Hrvatin Stjepanić Explained

Hrvatin Stjepanić (Latin: Horvatinus, Huruatin; 1299–1304), was a Bosnian magnate with the title of Knez of Donji Kraji in Bosnia (Latin: de inferioribus Bosne confinibus). In historiography, Hrvatin's surname is spelled Stjepanić or Stipanić. Hrvatin is a namesake for the Hrvatinić noble family.

Life

Hrvatin Stjepanić was a Bosnian magnate, who ruled in Donji Kraji, in medieval Bosnia with the title of knez Latin: de inferioribus Bosne confinibus . He was a relative and vassal of Paul I Šubić of Bribir, a Ban of Bosnia at the time. Medievalist Ferdo Šišić believed that Hrvatin died around the same time as Paul I in 1312. He had three sons. Hrvatin is a namesake for the Hrvatinić noble family, made prominent in the Banate of Bosnia and later Kingdom of Bosnia by his son, Vukac Hrvatinić, at first as a knez and later vojvoda, and even more so by his grandson, the Grand Duke of Bosnia, Hrvoje Vukčić.

Issue

Hrvatin had three sons:

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