 Nothing is known about the monastery in the vicinity of Begaljica.Belgrade and its surroundings were under constant threat due to the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.In 1688, during the Great Turkish War, the Habsburg troops took control over most of present-day Serbia after numerous battles and successfully besieging Belgrade, with the massive help of Serbs, but when the King redirected all forces to the Nine Years' War, the Ottomans closed in and took the city in 1690, ending the Habsburg conquests.