This is a list of rulers of Bosnia, containing bans and kings of

Medieval Bosnia This is the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Middle Ages, between the ancient and Roman period and the Ottoman period. Early Middle Ages The western Balkans had been reconquered from "barbarians" by Byzantine Emperor Justinian (r. 52 ...

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 I Stephen Tvrtko I ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Stjepan/Stefan Tvrtko, Стјепан/Стефан Твртко; 1338 – 10 March 1391) was the first king of Bosnia. A member of the House of Kotromanić, he succeeded his uncle Stephen II ...

26 October 1377 – 10 March 1391, , , , 1338
son of

Vladislav Kotromanić Vladislav of Bosnia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=/, Vladislav Kotromanić, Владислав Котроманић; died 1354) was a member of the House of Kotromanić who effectively ruled the Banate of Bosnia from September 1353 to his death. Vlad ...

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Jelena Šubić Jelena Šubić (died 1378) was a member of the Bribir branch of the Šubić noble family who ruled the Banate of Bosnia as regent from 1354 until 1357. Jelena was the daughter of the Croatian lord George II Šubić of Bribir, Count of Klis. She ...

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Dorothea of Bulgaria Dorothea of Bulgaria ( bg, Доротея, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Doroteja, Доротеја; died 1390), also called Doroslava (), was the first Queen of Bosnia. Daughter of the Bulgarian tsar Ivan Sratsimir, Dorothea was held hostage by King Louis I ...

Ilinci Ilinci () is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Šid municipality, in the Srem District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 827 people (2002 census). Name Formerly, it was known as ' ...

8 December 1374
no children , , 10 March 1391
aged 53 , - , Dabiša
10 March 1391 – 8 September 1395 , , , , after 1339
illegitimate son of

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Jelena Gruba Helen ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=/, Jelena, Јелена; 1345 – after 18 March 1399), also known by the name sh-Latn-Cyrl, label=none, separator=/, Gruba, Груба, ruled the Kingdom of Bosnia from September 1395 until late April or early Ma ...

one daughter , , 8 September 1395

Kraljeva Sutjeska Kraljeva Sutjeska (sometimes Kraljevska Sutjeska, or just Sutjeska or Sutiska, historically Trstionica (river), Trstivnica, in local tradition ''Naše stolno misto'') is a village in the Municipalities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, municipality of Kak ...

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8 September 1395 – 1398, , , , born to the

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Stephen Dabiša Stephen or Steven is a common English given name, first name. It is particularly significant to Christianity, Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Ac ...

one daughter , , after 1399 , - ,

Stephen Ostoja Stephen OstojaHis name in Bosnian is rendered Stjepan Ostoja (), while in Croatian it's Stjepan Ostoja. In Serbian, he is called Stefan Ostoja (). ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Stjepan Ostoja, Стјепан Остоја; died September 1418 ...

1398–1404
1409–1418 , , , , illegitimate son of Vladislav Kotromanić or Tvrtko I , , (1) Vitača
no children
(2) Kujava
one son
(3)

Jelena Nelipčić Jelena, also written Yelena and Elena, is a Slavic given name. It is a Slavicized form of the Greek name Helen, which is of uncertain origin. Diminutives of the name include Jelica, Jelka, Jele, Jela, Lena, Lenotschka, Jeca, Lenka, and Alena. Not ...

no children , , after 23 March 1418 , - ,

Stephen Ostojić Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; h ...

1418–1420 , , , , son of

and Kujava , , ''never married'' , , 1421 , - ,

Tvrtko II Stephen Tvrtko II ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Stjepan/Stefan Tvrtko, Стјепан/Стефан Твртко; died in November 1443), also known as Tvrtko Tvrtković (), was a member of the House of Kotromanić who reigned as King of Bosnia from 1404 to 1409 ...

1404–1409
1420 – November 1443, , , , illegitimate son of

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Dorothy Garai Dorothy Garai ( sh, Doroteja Gorjanska/Доротеја Горјанска, hu, Garai Dorottya; died between 19 and 24 September 1438) was a Hungarian noblewoman who became Queen of Bosnia upon her marriage to King Tvrtko II in 1428. She func ...

no children, , November 1443 , - , '' Radivoj''
''anti-king 1432–1435'', , , , illegitimate son of

, , Catherine of Velika
three sons, , June 1463 , - , Stephen Thomas
1443 – 10 July 1461 , , , , illegitimate son of

, , (1) Vojača

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Katarina Kosača Catherine of Bosnia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=/, Katarina Kosača, Катарина Косача; 1424/1425 – 25 October 1478) was Queen of Bosnia as the wife of King Thomas, the penultimate Bosnian sovereign. She was born into the powerful ...

two children , , 10 July 1461 , - ,

Stephen Tomašević Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; ...

10 July 1461 – 5 June 1463, , Stjepan Tomašević

, , son of Stephen Thomas and Vojača , , Jelena Branković

Smederevo Smederevo ( sr-Cyrl, Смедерево, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Podunavlje District in eastern Serbia. It is situated on the right bank of the Danube, about downstream of the Serbian capital, Belgrade. According to ...

1 April 1459
no children , , 5 June 1463
beheaded , -

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Bosnia Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and He ...