Radoslav Čelnik was a duke

Duke

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 (Voivode) of Srem

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 in the 16th century. At first, Radoslav Čelnik was a general commander of Emperor Jovan Nenad

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's army. In 1527, when Emperor Jovan Nenad was murdered and his army was dispersed, Radoslav Čelnik, together with part of the former emperor's army moved from Bačka

Backa

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 to Srem and acceded into the Ottoman

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 service. Radoslav Čelnik then ruled over Srem as an Ottoman vassal and took for himself the title of the duke of Srem, while his residence was in Slankamen

Slankamen

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.

Being an Ottoman vassal, Radoslav Čelnik also secretly kept the connection with Habsburgs

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. When the Ottoman army passed through Srem, Radoslav Čelnik moved to Habsburg territory, but when the Ottomans returned from their foray, Radoslav Čelnik also returned to Srem. However, after this return, he did no longer ruled over entire Srem, and his residence was no more in Slankamen, but in the town named Nebojc, on the river Vuka

Vuka

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 near Vukovar

Vukovar

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. In 1530, he made agreement with the Habsburgs, and moved from Srem to Habsburg territory, publicly concluded his alliance with Ottomans, and acceded into Habsburg service.

Literature

• Dr. Aleksa Ivić, Istorija Srba u Vojvodini, Novi Sad, 1929.
• Dr. Dušan J. Popović, Srbi u Vojvodini, knjiga 1, Novi Sad, 1990.

See also

• Srem
  Syrmia
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• Rulers of Vojvodina
  Rulers of Vojvodina
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• History of Vojvodina
  History of Vojvodina
  This is a history of Vojvodina.Vojvodina is the Serbian name for the territory in the Northern Serbia, consisting of the southern part of the Pannonian Plain, mostly located north from the Danube and Sava rivers...
  
  
• History of Serbia
  History of Serbia
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