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This is a '''list of monarchs of Bosnia''', containing [[Ban (title)|bans]] and kings of [[Medieval Bosnia]]; [[Bosnia (early medieval)]], [[Banate of Bosnia]], [[Kingdom of Bosnia]].
==Duke (1082–1136)==
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|| [[Stephen of Bosnia|Stephen]] || [[Vojislavljević dynasty|Vojislavljević]]|| <small>[[Floruit|fl.]]</small><br> 1082–1101 || {{center|[[Constantine Bodin]]<hr><small>[[Duklja]]</small>}} || Appointed ruler of Bosnia sometime between 1082 and 1085 by King [[Constantine Bodin]] of Dioclea.<ref name=EH>Edgar Hösch, ''The Balkans: a short history from Greek times to the present day'', Vol 1972, Part 2, pages 68 and 83. [https://books.google.com/books?id=2RoXAQAAIAAJ&q=constantine+bodin+stefan+bosnia Google Books]</ref><ref name=VK>Vjekoslav Kljaic, ''Geschichte Bosniens von den ltesten Zeiten bis zum Verfalle des K nigreiches'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=yoz0IMFKNBMC&pg=PA61 p. 61] (in German)</ref>
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==Bans (1136–1377)==
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| colspan="6" align=center | Conquered by [[Béla II of Hungary]] in 1136; [[Ladislaus II of Hungary]] first held the title ''Duke of Bosnia'' 1137–1154
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| || [[Ban Borić|Borić]] || [[Boričević dynasty|Boričević]] || 1154–1163 || {{center|[[Beloš Vukanović|Beloš]] (1154–1158)<br>[[Géza II of Hungary|Géza II]] (1158–1162)<br>[[Stephen IV of Hungary|Stephen IV]] (1162–1163)<hr><small>[[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]]</small>}} ||
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| colspan="6" align=center | 1167: Bosnia claimed by the Byzantine Empire<ref>Fine's ''The Late Medieval Balkans'', p. 17</ref>
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| colspan="6" align=center | 1180s: Bosnia claimed by the Kingdom of Hungary
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| || [[Ban Kulin|Kulin]] || [[Kulinić]] || 1180–1204 || {{center|[[Manuel I Comnenus]] (1180–1183)<br><small>[[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]]</small><hr> [[Emeric, King of Hungary|Emeric I]] (1183–1204)<br><small>[[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]]</small>}} ||
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| ||[[Stephen Kulinić|Stephen]] || Kulinić || 1204–1232 || ||
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| [[File:Seal of Ban Matej Ninoslav, 1240.jpg|130px]]|| [[Matej Ninoslav]] |||| 1232–1253 || ||
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| || [[Prijezda I]] || [[Kotromanić dynasty|Kotromanić]] || 1254–1287 || {{center|[[Michael of Bosnia]] (1262–1266)<br>[[Béla of Macsó]] (1266–1272)<br>[[Stephen II Gutkeled|Stephen Gutkeled]] (1272–1273)}} ||
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| || [[Prijezda II]] || Kotromanić || 1287–1290 || ||
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| || [[Stephen I, Ban of Bosnia|Stephen I]] || 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.
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|  [[File:Paul I Šubić of Bribir.JPG|50px|center]]|| [[Paul I Šubić of Bribir|Paul]] || [[Šubić noble family|Šubić]] || 1305–1312 || ||In 1305, Paul I Šubić took the title "lord of Bosnia" (''Bosniae dominus'').
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| || [[Mladen II Šubić of Bribir|Mladen II]] || Šubić || 1312–1322 || ||Paul's eldest son [[Mladen II Šubić of Bribir]]<br>
was ''Lord of Bosnia'' from 1312 to 1322.<br>
In 1314, Mladen II appoints Stephen II Kotromanić,<br>
his former enemy, as vassal in Bosnia.
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| [[File:Stephen II of Bosnia.jpg|170px|center]]|| [[Stjepan II Kotromanić|Stephen II]] || [[Kotromanić dynasty|Kotromanić]] || 1322–1353 || ||
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| [[File:Seal of Tvrtko I of Bosnia.jpg|100px|center]]|| [[Tvrtko I]] || Kotromanić || 1353–1366 || ||
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| [[File:Tvrtko_i_Vuk.png|100px|center]] || [[Vuk, Ban of Bosnia|Vuk]] || Kotromanić || 1366–1367 || ||
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| || Tvrtko I || Kotromanić || 1367–1377 || ||
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==Kings and queen (1377–1463)==
All Bosnian kings added the [[Stephen (honorific)|honorific Stephen]] to their baptismal name upon accession.
