Peter Dóczy Explained

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Peter Dóczy[1] de Nagylucse (Hungarian: nagylucsei Dóczy Péter; Serbian: Петар Дојчин) was a 15th-century Hungarian nobleman. In 1462 he was a captain of the Belgrade fortress. Around 1479 he was a commander of the Hungarian fleet on Danube in Varadin. In 1480 he was a ban of Jajce (Hungarian: Jajca) in Bosnia.[2] [3]

Name

The alternative names of Peter Dóczy include Petrus de Docz, Petrus Doczy,[4] [5] Petar Dojčin, Petar Dovac, Peter Doći[6] and Petar Varadinac.[7]

Career

In 1462 Dóczy was a captain of the Belgrade fortress. In period between 1476 and 1479 he was a commander of the Hungarian fleet of hundred ships on Danube and Sava.[8] A part of his fleet participated in Hungarian capture of Šabac (Hungarian: Szabács) in 1476. In 1480 he was a ban of Jajce.[9] At the end of 1480, together with Vuk Grgurević Branković and Hungarian ban of Slavonia Ladislaus Egervári, Dóczy attacked and plundered the Sanjak of Bosnia whose sanjakbey was Koca Davud Pasha.[10] They managed to reach Vrhbosna[11] and plundered it for three days.[12]

Dóczy traveled to Istanbul to meet Ottoman sultan Mehmed two times as envoy of the Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus.[13] On 9 September 1482 Dóczy, Grgurević and Pavle Kanjiži defeated Ottoman forces of 10,000 spearmen near Óbecse (today: Bečej, Serbia).[14] Ottomans had intention to reach and plunder the region of Temesvár (today: Timișoara, Romania).[15]

In Serbian epic poetry

In Serbian epic poetry Dóczy became Petar Dojčin, ban of Varadin.[16] The most famous epic song about Petar Dojčin is "Dojčin Petar and King Matthias" (Serbian: Дојчин Петар и Краљ Матијаш) also known as "Petar Dojčin drinks wine" (Serbian: Вино пије Дојчин Петар), which is published for the first time in period between 1716 and 1733 in Erlangen Manuscript.[17] [18]

Petar Dojčin and Bolani Dojčin, another hero of Serbian epic poetry, are unrelated.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Franz Babinger. Ralph Manheim (translator). Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time. registration. 375. Doczy.. 26 July 2013. 1978. Princeton University Press. 9780691099002 .
  2. Book: Milman Parry. Albert B. Lord. Serbocroatian heroic songs. 4 February 2013. 1979. Harvard University Press. 9780674801653 .
  3. Book: Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski. Izabrana djela. 4 February 2013. 1997. Matica hrvatska. 9789531502320 .
  4. Book: Dragoslav Srejović. Slavko Gavrilović. Sima M. Ćirković. Istorija srpskog naroda: knj. Doba borbi za očuvanje i obnovu države (1371-1537). 1981 . 4 February 2013. Srpska književna zadruga. 578.
  5. Book: Јованка Калић-Мијушковић. Београд у средњем веку. 4 February 2013. 1967. Српска књижевна задруга.
  6. Book: Đura Daničić. Jugoslavenska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti. Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika. 15 February 2013. 1882. U knížarnici L. Hartmana na prodaju. 169.
  7. Book: Zbornik Matice srpske za književnost i jezik. 16 February 2013. 1970. Matica srpska. 187.
  8. Book: Godis̆njak grada Beograda. 15 February 2013. 1979. Beogradske novine. 19.
  9. Book: Zbornik Matice srpske: Serija društvenih nauka. 4 February 2013. 1951. Naučno odeljenje Matice srpske.
  10. Book: Esma Smailbegović. RO Institut za jezik i književnost (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina). Narodna predanja o Sarajevu. 4 February 2013. 1986. institut za jezik i književnost, OOUR Institut za književnost. 113.
  11. Book: Летопис Матице српске. 15 February 2013. 1909. У Српској народној задружној штампарији. 27.
  12. Book: Istorijski Glasnik. 15 February 2013. 1952. 7.
  13. Book: Dragoslav Srejović. Slavko Gavrilović. Sima M. Ćirković. Istorija srpskog naroda: knj. Doba borbi za očuvanje i obnovu države (1371-1537). 1981 . 4 February 2013. Srpska književna zadruga. 385.
  14. Book: Vladimir Ćorović. Nenad Ljubinković. Irena Arsić. Istorija srpskog naroda. 4 February 2013. 1997. Glas srpski. 9788671191012 .
  15. Book: Proceedings in history. 15 February 2013. 1971. Odeljenje za društvene nauke, Matica srpska. 21.
  16. Book: Milan Prelog. Povijest Bosne u doba osmanlijske vlade ... . 4 February 2013. 1924 . Naklada J. Studnička i druga.
  17. Book: Zbornik Matice srpske za književnost i jezik. 16 February 2013. 1970. Matica srpska. 187.
  18. Book: Cetinje (Montenegro) Etnografski muzeji. Glasnik: Bulletin. 16 February 2013. 1961. 145.

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