This is a list of monarchs of Bosnia, containing bans and kings of Medieval Bosnia; Bosnia (early medieval), Banate of Bosnia, Kingdom of Bosnia.
Picture | Name | House | Reign | Overlordship | Notes | |
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Vojislavljević | fl. 1082–1101 | Appointed ruler of Bosnia sometime between 1082 and 1085 by King Constantine Bodin of Dioclea.[1] [2] |
Picture | Name | House | Reign | Overlordship | Notes | |
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Conquered by Béla II of Hungary in 1136; Ladislaus II of Hungary first held the title Duke of Bosnia 1137–1154 | ||||||
1154–1163 | ||||||
1167: Bosnia claimed by the Byzantine Empire[3] | ||||||
1180s: Bosnia claimed by the Kingdom of Hungary | ||||||
1180–1204 | ||||||
Kulinić | 1204–1232 | |||||
1232–1253 | ||||||
1254–1287 | ||||||
Kotromanić | 1287–1290 | |||||
Kotromanić | 1287–1314 | In 1299, Paul I Šubić of Bribir took the title "lord of Bosnia" (Bosniae dominus) and named his brother Mladen I Šubić of Bribir as the Bosnian ban. From 1299 until 1304 Mladen I was at war with Stephen I. | ||||
1305–1312 | In 1305, Paul I Šubić took the title "lord of Bosnia" (Bosniae dominus). | |||||
Šubić | 1312–1322 | Paul's eldest son Mladen II Šubić of Bribir was Lord of Bosnia from 1312 to 1322. In 1314, Mladen II appoints Stephen II Kotromanić, his former enemy, as vassal in Bosnia. | ||||
1322–1353 | ||||||
Kotromanić | 1353–1366 | |||||
Kotromanić | 1366–1367 | |||||
Tvrtko I | Kotromanić | 1367–1377 |
All Bosnian kings added the honorific Stephen to their baptismal name upon accession.
| 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|-| 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 Vladislav Kotromanić or Tvrtko I || (1) Vitača
no children
(2) Kujava
one son
(3) Jelena Nelipčić
no children || after 23 March 1418|-| Stephen Ostojić
1418 - 1420 || || son of Stephen Ostoja and Kujava || never married || 1421|-| Tvrtko II
1404–1409
1420 – 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|-|}
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 |