Petar Ovčarević

With these traits of his he managed to emerge among the most notable of our [Serb] people... Petar Ovčarević hailed from Belgrade,[1] and was a hajduk.

[5] He was a friend of Bakić, who seems to have assisted his secret crossing into Hungary a few months prior to the Battle of Mohács (29 August 1526).

[6] It seems that his aid to Bakić led to loss of confidence, according to D. Popović, as the Serb crew was replaced by an Ottoman one.

[3] Ovčarević informed Ferdinand through Bakić, whom he personally met, about affairs in the Ottoman Empire and Zapolya's country.

[8] He received nobility status,[1] and was mentioned in 1540 as the owner of Solymos and one of the most notable magnates in Zapolya's lands.

[8] After the death of Zapolya, he was the tutor (or guardian) of minor king John Sigismund, alongside Queen Isabelle and monk Đorđe Utešinović, and likely the commander of the Šajkaši.