intercepted and murdered in the village of Tornjoš. Jovan Nenad's head was delivered to Zápolya and soon after his death the remainder of his army dispersed, which was the end of Jovan Nenad's liberation movement. After Jovan Nenad's death his general Radoslav Čelnik led the remains of the army to Ottoman Syrmia, where he ruled until 1530 as an Ottoman vassal, and then as a Habsburg subject. Legacy As time passed, Jovan Nenad became a mythical figure to the Serbs. Many Serbian historians consider him the founder of contemporary Vojvodina, although in reality his insurrection was too short-lived and his reign too tumultuous to have a lasting impact. Subotica, the province's second largest city (which was once his capital) erected a monument to him bearing the inscription "Your thought has prevailed" (). In popular culture In the 1942 Hollywood film, Cat People, a small statue of Jovan Nenad (albeit referenced as "King John of Serbia"), plays a central role in developing the underlying mythological basis of the film's plot. The statue is of Jovan Nenad on horseback holding up an impaled cat on his sword. See also Starina Novak (1530s-1601), hajduk leader List of Serbian rulers List of rulers of Vojvodina Serbs of Vojvodina Rascians Annotations References Sources External links Još jednom o caru Jovanu Nenadu 16th-century Serbian nobility 16th-century Serbian monarchs Eastern Orthodox monarchs Serbian military leaders Serbian rebels Serbs of Romania People from Subotica History of Bačka History of Banat 16th century in Serbia 1527 deaths Year of birth uncertain 1492 births People from Lipova, Arad Self-proclaimed monarchy