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Stjepan Vukčić Kosača
Stjepan Vukčić Kosača ( sr-Cyrl, Стјепан Вукчић Косача; 1404–1466) was the most powerful Bosnian nobleman whose active political career spanned the last three decades of medieval Bosnian history, from 1435 to 1465. During this period, three kings succeeded to the Bosnian throne, Tvrtko II, Thomas ''(Tomaš)'', Stephen Tomašević ''(Stjepan Tomašević)'', one anti-king, Radivoj, the older brother of King Thomas, and the county's fate was sealed by the Ottoman conquest. He was probably born in 1404, a son of the Knyaz of Drina, Vukac Hranić, and Katarina, whose ancestry is unknown. Stjepan's father's hereditary lands were in the Upper Drina region. A member of the Kosača noble family, he succeeded his uncle, Duke Sandalj, as duke of Humska zemlja and the Grand Duke of Bosnia, in 1435. None influenced the development of the late Bosnian medieval state as much as Stjepan Vukčić did. Supporting Radivoj in the line of succession for ...
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Gospodin
Hospodar or gospodar is a term of Slavonic origin, meaning "lord" or "master". Etymology and Slavic usage In the Slavonic language, ''hospodar'' is usually applied to the master/owner of a house or other properties and also the head of a family. The hospodar's house is called '' hospóda''. There is also an alternative form for the head of the household - ''gazda'', which is also common in Hungary. ''Hospod'' is used exclusively when referring to the Lord and has only a slight relation to hospodar. The pronunciation ''hospodar'' of a word written as ''господар'' in many Slavonic languages, which retains the Cyrillic script, could be due to the influence of either Ukrainian, where the first letter is pronounced as or that of the Church Slavonic, where it is pronounced as The title was used briefly towards the end of the Second Bulgarian Empire. In 1394-95, Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria referred to himself not as a Tsar (as traditionally), but as a ''gospodin'' of Tarn ...
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List Of Rulers Of Bosnia
This is a list of rulers of Bosnia, containing bans and kings of Medieval Bosnia. Duke (1082–1136) Bans (1136–1377) Kings and queen (1377–1463) All Bosnian kings added the honorific Stephen to their baptismal name upon accession. , Tvrtko I26 October 1377 – 10 March 1391, , , , 1338son of Vladislav Kotromanić and Jelena Šubić , , Dorothea of BulgariaIlinci8 December 1374no children , , 10 March 1391aged 53 , - , Dabiša10 March 1391 – 8 September 1395 , , , , after 1339illegitimate son of Vladislav Kotromanić , , Jelena Gruba one daughter , , 8 September 1395Kraljeva Sutjeska , - , Jelena Gruba8 September 1395 – 1398, , , , born to the House of Nikolić , , Stephen Dabišaone daughter , , after 1399 , - , Stephen Ostoja1398–14041409–1418 , , , , illegitimate son of Vladislav Kotromanić or Tvrtko I , , (1) Vitača no children(2) Kujavaone son(3) Jelena Nelipčićno children , , after 23 March 1418 , - , Stephen Ostojić ...
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Grand Duke Of Bosnia
Grand Duke of Bosnia ( sh, veliki vojvoda rusaga bosanskog, la, Bosne supremus voivoda / Sicut supremus voivoda regni Bosniae), was a court title in the Kingdom of Bosnia, bestowed by the monarch to highest military commanders, usually reserved for most influential and most capable among highest Bosnian nobility. To interpret it as an office post rather than a court rank could be more accurate, although it was not hereditary it served both purposes and was retained for life by a noblemen who gained it. History Unlike usage in Western Europe or Central Europe, as well as in various Slavic lands from Central to North-East Europe, where analogy between grand duke and grand prince was significant, with both titles corresponding to sovereign lower than king but higher than duke, in Bosnia the title of grand duke corresponded more to the Byzantine military title '' megas doux''. Generally, Slavic word ''knez'' is often referred to ruler, sometimes analogous to king, thus ''veliki kn ...
