Tvrtko Kotromanić (other)
Tvrtko of Bosnia may refer to: * Tvrtko I Kotromanić, medieval ruler of Bosnia (1353–1366 and again 1367–1391) * Tvrtko II Kotromanić, medieval ruler of Bosnia (1404–1409 and again 1421–1443) See also

*Tvrtko (other) *Tvrtko of Bosnia (other) *Stephen Kotromanić (other) *Prijezda Kotromanić (other) *List of rulers of Bosnia {{hndis, Kotromanic, Tvrtko ...
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Tvrtko I Kotromanić
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 as the ban of Bosnia in 1353. As he was a minor at the time, Tvrtko's father, Vladislav, briefly ruled as regent, followed by Tvrtko's mother, Jelena. Early in his personal rule, Tvrtko quarrelled with his country's Roman Catholic clergy but later enjoyed cordial relations with all the religious communities in his realm. After initial difficulties—the loss of large parts of Bosnia to his overlord, King Louis I of Hungary, and being briefly deposed by his magnates—Tvrtko's power grew considerably. He conquered some remnants of the neighbouring Serbian Empire in 1373, after the death of its last ruler and his distant relative, Uroš the Weak. In 1377, he had himself crowned king of Bosnia and Serbia, claiming to be the heir of Serbia ...
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