Vukac Hranić Kosača ( sr-Cyrl, Вукац Хранић Косача; 1405–died in 1432) was powerful Bosnian magnate and nobleman from

Kosača noble family The House of Kosača ( sr-Cyrl, Косача, Kosače / Косаче), somewhere Kosačić ( sr-Cyrl, Косачић, Kosačići / Косачићи), was a Bosnian medieval noble family which ruled over parts of modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovi ...

with the title of '' knez'', during the reigns of

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 ...

(r. 1404–1409, first reign), Stephen Ostoja (r. 1409–1418),

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(r. 1418–1421) and Tvrtko II again (r. 1421–1443).

Life and career

Vukac was born in the second half of the 14th century as the second son of Hrana Vuković. He was younger brother of ''

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 ...

'', Sandalj Hranić (l. 1370–1435), and older brother of ''knez'' Vuk Hranić (d. 1424). Both Vukac and Vuk were subordinate to their powerful older brother Sandalj, who governed ''Hum'' (''Humska zemlja''), southernmost part of the Kingdom of Bosnia. Sandalj had succeeded their uncle

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 ...

as Grand Duke of Bosnia and Lord of Hum in 1392. Vukac held part of his family's hereditary lands in

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(mentioned in 1415), and the region of

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by the Bistrica river, and the town of Jeleč, which he was given following the death of his younger brother Vuk in 1425. He married Katarina (d. 1456), whose origin is deemed unknown, in August 1403. With Katarina he had two children, a son, Stjepan, and a daughter, Teodora, who married Radoslav Pavlović (1420–41). Stjepan was since 1419 mentioned in documents alongside his father and uncles as he had already back then been chosen to succeed Sandalj in the future. The

Republic of Ragusa hr, Sloboda se ne prodaje za sve zlato svijeta it, La libertà non si vende nemmeno per tutto l'oro del mondo"Liberty is not sold for all the gold in the world" , population_estimate = 90 000 in the XVI Century , currency = ...

granted Sandalj, Vukac, Vuk and Stjepan the status of

Ragusan nobility The nobility of the Republic of Ragusa included patrician families, most of which originated from the City of Dubrovnik, and some coming from other, mostly neighbouring, countries. The Republic of Ragusa was ruled by a strict patriciate that wa ...

and senators, and an estate in Ragusa (Dubrovnik) by charter dated 29 June 1419. Vukac was actively participated in the peace talks between the Kingdom of Bosnia and the

in 1405. During the peace talks between dukes Radoslav Pavlović and Sandalj, besides the Ragusans, Vukac actively participated working for peace (he was Sandalj's brother and Radoslav's father-in-law). Peace was concluded on 1 February 1423. In February 1425, Brailo Tezalović and Vukac arrived at Ragusa to once again start talks about the sale of Radoslav Pavlović's part of

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to the Republic of Ragusa. After the sale of eastern Konavle by Radoslav to the Republic of Ragusa in 1426, Vukac and Radoslav Obradović received 200 ducats each. Vukac died in 1432. His son Stjepan succeeded as the chief of the Kosača family following the death of Sandalj in 1435.

Family

He married Katarina (d. 1456), of unknown origin, in August 1403. He had two children, a son and a daughter: * Stjepan Vukčić Kosača, ''vojvoda'' * Teodora Vukčić, married Radoslav Pavlović Radinović (1420–41), member of the

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It is possible that Vukac had another son, Isa-Beg Isaković, the first governor of Ottoman Bosnia (1450s–60s).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hranic, Vukac 1370 births 1435 deaths Kingdom of Bosnia Medieval Bosnian state Ragusan nobility Hranić noble family