Orlović clan
| Orlović Орловић | |
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| Noble house | |
Coat of arms of the Dukes and Counts Orlovic | |
| Country | Kingdom of Serbia |
| Founded | c. 1320 |
| Founder | Duke Orle |
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| Language(s) | Serbian |
| Meaning | "descendant of Orle" |
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| Variant form(s) | Orlovčić |
| Anglicisation(s) | Orlovich |
The Orlović (Serbian Cyrillic: Орловић, pl. Orlovići / Орловићи) are a noble house originating in medieval Serbia.
The Orlović clan, according to the preserved collective memory of its descendants as well as the collective memory and epic tradition of Serbs and Montenegrins on the whole, played a major role in the history of these countries, from the Middle Ages to the time of the liberation from the Ottoman rule. Andrija Luburić, in the introduction to his book dedicated to the Orlović clan said:
The clan Orlović, by the number of homes and by their merits in the Serb liberation takes the first place in the old Montenegro. Their past can be followed from the (battle of) Kosovo and it represents one bright thread through a very dark history of Montenegro in the years after 1482.: 3
Most of the families claiming descent from the Orlović have John the Baptist as their patron saint (see: slava).