List of rulers of medieval Bosnia

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

Duke (1082–1136)
Picture Name House Reign Overlordship Notes
Stephenfl.
1082–1101
Constantine Bodin
Duklja
Appointed ruler of Bosnia sometime between 1082 and 1085 by King Constantine Bodin of Dioclea.[1][2]

Bans (1136–1377)
Picture Name House Reign Overlordship Notes
Conquered by Béla II of Hungary in 1136; Ladislaus II of Hungary first held the title Duke of Bosnia 1137–1154
BorićBoričević1154–1163
Beloš (1154–1158)
Géza II (1158–1162)
Stephen IV (1162–1163)
Hungary
1167: Bosnia claimed by the Byzantine Empire[3]
1180s: Bosnia claimed by the Kingdom of Hungary
KulinKulinić1180–1204
Manuel I Comnenus (1180–1183)
Byzantine
Emeric I (1183–1204)
Hungary
StephenKulinić1204–1232
Matej Ninoslav1232–1253
Prijezda IKotromanić1254–1287
Michael of Bosnia (1262–1266)
Béla of Macsó (1266–1272)
Stephen Gutkeled (1272–1273)
Prijezda IIKotromanić1287–1290
Stephen IKotromanić1287–1314In 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.
PaulŠubić1305–1312In 1305, Paul I Šubić took the title "lord of Bosnia" (Bosniae dominus).
Mladen IIŠubić1312–1322Paul's eldest son Mladen II Šubić of Bribir

was Lord of Bosnia from 1312 to 1322.
In 1314, Mladen II appoints Stephen II Kotromanić,
his former enemy, as vassal in Bosnia.

Stephen IIKotromanić1322–1353
Tvrtko IKotromanić1353–1366
VukKotromanić1366–1367
Tvrtko IKotromanić1367–1377

Kings and queen (1377–1463)

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

NamePortraitBirthMarriage(s)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 NikolićStephen 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 Kujavanever married1421
Tvrtko II
1404–1409
1420 – November 1443		illegitimate son of Tvrtko IDorothy Garai
no children		November 1443
Radivoj
anti-king 1432–1435		illegitimate son of Stephen OstojaCatherine 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 VojačaJelena 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
  • 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.
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