Catherine of Bosnia ( sh, Katarina Kotromanić / Катарина Котроманић; 1294–1355) was daughter of
Stephen I, Ban of Bosnia and sister of
Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia
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She was daughter of
Stephen I, Ban of Bosnia and his wife
Elizabeth of Syrmia. She was born in 1294, in
Srebrenik. She had six siblings, five brothers,
Stephen II,
Vladislav, Ninoslav, Miroslav and unknown brother, and a sister named Mary. In autumn 1314 she was in exile with family in
Dubrovnik. Catherine will marry prince
Nikola of Hum
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sometime before 1338. Nikola was knyaz from
Hum
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1322, which Stephen II, brother of Catherine, at the time
Ban of Bosnia, annexed to his realm. After the annexation, Ban granted Nikola positions in
župas in
Bosansko Primorje
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, at the southern edge of the realm, region between the
Neretva Delta
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and
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, bestowing him with the right to rule most of the
Popovo. He is ruled this župa as long as he lived. Catherine and Nikola had two sons:
* Vladislav Nikolić
* Bogiša Nikolić
Catherine died in 1355 in
Bribir.
References
Kotromanić dynasty
House of Nikolić
1294 births
1355 deaths
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People from Srebrenik