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Zemlja (feudal Balkans)
''Zemlja'' (plural: ''zemlje'', anglicized: ''zemljas''; lat, terra; en, Land), was a term used in the Balkans during much of the Middle Ages as a unit in Administrative division, political-territorial state division, based on Feudalism, feudal Social stratification, social hierarchy, local administrative control and the Feudal fragmentation, feudal distribution of land. It was the largest unit of administration, which constituted a feudal state among South Slavic peoples of the Balkans at the time, Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Middle Ages, Bosnia, Medieval Croatia, Croatia, Medieval Montenegro, Montenegro (Zeta) and Medieval Serbia, Serbia. The same term is known to be used among other Slavs, Slavic nations of medieval Europe, namely Medieval Poland, Poles and History of Russia, Russians, who called it ''Zemlya'', ''Ziemlia'', or ''Ziemia'', and although it has a similar meaning and significance it is not the same. Background In the case of medieval Bosnian state, the basic ...
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Hum (zemlja)
Zachlumia or Zachumlia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Zahumlje, Захумље, ), also Hum, was a medieval principality located in the modern-day regions of Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia (today parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, respectively). In some periods it was a fully independent or semi-independent South Slavic principality. It maintained relations with various foreign and neighbouring powers (Byzantine Empire, First Bulgarian Empire, Kingdom of Croatia, Principality of Serbia) and later was subjected (temporarily or for a longer period) to Kingdom of Hungary, Kingdom of Serbia, Kingdom of Bosnia, Duchy of Saint Sava and at the end to the Ottoman Empire. Etymology Zachlumia is a derivative of ''Hum'', from Proto-Slavic '' *xŭlmŭ'', borrowed from a Germanic language (cf. Proto-Germanic '' *hulma-''), meaning ''"Hill"''. South Slavic ''Zahumlje'' is named after the mountain of Hum (za + Hum "behind the Hum"), above Bona, at the mouth of the Buna. ...
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Sandalj Hranić Kosača
Sandalj is a village in the municipality of Valjevo, Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas .... According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 155 people.Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. File:Sandalj - opština Valjevo - zapadna Srbija - panorama 3.jpg, Sandalj - panorama File:Sandalj - opština Valjevo - zapadna Srbija - panorama 5.jpg, Sandalj - panorama File:Sandalj - opština Valjevo - zapadna Srbija - panorama 6.jpg, Sandalj - panorama File:Sandalj - opština Valjevo - zapadna Srbija - panorama 7.jpg, Sandalj - panorama File:Sandalj - opština Valjevo - zapadna Srbija - panorama 8.jpg, Sandalj - panorama Fi ...
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Upper Drina
The Drina ( sr-Cyrl, Дрина, ) is a long Balkans river, which forms a large portion of the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It is the longest tributary of the Sava River and the longest karst river in the Dinaric Alps which belongs to the Danube river watershed. Its name is derived from the Roman name of the river ( la, Drinus) which in turn is derived from Greek (Ancient Greek: ). The Drina originates from the confluence of the rivers Tara and Piva, in the glen between the slopes of the Maglić, Hum and Pivska Planina mountains, in the area of Šćepan Polje (in Montenegro) and Hum (Bosnia and Herzegovina) villages. Hydrological characteristics The Drina is a very fast and cold alpine river, with a very high 175:346 meandering ratio, and relatively clean water, which has particularly intensive green coloration, a usual characteristic of most alpine rivers running through a karstic and flysch terrain made of limestone, underlying the area in which ...
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Vukac Hranić
Vukac Hranić Kosača ( sr-Cyrl, Вукац Хранић Косача; 1405–died in 1432) was powerful Bosnian magnate and nobleman from Kosača noble family with the title of '' knez'', during the reigns of Tvrtko II (r. 1404–1409, first reign), Stephen Ostoja (r. 1409–1418), Stephen Ostojić (r. 1418–1421) and Tvrtko II again (r. 1421–1443). Life and career Vukac was born in the second half of the 14th century as the second son of Hrana Vuković. He was younger brother of ''Grand Duke of Bosnia'', Sandalj Hranić (l. 1370–1435), and older brother of ''knez'' Vuk Hranić (d. 1424). Both Vukac and Vuk were subordinate to their powerful older brother Sandalj, who governed ''Hum'' (''Humska zemlja''), southernmost part of the Kingdom of Bosnia. Sandalj had succeeded their uncle Vlatko Vuković as Grand Duke of Bosnia and Lord of Hum in 1392. Vukac held part of his family's hereditary lands in Podrinje (mentioned in 1415), and the region of Govza by the Bistrica riv ...
