 maleÅ¡evci () is a historical region and tribe in old herzegovina, in the middle ages. they lost their tribal organization and came under the overlordship of rudine and piva in the late 15th century. characteristic for the clan is that all families have the slava (patron saint feast day, serbian tradition) of st. ignatius, and those families that claim descent, but do not have the same slava, are not regarded maleÅ¡evci. the clan is one of the most widespread. ==history== ===vojvoda maleÅ¡=== the first written record is a ragusan document, written on january 14, 1374, addressing "de malleseva" clan. the eponymous founder was serbian vojvoda ("duke") maleÅ¡, who hailed from what is now herzegovina. in the second half of the 14th century, he received a voivodeship in berovo, then part of the serbian empire (modern eastern r. macedonia). maleÅ¡ participated and was injured in the battle of maritsa (1371), in which the serbian army was defeated by the ottomans, and many of the serbian nobility in macedonia became ottoman vassals. because of the ottoman advance, he burnt his house and settled in drenica, in kosovo, and participated in the battle of kosovo (1389), of which outcome was inconclusive, though a long-term strategic victory for the ottomans. maleÅ¡ again burnt his house and settled in malina (on the road between bileÄa and trebinje), where he lived as a merchant and hunter. according to a contemporary document, he had the canyon of ljubotinja near kruÄice cleared. he renovated the dobriÄevo monastery. he died at a very old age, at the beginning of the 15th century. ===15th century=== the maleÅ¡evci first held the ravno mountain, but exchanged it with a pivan voivode for the kruÄica mountain near volujak. they traded with the republic of ragusa and transported goods with caravans from the interior of dubrovnik (in modern croatia), to arilje (in modern serbia) and further. they absorbed the katuns of the pokrajÄiÄi in 1403, punoÅ¡eviÄi in 1402 and repoÅ¡eviÄi in 1431. the clan is also eponymous to the maleÅ¡evo mountain in ma
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