Jelena Gruba

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Jelena Gruba (Cyrillic:Јелена Груба) was a Bosnian Queen in 1395-1398. She was the first female ruler of Bosnia. She had only one daughter with her predecessor, King Stefan Dabiša, Stana, who was married to Đurađ Radivojević.

Jelena Gruba was to brought to power by the large Bosnian nobility, the Bosnian Rusag and it is during her reign that the Bosnian nobility grows in power independently from the crown. Amongst them were the famous Dukes Sandalj Hranić and Hrvoje Vukčić and Prince Pavle Radenović that ruled their own demesnes independently from the Queen. The Queen's demesne was a small territory in central Bosnia, while she lost the suzeiranity over the territories of Usora in the valley of the river of Sava.

Preceded by Stefan Dabiša

Queen of Serbs, Bosnia and other 1395–1398

Succeeded by Stefan Ostoja

[edit] See also

• House of Kotromanić
• History of Bosnia and Herzegovina

[edit] External links

• Kotromanići by Željko Fajfrić

[edit] References

• Српске династије, Andrija Veselinović and Radoš Ljušić, 2001, Novi Sad