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Knyaz
, or ( Old Church Slavonic: Кнѧзь) is a historical Slavic title, used both as a royal and noble title in different times of history and different ancient Slavic lands. It is usually translated into English as prince or duke, depending on specific historical context and the potentially known Latin equivalents of the title for each bearer of the name. In Latin sources the title is usually translated as , but the word was originally derived from the common Germanic (king). The female form transliterated from Bulgarian and Russian is (), in Slovene and Serbo-Croatian (Serbian Cyrillic: ), ''kniahinia'' (княгіня) in Belarusian and ''kniazioŭna'' (князёўна) is the daughter of the prince, (княгиня) in Ukrainian. In Russian, the daughter of a knyaz is (). In Russian, the son of a knyaz is ( in its old form). The title is pronounced and written similarly in different European languages. In Serbo-Croatian and some West Slavic languages, the word ...
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Ottoman Conquest Of Bosnia And Herzegovina
The Ottoman conquest of Bosnia and Herzegovina was a process that started roughly in 1386, when the first Ottoman attacks on the Kingdom of Bosnia took place. In 1451, more than 65 years after its initial attacks, the Ottoman Empire officially established the Bosansko Krajište (Bosnian Frontier), an interim borderland military administrative unit, an Ottoman frontier, in parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1463, the Kingdom fell to the Ottomans, and this territory came under its firm control. Herzegovina gradually fell to the Ottomans by 1482. It took another century for the western parts of today's Bosnia to succumb to Ottoman attacks, ending with the capture of Bihać in 1592. Origins and etymology The entire territory that is today known as Bosnia and Herzegovina was not conquered by the Ottoman Empire at once, in a single battle; rather, it took the Ottoman Empire several decades to conquer it. Military units of the Ottoman Empire made many raids into feudal principalities in ...
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Radivoj Of Bosnia
Radivoj of Bosnia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=/, Radivoj Ostojić, Радивој Остојић; died in late May or early June 1463) was anti-king of Bosnia from 1432 until 1435, when he lost all control over the kingdom but did not relinquish the title, and again from 1443 until 1446, when he abandoned his claim. He was recognized as king by the Ottoman Empire and the Despotate of Serbia, as well as by the Bosnian noble houses of Kosača and Pavlović, but never by the West. Radivoj is thus seldom included in the list of rulers of Bosnia. Background Radivoj was the older of the two illegitimate sons of King Ostoja. He was most likely born before 1410, during Ostoja's marriage to Kujava Radinović, the mother of the King's only legitimate son, Stephen Ostojić. Like his younger brother Thomas, Radivoj was a doubly adulterine child, as his father confessed to the pope that their mother too had a living husband at the time of their births. The surname Kristić (or Krstić or Hrst ...
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Anti-king
An anti-king, anti king or antiking (german: Gegenkönig; french: antiroi; cs, protikrál) is a would-be king who, due to succession disputes or simple political opposition, declares himself king in opposition to a reigning monarch.OED "Anti-, 2" The OED does not give "anti-king" its own entry, unlike "antipope", but includes it in a list of political "anti-" formations, such as "anti-emperor" and "anti-caesar". The earliest example of anti-king cited is from 1619 (and the next by Dr Pusey). Only the hyphenated form is cited or mentioned. The term is usually used in a European historical context where it relates to elective monarchies rather than hereditary ones. In hereditary monarchies such figures are more frequently referred to as pretenders or claimants. Anti-kings are most commonly referred to in the politics of the Holy Roman Empire, before the Golden Bull of 1356 issued by Emperor Charles IV defined the provisions of the Imperial election. Other nations with elective ...
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