{{Monarchs - table header}}
| '''[[Tvrtko I]]'''<br>26 October 1377 – 10 March 1391|||| 1338<br>son of [[Vladislav Kotromanić]] and [[Jelena Šubić]] || [[Dorothea of Bulgaria]]<br>[[Ilinci]]<br>8 December 1374<br>no children || 10 March 1391<br>aged 53
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| '''[[Dabiša]]'''<br>10 March 1391 – 8 September 1395 || || after 1339<br>illegitimate son of [[Vladislav Kotromanić]] || [[Jelena Gruba]]<br> one daughter || 8 September 1395<br>[[Kraljeva Sutjeska]]
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| '''[[Jelena Gruba]]'''<br>8 September 1395 – 1398||  || born to the [[House of Nikolić]] || [[Stephen Dabiša]]<br>one daughter || after 1399
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| '''[[Stephen Ostoja of Bosnia|Stephen Ostoja]]'''<br>1398&ndash;1404<br>1409&ndash;1418 ||  || illegitimate son of Vladislav Kotromanić or Tvrtko I || (1) [[Vitača]]<br> no children<br>(2) [[Kujava]]<br>one son<br>(3) [[Jelena Nelipčić]]<br>no children || after 23 March 1418
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| '''[[Stephen Ostojić of Bosnia|Stephen Ostojić]]'''<br>1418&ndash;1420 || || son of [[Stephen Ostoja]] and [[Kujava]] || ''never married'' || 1421
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| '''[[Tvrtko II]]'''<br>1404–1409 <br> 1420 – November 1443|| || illegitimate son of [[Tvrtko I]] || [[Dorothy Garai]]<br>no children|| November 1443
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| ''[[Radivoj of Bosnia|Radivoj]]''<br>''anti-king 1432–1435''|| || illegitimate son of [[Stephen Ostoja]] || Catherine of Velika<br>three sons|| June 1463
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| '''[[Stephen Thomas of Bosnia|Stephen Thomas]]'''<br>1443 – 10 July 1461 || [[Image:Stjepan tomas (cropped frame).jpg|100px]] || illegitimate son of [[Stephen Ostoja]] || (1) [[Vojača]]<br> [[Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia|one son]]<br>(2) [[Katarina Kosača]]<br>two children || 10 July 1461
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| '''[[Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia|Stephen Tomašević]]'''<br>10 July 1461 – 5 June 1463|| [[File:Stjepan Tomašević.jpg|100px]] || son of [[Stephen Thomas of Bosnia|Stephen Thomas]] and Vojača || [[Mary of Serbia, Queen of Bosnia|Jelena Branković]]<br>[[Smederevo]]<br>1 April 1459<br> no children || 5 June 1463<br>beheaded
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===[[Pretender]]s and [[Titular ruler|titular kings]]===
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|- bgcolor="efefef"
| colspan="3" align=center | '''Nominal'''
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| [[Nicholas of Ilok]]
| "King of Bosnia" (1471–1477)
| appointed by the King of Hungary
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| [[Matthias of Bosnia]] ([[House of Kotromanić]])
| "King of Bosnia" (1465–1471)
| son of [[Radivoj of Bosnia]], appointed by the Sultan
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| [[Matija Vojsalić]] ([[House of Hrvatinić]])
| "King of Ottoman Bosnia" (1472–1476)
| appointed by the Sultan, removed for conspiring against the Ottomans
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==See also==
*[[List of Bosnian consorts]]
*[[List of dukes of Bosnia]]
*[[List of grand dukes of Bosnia]]
*[[High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
===Sources===
* {{Cite book|last=Ćirković|first=Sima|author-link=Sima Ćirković|year=2004|title=The Serbs|location=Malden|publisher=Blackwell Publishing|isbn=9781405142915 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Wc-DWRzoeIC}}
* {{Cite book|last=Curta|first=Florin|author-link=Florin Curta|title=Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1250|year=2006|location=Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press|url=https://archive.org/details/southeasterneuro0000curt|url-access=registration}}
* {{Cite book|last=Fine|first=John Van Antwerp Jr.|author-link=John Van Antwerp Fine Jr.|title=The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century|date=1991|orig-year=1983|location=Ann Arbor, Michigan|publisher=University of Michigan Press|isbn=0472081497 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y0NBxG9Id58C}}
* {{Cite book|last=Fine|first=John Van Antwerp Jr.|author-link=John Van Antwerp Fine Jr.|title=The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest|year=1994|orig-year=1987|location=Ann Arbor, Michigan|publisher=University of Michigan Press|isbn=0472082604 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LvVbRrH1QBgC}}
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