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Vukosav Nikolić
Vukosav Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Вукосав Николић; 1395–d. 1403) was mid-ranking Bosnian nobleman and a vassal to Kosača noble family, Kosača-Vukčić family under Sandalj Hranić, who served the Kingdom of Bosnia during the reign of his relative Jelena Gruba (r. 1395–1398) and Stephen Ostoja (r. 1398–1404),. He was the lord of Neum, the Popovo field, and the Lower Neretva region. He fell in battle during the Bosnian-Ragusan War (1403). Life The Nikolić noble family held possessions in the Popovo field. The family's eponymous founder, Nikola, descended from ''župan'' Bogdan of Hum, Bogdan, who in turn descended from Stefan Nemanja's brother, ''knez'' Miroslav of Hum (r. ca. 1166–1190). Nikola had two sons, Bogiša and Vladislav, the latter being Vukosav's father. Vladislav had married Stanislava, the daughter or sister of Stephen II Kotromanić (r. 1322–1353), in 1344. Vukosav is mentioned since 1395 at the royal court. He was the lord of Neum, the Popovo fi ...
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