Vlastelin ( vlastelini) is the
Bosnian word for the "
magnate", derived from ''vlast'' ("rule, power, authority, government, management, office"). Other words are ''velmoža'' and ''velikaš'', sometimes used interchangeably, particularly to designate ''regional lords''. ''Vlastelin'' was used when referring to the highest and most powerful nobility in
medieval Bosnia
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Early Middle Ages
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. Also, in
Serbia
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and
Croatia
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of the era, the ''velikaš'' and ''velmoža'' were most likely terms used in place of ''vlastelin''.
From ''vlastelin'' the term ''vlasteličić'' was derived for lower or lesser ''vlastelin'' status.
In Eastern Europe the equivalent term would be
boyar.
Titles used by the higher nobility in medieval Bosnia include ''
Grand duke'' (person in command of military) in Bosnia specifically
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 f ...
, ''
Knyaz'', ''
Duke
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'', ''
Prince
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'', etc.
Magnates in Bosnia
* ''Grand Duke of Bosnia''
Pavle Radinović
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* ''Grand Duke of Bosnia''
Hrvoje Vukčić
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* ''Grand Duke of Bosnia''
Stjepan Vukčić Kosača
* ''Grand Duke of Bosnia''
Vlatko Vuković
}; died ) was a 14th-century Bosnian nobleman, Duke of Hum, Grand Duke of Bosnia ( sh, Veliki vojvoda bosanski) and one of the best military commanders of King Tvrtko I, for whom he governed Hum (part of modern-day Herzegovina), which was part of ...
* ''Grand Duke of Bosnia''
Sandalj Hranić
* ''Knez''
Radič Sanković
Radič Sanković ( sr-cyr, Радич Санковић; died 1404) was powerful Bosnian nobleman and magnate in the Kingdom of Bosnia during the reign of Stephen Dabiša (1391-1395) and Queen Helen (1395-1398). He allied himself with usurper Ste ...
Magnates with Bosnian court titles:
* ''
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 f ...
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See also
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Velikaš Velikaš ( sr-cyr, великаш, /) is the Serbo-Croatian word for 'magnate', derived from ('great, large, grand'). Another word is , which was commonly used for provincial lords (). It was used to refer to the highest nobility of Serbia in the ...
References
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Slavic titles
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Vlastelin