Bans_of_Bosnia
This is a list of monarchs of Bosnia, containing bans and kings of Medieval Bosnia; Bosnia (early medieval), Banate of Bosnia, Kingdom of Bosnia.
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| Picture | Name | House | Reign | Overlordship | Notes |
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| Stephen | Vojislavljević | fl. 1082–1101 | Appointed ruler of Bosnia sometime between 1082 and 1085 by King Constantine Bodin of Dioclea.[1][2] |
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| Picture | Name | House | Reign | Overlordship | Notes |
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| Conquered by Béla II of Hungary in 1136; Ladislaus II of Hungary first held the title Duke of Bosnia 1137–1154 | |||||
| Borić | Boričević | 1154–1163 | |||
| 1167: Bosnia claimed by the Byzantine Empire[3] | |||||
| 1180s: Bosnia claimed by the Kingdom of Hungary | |||||
| Kulin | Kulinić | 1180–1204 | |||
| Stephen | Kulinić | 1204–1232 | |||
| Matej Ninoslav | 1232–1253 | ||||
| Prijezda I | Kotromanić | 1254–1287 | |||
| Prijezda II | Kotromanić | 1287–1290 | |||
| Stephen I | Kotromanić | 1287–1314 | In 1299, Paul I Šubić of Bribir took the title "lord of Bosnia" (Bosniae dominus) and named his brother Mladen I Šubić of Bribir as the Bosnian ban. From 1299 until 1304 Mladen I was at war with Stephen I. | ||
 | Paul | Šubić | 1305–1312 | In 1305, Paul I Šubić took the title "lord of Bosnia" (Bosniae dominus). | |
| Mladen II | Šubić | 1312–1322 | Paul's eldest son Mladen II Šubić of Bribir was Lord of Bosnia from 1312 to 1322. | ||
| Stephen II | Kotromanić | 1322–1353 | |||
| Tvrtko I | Kotromanić | 1353–1366 | |||
| Vuk | Kotromanić | 1366–1367 | |||
| Tvrtko I | Kotromanić | 1367–1377 | |||
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All Bosnian kings added the honorific Stephen to their baptismal name upon accession.
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| Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriage(s) | Death |
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| Tvrtko I 26 October 1377 – 10 March 1391 | 1338 son of Vladislav Kotromanić and Jelena Šubić | Dorothea of Bulgaria Ilinci 8 December 1374 no children | 10 March 1391 aged 53 | |
| Dabiša 10 March 1391 – 8 September 1395 | after 1339 illegitimate son of Vladislav Kotromanić | Jelena Gruba one daughter | 8 September 1395 Kraljeva Sutjeska | |
| Jelena Gruba 8 September 1395 – 1398 | born to the House of Nikolić | Stephen Dabiša one daughter | after 1399 | |
| Stephen Ostoja 1398–1404 1409–1418 | illegitimate son of Vladislav Kotromanić or Tvrtko I | (1) Vitača no children (2) Kujava one son (3) Jelena Nelipčić no children | after 23 March 1418 | |
| Stephen Ostojić 1418–1420 | son of Stephen Ostoja and Kujava | never married | 1421 | |
| Tvrtko II 1404–1409 1420 – November 1443 | illegitimate son of Tvrtko I | Dorothy Garai no children | November 1443 | |
| Radivoj anti-king 1432–1435 | illegitimate son of Stephen Ostoja | Catherine of Velika three sons | June 1463 | |
| Stephen Thomas 1443 – 10 July 1461 | illegitimate son of Stephen Ostoja | (1) Vojača one son (2) Katarina Kosača two children | 10 July 1461 | |
| Stephen Tomašević 10 July 1461 – 5 June 1463 | son of Stephen Thomas and Vojača | Jelena Branković Smederevo 1 April 1459 no children | 5 June 1463 beheaded |
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Pretenders and titular kings
| Nominal | ||
| Nicholas of Ilok | "King of Bosnia" (1471–1477) | appointed by the King of Hungary |
| Matthias of Bosnia (House of Kotromanić) | "King of Bosnia" (1465–1471) | son of Radivoj of Bosnia, appointed by the Sultan |
| Matija Vojsalić (House of Hrvatinić) | "King of Ottoman Bosnia" (1472–1476) | appointed by the Sultan, removed for conspiring against the Ottomans |
- Edgar Hösch, The Balkans: a short history from Greek times to the present day, Vol 1972, Part 2, pages 68 and 83. Google Books
- Fine's The Late Medieval Balkans, p. 17
Sources
- Ćirković, Sima (2004). The Serbs. Malden: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9781405142915.
- Curta, Florin (2006). Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1250. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Fine, John Van Antwerp Jr. (1991) [1983]. The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0472081497.
- Fine, John Van Antwerp Jr. (1994) [1987]. The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0472082604.