Katarina Vuković is from the medieval Bosnian noble lineage Hrvatinić, the second wife of

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Sandalj Hranić Sandalj Hranić Kosača ( cyrl, Сандаљ Хранић Косача; 1370 – 15 March 1435) was the most powerful Bosnian nobleman whose primary possessions consisted of land areas between Adriatic coast, the Neretva and the Drina river ...

. Katarina was the daughter of the Hungarian-Croatian ban Vuk Vukčić from the Bosnian noble family of Hrvatinić. Her uncle was the famous

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Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić. Her mother was Banness Anka, and her sister was Jelena, married to Sandalj's brother,

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Vuk Hranić. Katarina married Sandalj Hranić in the spring of 1405, when her sister Jelena married Sandalj's brother

Vuk Hranić. Katarina's marriage to Sandalj existed as a result of political ties between Hrvatinić and Kosača noble families. Katarina, her mother Anka, and Duke Sandalj Hranić kept their property in a deposit in

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. The marriage between Katarina and Sandalj broke up during 1410–1411, when good relations between Hrvatinićs and Kosačas soured.

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Hrvatinić noble family Hranić noble family Women of medieval Bosnia and Herzegovina 15th-century Bosnian people {{Europe-noble-stub