Bjelopavlići (clan)
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Bjelopavlići (Serb Cyrillic: Бјелопавлићи) is a Highland Serb clan in central Montenegro.
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[edit] History
The Bjelopavlici are first mentioned in 1411, in Serb historical documents. Bijeli Pavle, who was the founder of the clan, had two sons:
- Scepan, had 2 sons, which families composed
- Vražegrmci
- Martinići
- Mitar, had 4 sons, which families composed
- Petrušinovići
- Pavkovići
- Matijaš and Tomaš
- Kalezići
[edit] Notables
- Andrija Radović
- Jovica Stanišić, former head of the State Security Service within the Serbian Ministry of the Interior now on trial at the ICTY for involement in the wars in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Bajo Stanišić, Chetnik commander during WWII
