List of rulers of Bosnia

This is a list of rulers of Bosnia, containing bans and kings of Medieval Bosnia.

Early rulers (1082–1136)

Picture TitleName House Reign Overlordship Notes
Duke
Stephen 		Vojislavljević dynasty fl.
1082–1101
Constantine Bodin
Duklja
He was appointed governor of Bosnia by King Constantine Bodin of Dioclea (r. 1081–1101), his kinsman, sometime between 1082-5.[1][2]
Annexed by the Vukanović dynasty (1101–1136)

Banate of Bosnia (1136–1377)

Picture TitleName House Reign Overlordship Notes
Conquered by Béla II of Hungary in 1136; Ladislaus II of Hungary first held the title Ban of Bosnia 1137-1154
Ban
Borić 		House of Boričević 1154–1163
Beloš (1154–1158)
Géza II (1158–1162)
Stephen III (1162–1163)
Hungary
1167: Bosnia claimed by the Byzantine Empire[3]
1180s: Bosnia claimed by the Kingdom of Hungary
Ban
Kulin 		House of Kulinić 1180–1204
Manuel I Comnenus (1180–1183)
Byzantine
Emeric I (1183–1204)
Hungary
Ban
Stephen 		House of Kulinić 1204–1232
Ban
Matthew Ninoslaus 		House of Kulinić 1232–1253
Ban
Prijezda I 		House of Kotromanić 1254–1287
Michael of Bosnia (1262–1266)
Béla of Macsó (1266–1272)
Stephen Gutkeled (1272–1273)
Ban
Prijezda II 		House of Kotromanić 1287–1290
In 1299, Paul I Šubić of Bribir took the title Ban of Bosnia (Bosniae dominus) and named his brother Mladen I Šubić of Bribir as the Bosnian Ban. Mladen was Bosnian Ban from 1299–1304. From 1299 Mladen I was in war with Stephen I.
Ban
Stephen I 		House of Kotromanić 1287–1314
In 1305, Paul Šubić took the title Lord of all of Bosnia (totius Bosniae dominus). Paul was from 1305–1312 Lord of all of Bosnia.
Ban
Paul 		House of Šubić 1305–1312
Ban
Mladen II 		House of Šubić 1312–1322
Paul's eldest son Mladen II Šubić of Bribir was Lord of all of Bosnia from 1312–1322. In 1314, Mladen II appoints Stephen II Kotromanić, his former enemy, as vassal in Bosnia
 Ban
Stephen II 		House of Kotromanić 1322–1353
Ban
Tvrtko I 		House of Kotromanić 1353–1366
Ban
Vuk 		House of Kotromanić 1366–1367
Ban
Tvrtko I 		House of Kotromanić 1367–1377

Kingdom of Bosnia (1377–1463)

All Bosnian kings added the honorific Stephen to their baptismal name upon accession.

Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death
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
Ostoja
1398–1404
1409–1418 		illegitimate son of Tvrtko I (1) Vitača
no children
(2) Kujava
one son
(3) Jelena Nelipčić
no children 		after 23 March 1418
Stephen Ostojić
1418–1421 		son of Stephen Ostoja and Kujava never married 1421
Tvrtko II
1404–1409
1421 – 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
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

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Edgar Hösch, The Balkans: a short history from Greek times to the present day, Vol 1972, Part 2, pages 68 and 83. Google Books
  2. ↑ Vjekoslav Kljaic, Geschichte Bosniens von den ltesten Zeiten bis zum Verfalle des K nigreiches, p. 61 (in German)
  3. ↑ Fine's The Late Medieval Balkans, p. 17

Sources

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