Vicko Bujović was a Dalmatia

Dalmatia

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n mercenary

Mercenary

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During the Morean War

Morean War

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, Bujović took command of the forces of Perast

Perast

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, offering their services, in his own name and that of the people of the city, to the Republic of Venice

Republic of Venice

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, with whom he was deeply connected. The Venetians rewarded him well, enabling him to keep living in luxury; he built a palace and maintained a personal guard

Bodyguard

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. In 1695 he assisted in an attack on Trebinje

Trebinje

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, and fought as well against north Africa

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n pirates. Between 1694 and 1708 he was repeatedly elected a leader of the town. His palace was finished in 1694; on March 28, 1704, he was made a duke

Duke

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Bujović provoked a quarrel with the Zmajević family, prominent locally, when he fled to Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik

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 with the daughter of a Turkish

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 agha who had been committed to the care of Krsto Zmajević; he spent several years in that town before returning to Perast. On May 6, 1709, he was killed in a street fight by a member of the Stukanović family. For his involvement in the fight, Matija Zmajević was forced to leave Perast, eventually taking up service with the Russia

Russia

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