Panta Lunjevica

Pantelija Panta Milićević Lunjevica (Serbian Cyrillic: Пантелија Панта Милићевић Луњевица; 1840–1887) was a Serbian higher administrative officer,[1] the chief (načelnik) of the Šabac district (srez or okrug),[2] and chief (načelnik) of the Belgrade district.

[2] Panta was the son of Nikola Lunjevica (1776–1842), blood-relative of Princess Ljubica, a commander (vojvoda) of the Serbian Revolution[4] and close comrade of Prince Miloš.

[6] With the financial held of his mother, Panta renovated the Vujan Monastery in 1858, which had earlier been renovated by his father in 1800 and later became burial place of almost all members of the Lunjevica family, except for Queen Draga, who is buried in St. Mark's Church, Belgrade.

[5] With his wife Anđelija Koljević, he had seven children; two sons, Nikola and Nikodije, and five daughters, Hristina, Đina, Ana, Draga and Vojka.

[8] After the May Coup in 1903 where their sister and both brothers were killed, all surviving sisters of Lunjevica family, namely Djurdjina, Vojka and Hristina, left the country, now ruled by the rivaling Karadjordjevic dynasty, and settled permanently in Switzerland with their families.

Photo of Panta Milićević Lunjevica, father of Queen Draga