Kotromanić dynasty

Kotromanić dynasty
Country	Kingdom of Bosnia
Titles	Ban of Bosnia (1250–1377) King of Bosnia (1377–1463)
Founded	1250
Founder	Prijezda I
Final ruler	Stephen Tomašević
Dissolution	5 June 1463

The Kotromanić dynasty ruled the Kingdom of Bosnia and was perhaps the most important family in the country's history. 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.

See also

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