Obren Martinovic died in 1777, leaving his wife Visnja Urosevic and three immatured children: Jakov (1767-1817), Milan (1770-1810), and Stana (1773-?).
Later, Visnja got married for the second time for Teodor Mihailovic from Gornja Dobrinja, and had another three sons with him: Milos (1783-1860), Jovan (1786-1850), and Jevrem (1790-1856). When Teodor died in 1802, she came back to Brusnica village and died there 1817.
There is no written evidence about Duke Milan Obrenovic before 1804, so nothing can be told for sure about him until that time. Up till 1804 he was not engaged in any administrative duty. But when he joined the Uprising movement, he soon became the leading man of the Rudnicka nahija, and soon after he became a counsellor, too.
Duke Milan Obrenovic is considered to be one of the greatest heroes of the Uprising movement who led the rebels into the battle for the renewal of the Serbian state. Other officers who took part in the Uprising also took over the responsibility for the local and state affairs, military service, and all other civilian activities. The written documents agree that Milan Obrenovic was a good leader who skillfully governed the Rudnicka nahija and for the shorter period he also governed the administrative districts of Pozega and Uzice.
The similar judgement about Milan Obrenovic expressed the Russian consul Rodofinikin who was an exceptional critic and showed no tolerance towards the officers of Sumadija region. In his opinion, the commander Milan was a wise man and devoted to his country and he was an honest man as much as it was possible at that time in Serbia.
He was not one of those exceptional warriors, although he took part in the important battles and campaigns: to Rudnik in 1804, Jagodina (1804), Uzice (1805), Misar (1806), Raska region (1809), Varvarin (1810). However, he would rather hand over these war operations and campaigns to his brother Milos Obrenovic.
To Be Continued
