Čolak-Antić family

The Čolak-Antić family (also spelt Tcholak-Antitch) is a Serbian family with prominent members since the time of Revolutionary Serbia. The family's surname, originally a patronymic, came from Vojvoda Čolak-Anta Simeonović, a military commander under Karađorđe, during the First Serbian Uprising against Ottoman rule, and the eponymous founder of the family.^[1]

Genealogy

Note: This family tree is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather aims to show the principal public figures of the Čolak-Antić family.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

1. Vojvoda Čolak-Anta Simeonović (1777–1853), military commander during the First Serbian uprising
   twice married (to Jelena then to Stoja)
   1. Konstantin – Kosta Čolak-Antić (about 1809–1848)
      x to Jovanka Mitrović, related to Prince Maksim Rasković
      1. Ilija Čolak-Antić (1836–1894), commander during the Serbo-Turkish War
         x Jelena Matić, daughter of Dimitrije Matić, president of the National Assembly of Serbia.
         1. Jovanka Čolak-Antić
            x to Ilija Vukićević, writer and playwright.
         2. Boško Čolak-Antić (1871–1949), Marshal of the Court and diplomat.
         3. Vojin Čolak-Antić (1877–1945), Royal Serbian Army and Royal Yugoslav Army general
            x to Marija Grujić daughter of prime minister Sava Grujić, descendant of Vule Ilic Kolarac.
            1. Ilya Čolak-Antić (1905–1974), major in the General Staff of the Royal Yugoslav Army
            2. Grujica Čolak-Antić (1906–1967), major in the Royal Yugoslav Army
               x Jovanka Marinković, granddaughter of Milovan Marinković (three-time mayor of Belgrade)
            3. Petar Čolak-Antić (1907–1964), lieutenant colonel in the Royal Yugoslav Army
               x Milica Hadžić, daughter of Živojin Hadžić (Member of the National Assembly of Serbia)
      2. Lazar K. Čolak-Antić (1839–1877), lieutenant colonel during the Serbo-Turkish War
         1. Milica Čolak-Antić
            x Vladislav F. Ribnikar, founder of Politika
            1. Danica Ribnikar
               x Sir John S. Bennett, career diplomat and SOE agent during WWII.
      3. Ljubomir Čolak-Antić, director of the Serbian Military Arsenal
   2. Ana Čolak-Antić
      x to Antonije Djordjević
      1. 1. 1. Ljubica Marić (1909–2003), composer
   3. Jovanka Čolak-Antić
      x to P. Trpezić
      1. Miloš Trpezić
         x to Anka Hristić (1848-1891), daughter of prime minister Nikola Hristić and granddaughter of Toma Vučić Perišić
         1. Ana Trpezić
            x to Aleksandar Nedeljković, son of professor Milan Nedeljković and Tomanija Radaković, lady of the Imperial Court of Russia.
      2. Mileva Naumović
         x to Colonel Jovan Naumović, son of Naum Krnar
         1. Mihailo Naumović, lieutenant colonel in the General Staff
            x to Ljubica Đurić, daughter of General Dimitrije Đurić and granddaughter of Dimitrije Matić 
            1. Milivoje Naumović, Chetnik commander during the Balkan Wars and World War One
               x to Milena Milojević, granddaughter of minister Jevrem Grujić.
   4. Marija Čolak-Antić
      x to M. Hadžić
      1. 1. 1. Dragica Vučković
               x to Colonel Milivoje Petrović, great-grandson of Hajduk Veljko
               1. Captain Veljko Petrović
                  x to Anđelija Mišić, daughter of Field Marshal Živojin Mišić
   5. Pavle Čolak-Antić (mother Stoja)
      x to Jelena Milovanović sister of painter Milan Milovanović
      1. Voivoda Milivoje Čolak-Antić (1884–1944), Chetnik commander during the Balkan Wars
         x to Jovana Ghazis (1892–1987) relative of prime minister Milan Stojadinović
      2. Milica Čolak-Antić Krstić (1887–1964), architect
      3. Antonije Čolak-Antić (1890–1908), composer

References

1. Milosavljević, Boris (2020). Belgrade Genealogies (in Serbian). Balkan Studies Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. ISBN 978-86-7179-110-6.
2. Kanitz, Felix Phillip (1987). Serbia: country and population from the Roman era to the end of the 19th century (in Serbian). Serbian Literary Guild. p. 624.
3. Milosavljević, Boris (2017). Slobodan Jovanović: theory (in Serbian). Institute for Balkan Studies of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. p. 645. ISBN 978-86-7179-100-7.
4. Milievi, M. (2023-03-25). "Famous People Of Serbia". Internet Archive (in Serbian). U Beogradu : U Srpskoj kraljevskoj tampariji.
5. Simić, Milan (2004-03-09). "Descendants of Hajduk Veljko". Glas-Javnosti (in Serbian).
6. Bokan, D. (2008). Politika: mit, hronika, enciklopedija (in Serbian). Politika. p. 54. ISBN 978-86-7607-091-6. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
7. Bjelajac 2020.

Sources

• Bjelajac, Mile (2020). "Čolak-Antić". Family tradition of the military profession in Serbla, military elite 1804-1941 (PDF) (in Serbian). Vol. Yearbook for Social History 1-2/1996. Belgrade, Serbia: Association for Social History (Department of General History, Faculty of Philosophy). pp. 90–94.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)