Internal discord has weakened the government of…

Internal discord has weakened the government of Karadjordje, the French invasion of Russia in 1812 had prevented the tsar from protecting the Serbs, and the peace of Bucharest leaves Serbia with little more than paper guarantees of autonomy.

The sultan, his powerful forces freed, invades Serbia from three sides, and by the end of 1813, all opposition is crushed.

Karadjordje, sick with typhus and broken in spirit, flees to Hungary; Turkish, Bosnian, and Albanian troops plunder Serbian villages.

Milos Teodorovic, the son of Višnja Gojković (died 1817) and her second husband, Teodor Mihailović (died 1802), a poor peasant from Montenegro, was born in the village of Dobrinja, near Požega, in the Užice district.

Miloš is the eldest of three boys born to the couple; Jovan (1787–1850) and Jevrem (1790–1881).

His mother had been married previously to Obren Martinović (died 1777), and they had had three children: Stana (born 1773), Jakov (1767–1817) and Milan (1770-16 December 1810).

As a youth, Milos had been a servant in the family of Akso Ječmenica, an affluent cattle trader from Zlatibor.

After working for his half brother Milan Obrenovic, he had joined Karadjordje in his rebellion in 1804.

The following year, Milos had been appointed a commander in the rebel forces, but after his half brother was killed in 1810, possibly by Karadjordje, he took the surname Obrenovic and assumed an enmity toward Karadjordje.

When Karadjordje flees, Milos remains in Serbia, and the Turks appoints him knez (prince) of three central Serb districts.