Vukac Hrvatinić ( 1350 – d. after 10 April 1378) was a Bosnian magnate with the title of ''

knyaz , or ( Old Church Slavonic: Кнѧзь) is a historical Slavic title, used both as a royal and noble title in different times of history and different ancient Slavic lands. It is usually translated into English as prince or duke, dependi ...

'' in the service of Ban Tvrtko Kotromanić of Bosnia, who elevated him to title of vojvoda () later on. He belonged to the

Hrvatinić noble family House of Hrvatinić was a Bosnian medieval noble family that emerged in Donji Kraji county, located in today's territory of western Bosnia and Herzegovina. Principally they were vassals to Kotromanić dynasty of the Banate of Bosnia and Kingdom ...

which served 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 ...

Life

Vukac was one of the sons of

Hrvatin Stjepanić Hrvatin Stjepanić ( la, Horvatinus, Huruatin; 1299–1304), was a Bosnian magnate with the title of ''Knyaz'' of Donji Kraji in Bosnia (''de inferioribus Bosne confinibus''. In historiography, Hrvatin's surname is spelled ''Stjepanić'' or ''St ...

, the ''knez'' of

Donji Kraji Donji Kraji or Donji Krajevi (''Lower Regions'' or ''Lower Ends'', la, Partes inferiores, italic=yes, ), was a small medieval ''zemlja'' (county, župa) in today's northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina, mostly expanding within the territory of tod ...

(1299). In 1363 Bosnia was invaded by the Hungarian King. The city of Soko on the

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river was defended by Vukac during Hungarian's siege between 8–10 July 1363. Vukac defended it so effectively that the King decided to abandon a siege after just few days and retreated to

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.Ban Tvrtko awarded Vukac with entire

župa A župa (or zhupa, županija) is a historical type of administrative division in Southeast Europe and Central Europe, that originated in medieval South Slavic culture, commonly translated as "parish", later synonymous "kotar", commonly translate ...

of Pliva, to addjoin it to Donji Kraji, and elevated him to a title of duke.

Issue

Vukac had four sons: *

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(1350–1416),

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 of Donji Kraji, and '' Herceg'' of

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. * Vuk, Ban of Croatia. * Dragiša. *

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* * Hrvatinić noble family 14th-century rulers in Europe 14th-century births 14th-century deaths People of the Banate of Bosnia {{Bosnia-bio-stub