Kotromanić dynasty

Kotromanić dynasty
Country	Kingdom of Bosnia
Titles	Ban of Bosnia (1250–1377) King of Bosnia (1377–1463)
Founded	1250
Founder	Prijezda I

The Kotromanić dynasty ruled the Kingdom of Bosnia and was perhaps the most important family in the country's history.^[1] They were sovereigns of medieval Bosnia and the surrounding lands, from the 13th century as Bans until the crowning and introduction of the Bosnian crown in 1377 and then as kings until the Ottoman conquest in 1463.

Notable members

Bans of Bosnia

• Prijezda I (1250–1287)
• Prijezda II (1287–1290)
• Stjepan I Kotroman (1287–1299)
• Stjepan II Kotromanić (1322–1353)
• Tvrtko I (1353–1377)

Kings of Bosnia

• Stephen Tvrtko I (1377–1391)
• Stephen Dabiša (reigned 1391–1395)
• Jelena Gruba (reigned 1395–1398)
• Stephen Ostoja (reigned 1398–1404)
• Stephen Tvrtko II (1404–1409)
• Stephen Ostoja (restored) (1409–1418)
• Stephen Ostojić (1418–1421)
• Stephen Tvrtko II (restored) (1421–1443)
• Stephen Thomas (1443–1461)
• Stephen Tomašević (1461–1463)

Queens consort of Bosnia

The following women married into the House of Kotromanić, but were not born into it.

• Dorothea of Bulgaria, wife of Tvrtko I (1374–c. 1390)
• Jelena Gruba, wife of Stephen Dabiša (1391–1395)
• Vitača, the first wife of Stephen Ostoja (1399)
• Kujava, the second wife of Stephen Ostoja (1399–1415)
• Jelena Nelipčić (or Nelipić), third wife of Stephen Ostoja (1416–1418)
• Dorothy Garai, wife of Tvrtko II (1428–1438)
• Katarina Kosača, second wife of Stephen Thomas (1445–1461)
• Mary of Serbia, wife of Stephen Tomašević (1461–1463)

Others

• Jelena Šubić, mother of King Stephen Tvrtko I
• Elizabeth of Bosnia, Queen consort of Hungary and Poland, regent of Hungary
• Catherine of Bosnia, Countess of Cilli, grandmother of Holy Roman Empress Barbara of Cilli
• Mary of Bosnia, Countess of Helfenstein

Family tree

• Notes: Stephen I had three sons (Stephen II, Vladislaus and Ninoslaus) and five male-line grandchildren (Tvrtko I, Dabiša, Elizabeth, Catherine and Mary). Tvrtko I was the son of Vladislaus and Elizabeth was the daughter of Stephen II. Dabiša was the son of either Vladislaus or Ninoslaus. Catherine was the daughter of either Stephen II or Vladislaus. Mary could have been the daughter of any son of Stephen I.

KEY

marriage; legitimate children

liaison; illegitimate children

Prijezda I 1211–1287 Ban 1250–87

Prijezda II d. 1290 Ban 1287–90

Stephen I Kotroman d. 1314 Ban 1287–1314

Elizabeth of Serbia d. 1331

Stephen II d. 1353 Ban (1314–)1322–53

Elizabeth of Kuyavia

Vladislaus d. 1354

Jelena Šubić

Ninoslaus

Catherine

Dabiša d.1395 King 1391–95

Jelena Gruba d.aft.1399 Queen 1395–98

Elizabeth 1340–1387

Hermann II of Cilli c. 1365–1435

Tvrtko I 1338–1391 Ban 1353–77 King 1377–91

Dorothea of Bulgaria d. c. 1390

Mary c. 1371–1395

Sigismund 1368–(r. 1387–)1437 HRE 1433–37

Barbara of Cilli 1392–1451

Kujava Radinović

Ostoja d. 1418 King 1398–1404, 1409–18

Jelena Nelipčić

Tvrtko II d. 1443 King 1404–09, 1421–43

Dorothy Garai d.1438

Ostojić d.1421 King 1418–21

Radivoj d. 1463 anti-king 1432–1435

Vojača

Thomas d. 1461 King 1443–61

Katarina Kosača 1424–1478

Matthias puppet king 1465–1471

Mary of Serbia 1447–1498

Tomašević 1438–1463 King 1461–63

Ishak-bey Kraloglu (Sigismund)

Catherine

See also

• List of rulers of Bosnia
• History of Bosnia and Herzegovina

References

1. Malcolm, Noel (1 October 1996). Bosnia: A Short History. London: New York University Press. p. 364. ISBN 978-0814755617.

Sources

• Karatay, Osman (2003). "Contribution to the Debates on the Origin of the Medieval Bosnian Royal Dynasty Kotromanids".
• Fine, John Van Antwerp, Jr. (1994). The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 9780472082605.