Pantelija Panta Lunjevica (Serbian Cyrillic: Панта Луњевица; 1840–1887) was a Serbian higher administrative officer,[1] the chief (načelnik) of the Šabac district (srez or okrug),[2], chief of Belgrade district and father of Queen Draga.[3]
Pantelija Panta Lunjevica was the son of Nikola Lunjevica (1776–1842), a Commander of the Serbian Revolution[4] and close comrade of Prince Miloš. He was educated,[4] formerly working as a military officer and policeman.[5] He was a loyal to the Obrenović dynasty and a liberal.[2] Along with his mother Đurđija Čarapić,[6] cousin of Voivode Ilija Čarapić, who was married to Stamenka Karađorđević (1799-1875), daughter of Karađorđe Petrović, he renovated the Vujan Monastery in 1858, which had earlier been renovated by his father Nikola in 1800.[7] He founded the library in Aranđelovac.[5] With his wife Anđelija Koljević, he had seven children; two sons, Nikola and Nikodije, and five daughters, Hristina, Đina, Ana, Draga and Vojka. Draga was the Queen consort of Serbia (1900–1903), as the wife of King Aleksandar I of Serbia.
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