Bosnian and Herzegovinan Monarchs

A history of Bosnian monarchs.

Kingdom of Bosnia

Stephen II (Stjepan) and Vladislav consolidated control over the banate of Bosnia within the kingdom of Hungary. Stephen II was the ban himself, while his brother Vladislav held the princely title knez.

When Stephen II died in 1353, Vladislav was passed over for his son Tvrtko I. He and his wife Jelena ruled as regents; importantly Jelena obtained consent from Louis I to establish an independent kingdom of Bosnia. Tvrtko I was crowned in 1377.

All kings of Bosnia would add Stephen to their name upon coronation (e.g. Stephen Tvrtko I).

Tvrtko II was installed as king twice. First in 1404, when grand duke Hrvoje Vukcic Hrvatinic deposed Ostoja; Ostoja regained the throne five years later. Second in 1420, when grand duke Sandalj Hranic Kosaca deposed Ostoja's son, Ostojic.

During the 1430s and 1440s, Durad tried to install Radivoj, an illegitimate son of Ostoja, on the Bosnian throne.

Tomasevic was captured by the Ottomans and killed in 1463. Much of the kingdom was reorganized as the sanjak of Bosnia.

The duchy of Hum (also known as Zachlumia) was the last province to be conquered. Around this time the dukes began styling themselves with the Germanic herzog. This realm was reorganized as the sanjak of Herzegovina.

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