 Dimitrije Ljotić was born in Belgrade on 12 August 1891 to Vladimir Ljotić and his wife Ljubica ("née" Stanojević).His father was a prominent politician in the port town of Smederevo and served as the Serbian government consul to Greece.The Ljotić family was descended from two brothers, Đorđe and Tomislav Dimitrijević, who hailed from the village of Blace, in Greek Macedonia.