Đurađ Bogutović
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Đurađ Bogutović was a 14th-century Serbian
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 nobleman. He was the grand-father to Herak Heraković, the founding father of the Petrović-Njegoš and Heraković-Popović families of the Njeguši
Njeguši
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 tribe
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He initially migrated to a village named Muževice in Banjani
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 (in modern Montenegro
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) from Bosnia
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, fleeing the Ottoman Turks
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. By the end of the 14th-century, however, Bogutović and his children are seen living in Drobnjaci
Drobnjaci
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His father was Vojvoda Bogut
Vojvoda Bogut
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, a Serbian noble and commander in the Serbian Army
Medieval Serbian Army
The medieval Serbian army was well-known for its strength and was among the top Balkan armies before the Ottoman expansion.Prior to the 14th century the army consisted of Byzantine-style noble cavalry armed with bows and lances and infantry armed with spears, javelins and bows...

 of Emperor
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 Dušan the Mighty.

Family

Đurađ Bogutović had five sons:
  • Vukac
  • Radin
  • Herak - ancestor of Herakovići and Petrovići in Njeguši
  • Pribil - ancestor of Rajičevići in Njeguši
  • Ostoja
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