NIKOLA CREPOVIĆ. A SERBIAN NOBLEMAN AND HIS FAMILY IN 16TH CENTURY TRANSYLVANIA
NIKOLA CREPOVIĆ. A SERBIAN NOBLEMAN AND HIS FAMILY IN 16TH CENTURY TRANSYLVANIA

Summary/Abstract: Nikola Crepović was one of the most representative Serbian nobles in the Kingdom of Hungary and Transylvania. In the two decades (1542–1562) in which he came to the attention of historical sources, this Serbian nobleman was involved in a series of events that marked the history of Central Europe. He built his career through working with both the Szapolyai family and the Habsburgs, and was rewarded with estates and dignities by both parties. Following the fall of Timișoara to the Ottomans (1552), Crepović fled with his family (wife Mara and daughters Jelena and Katerina) to Transylvania, where he built an estate in Hunedoara (Hunyad) and Alba (Fehér) counties. Through his daughters he was related to the ruling family of Wallachia and to important noble families in Transylvania. After his death he was buried in the Orthodox church of Bârsău (Hunedoara/Hunyad county) together with his wife and daughters. Because he had no male heirs, his estates, hard-won through faithful service to the Szapolyai or Habsburgs, came into the possession of nobles with whom he was related.

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