List of rulers of Bosnia

This is a list of rulers of Bosnia, containing Dukes and Kings of Bosnia.

Contents

Dukes under foreign rule

Picture TitleName House Reign Overlordship Notes
Duke
Stephen		 House of Vojislavljević fl.
1082-1101
Constantine Bodin
Duklja
 He was appointed governor of Bosnia by King Constantine Bodin (r. 1081–1101), his kinsman, sometime between 1082-5.[1][2]
Annexed by the House of Vukanović (1101-1137)
Conquered by Hungary; Ladislaus II of Hungary 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
 a local Slavonian landlord[3] that had possessions on both sides of the river Sava. As Hungarian domination over Bosnia grew, Borić became its supporter and gained the title of Ban of the newly created Banate of Bosnia.[4] In 1162-1163 a succession war erupted between the anti-Byzantine candidate (backed by Beloš, his former superior) and the pro-Byzantine Stephen IV, son of King Geza. Borić supported Beloš out of loyalty. Stephen IV succeeded the throne and sent Gottfried, who defeated Borić in 1163.
Bosnia annexed by 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
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 1305–1313
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

Kings

Note: All Bosnian kings had two names and the first of those two names was Stephen. They are traditionally and most commonly numbered after the second of their two names; thus, the fourth and sixth King of Bosnia was not Stephen IV Tvrtko, but Stephen Tvrtko II.
Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death
Stephen 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
Stephen 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 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
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

Pretenders

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. ^ http://books.google.com/?id=s_nliwCpBjMC
  4. ^ The Military Orders: On Land and by Sea