List of rulers of Bosnia

This is a list of rulers of Bosnia, containing dukes, 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 (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)

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 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

• History of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• List of Bosnian consorts

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

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