Jevrem participated in the suppression of several rebellions, during the Russo-Turkish War his task was to prevent the transfer of Ottoman troops from Bosnia through Serbia over to the eastern front.

His house, which was completed in 1824, was a multi-storey building of which "symmetry, architecture and beauty precedes all residences and palaces in Serbia."

Understanding the importance of popular education, Jevrem built schools and invited many teachers, doctors, pharmacists, and artisans to the town.

[4] Jevrem hosted many of the intelligentsia of Europe, and played a significant role in raising the general cultural level in the country.

Jevrem's wife, Tomanija Bogićević
Jevrem's son Miloš, father of Milan I of Serbia
Jevrem's daughter Anka in Serbian national dress
House of Jevrem Obrenović