Milosh Voinovitch

Also known as: Milosh / Milosh-the-shepherd / Prince Milosh · Family: Serbians · Role: youngest brother · First appears: Chapter VIII · The Marriage of Tsar Doushan the Mighty · Part 2

In Chapter VIII · The Marriage of Tsar Doushan the Mighty, Part 2, the aged mother of the Voinovitchs tells Peter and Voukashin (son of Voin) that their youngest brother, Milosh-the-shepherd, is in the mountains. They summon him by falsely saying she is dying; when he returns to the castle at Voutchitrn and finds her well, they ask him to join Doushan’s wedding procession and help their uncle. Milosh agrees, saying, “I will go, O my brothers!” His brothers outfit him for the journey, and Peter disguises Koulash, Milosh’s horse, with a bear’s skin so Doushan will not recognize it. Milosh joins the party at Zagorye disguised as a young Bulgar, claiming he had served Radoul-bey, who withheld his wages.

In Part 3, Doushan protects Milosh from the crowd. At Klissoura, Voutche, Yanko and the young man from Priepolye offer him money, a plough and oxen for Koulash; when Milosh refuses and they threaten to take the horse by force, he strikes Voutche and Yanko with his club. In Part 4, he catches and knocks down the young man from Priepolye, then strikes the principal wine-keeper at Ledyen for refusing him wine. Doushan promises to ennoble him if he defeats the champion of the Venetian king. Milosh accepts the challenge, and in Part 5 pursues and kills the Venetian, putting his head in Koulash’s nose-bag. Doushan rewards him with gold; Milosh also completes the flaming-sword leap, brings three chargers to the tsar, and shoots through the ring to catch the golden apple.

In Part 6, Milosh identifies Roksanda and presents her to Doushan, who still does not know who Milosh is. As the wedding party continues, Milosh and three hundred heroes stay behind in the forest. In Part 7, Milosh kills Balatchko, cuts off his three heads, and leads his men against the Venetian cuirassiers, killing three hundred and routing the survivors. Doushan gives him a thousand ducats, and only at the plain Kossovo learns that the seeming Bulgarian is his nephew, Prince Milosh Voinovitch.