Deli-Marko

Deli-Marko ({{lang-sr-cyr|Дели-Марко}}, "Wild Marko"; {{floruit}} 1596–1619) or Marko Segedinac ({{lang|sr|Марко Сегединац}}, "Marko of Segedin"), was a Serb hajduk and military commander in Habsburg service, active during the Long Turkish War.

He was mentioned for the first time after 1590, as a youngster commanding a band of Serb soldiers in the service of Sigismund Báthory, the Prince of Transylvania.{{sfn|Popović|1957|p=185}} Báthory's army which headed to liberate Timișoara included notable Serbs, such as Đorđe Rac, Deli-Marko, and Sava Temišvarac.{{sfn|Popović|1957|p=184}} The army managed to conquer the Serbian part of the town.{{cite book|author=Etnografski institut|title=Posebna izdanja|volume=4-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RZASAAAAIAAJ|year=1952|publisher=Naučno delo|page=199}} These Serb leaders, including Starina Novak, fought as part of the Transylvanian Army, but carried out independent raids south of the Danube, into what is today Bulgaria and Serbia,{{cite book|author=Slavko Gavrilović|title=Iz istorije Srba u Hrvatskoj, Slavoniji i Ugarskoj: XV-XIX vek|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5oJpAAAAMAAJ|year=1993|page=17|publisher=Filip Višnjić |isbn=9788673631264}} even managing to raid as deep as Plovdiv and Adrianople.{{cite book|title=Даница: српски народни илустровани календар за годину ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3mFPAQAAIAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Вукова задужбина|page=477}} Deli-Marko's bold maneuvers in Ottoman territory enraged the Ottoman government.{{sfn|Popović|1957|p=185}} He raided merchant caravans and ships, and even went as far as across the Balkan Mountains and to the Maritsa river.{{sfn|Popović|1957|p=185}} The Serb commanders mainly operated outside Transylvania, with the support of the Emperor.{{sfn|Samardžić et al.|1993|p=277}} The Serb soldiers and refugees were taken care of by the War Council in Vienna.{{sfn|Samardžić et al.|1993|p=277}}

In 1605, together with Sava Temišvarac, he left Transylvania and crossed to western Hungary.{{sfn|Kolundžija|2008|p=251}} The Long Turkish War ended in 1606 with the Peace of Zsitvatorok. When Emperor Rudolf II started quarreling with his brother, Matthias, Temišvarac, Đorđe Rac and Deli-Marko supported the latter, joining with their people.{{sfn|Kolundžija|2008|p=251}} All mercenary bands commanded by the three Serb leaders participated in the march on Rudolf II.{{sfn|Samardžić et al.|1993|p=279}}

Deli-Marko joined the forces of Italian general Giorgio Basta. In 1616 he moved to Transylvania.