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
The Banate of Bosnia ( sh, Banovina Bosna / Бановина Босна), or Bosnian Banate (''Bosanska banovina'' / Босанска бановина), was a medieval state based in what is today Bosnia and Herzegovina. Although Hungarian kings ...
from September 1353 to his death.
Vladislav was a younger son of
Stephen I, Ban of Bosnia, and
Elizabeth of Serbia.
Upon the death of Ban Stephen I in 1314, Vladislav's mother assumed
regency in the name of his older brother,
Ban Stephen II. Unclear circumstances soon forced her to flee Bosnia and seek refuge in the
Republic of Ragusa. She took her children with her, and Ragusan documents show they spent several years there in exile. The 16th-century chronicler
Mavro Orbini states that only Stephen followed Elizabeth, while Vladislav and his brother Ninoslav went to the Croatian town of
Medvedgrad. By the summer of 1319, the Kotromanić family were back in Bosnia. Vladislav and Stephen took part in a great coalition of noblemen against their overlord
Mladen II Šubić of Bribir, causing his downfall and bringing the House of Kotromanić directly under the suzerainty of King
Charles I of Hungary. The brothers then proceeded to assist the
Ban of Slavonia in conflicts with Croatian magnates.
Vladislav, titled ''
knez'',
appears as co-granter of Stephen II's charters to the
Hrvatinić noble family between 1326 and 1331.
In late 1337 or early 1338, he married
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, daughter of
George II Šubić of Bribir. The marriage ceremony was performed by
Lampridio Vitturi,
Bishop of Trogir
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papacy
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that the marriage was uncanonical due to consanguinity of the couple.
They nevertheless stayed together and had two sons,
Tvrtko and
Vuk.
Stephen II died in 1353, leaving behind no sons. For reasons unknown, Vladislav was excluded from succession, and the title
Ban of Bosnia passed directly to his son Tvrtko.
Tvrtko, however, was only about 15 years old at the time, so Vladislav assumed the reins of government with his wife. He immediately took the young Ban on a tour throughout Bosnia, during which they settled relations with
vassals.
Despite his son being the enthroned ruler, Vladislav's name took precedence in charters, suggesting that the Ban was eclipsed by his father.
Vladislav died in 1354, less than a year into his regency, leaving his widow to rule in Tvrtko's name until 1357.
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14th-century rulers in Europe
14th-century viceregal rulers
1354 deaths
14th-century Bosnian people
Vladislav
Year of birth uncertain