Batić Mirković ( sr-Cyrl, Батић Мирковић) was a prominent 15th century Bosnian

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and

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. His father was Bosnian ''knez'', Mirko Radojević, the Radojević-Mirković noble family senior, who had a brother Radič Radojević. Batić succeeded as a head of the family and Bosnian ''knez'' after his father death, while he also succeeded Radoje Radosalić-Pribinić of his grandfather, as Grand ''Knez'' of Bosnia. He was married to Vukava. ''Knez'' Batić Mirković can be traced in three places in diplomatic material, on charters as a witness in the period 1405–1420. In June 1405, in Bijela Selišta in Trstivnica, the Bosnian king Tvrtko II Tvrtković issued a charter to the people of

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confirming cession of the Slano littoral, and among the witnesses to this act (with the elected nobleman and nobles of the Bosnian Rusag) was ''Knez'' Batić Mirković. This could mean that his father dead and that he has taken his place. His next mention is from the beginning of March 1419, in charter written in Zvečaj, when the Bosnian king Stjepan Ostojić confirmed pledges to Dubrovnik in the charters of his predecessors. Among the witnesses is ''Knez'' Batić. The last mention in the diplomatic material is from August 1420. Tvrtko II confirms Sandalj's contract with Dubrovnik, regarding selling of

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to the city-republic, in charter written in Podvisoko, and among the witnesses is ''Knez'' Batić Mirković. The information from the charters show that Batić Mirković was indeed a respectable person, a lord who was among the most important nobles of medieval Bosnia at the beginning of the 15th century. Another piece of important information about Batić Mirković comes from his ''

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'' tombstone. His ''stećak'' is preserved in the

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of the village of Kopošići, in the municipality of

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. According to the inscription on his ''stećak'', it is known that his title was in fact the ''Knez'' of Bosnia and that he was associated with the fortified town of Visoki. The inscription states that he fell ill in Visoko, and that death found him "at Duboko". According to the inscription, the ''stećak'' was placed and inscribed by his wife Vukava. The ''stećak'' tombstone of Batić Mirković is considered one of the most beautiful among the preserved ''stećak''s. The ''stećak'' and the tomb were the subject of numerous looting, devastation and displacement, mostly during the late 19th century. Archaeological excavations were undertaken in 2015. Findings included remains of a fine funerary shroud, made of

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embroidered with fine threads of gilded silver, covering partly preserved skeletal remains, that could be relevant for further analysis. In 2021 were genetically analyzed his skeletal remains and of near unidentified adult individual, showing the same Y-DNA haplotype and almost identical autosomal DNA haplotype, indicating "high probability of father–son relation", theorized to be remains of his father Mirko Radojević. The place of the ''stećak'' tombstone and the tomb of the Bosnian ''Knez'' Batić Mirković is in close proximity to the fortified city of

, which, like the surrounding estates in the Misoča river basin, is considered his noble heritage. Both, medieval necropolis and the Dubrovnik Castle, are protected

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, by the decision of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2003.

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* Ljubomir Stojanović, ''Старе српске повеље и писма, I/1'', Srpska kraljevska akademija, Zbornik za istoriju, jezik i književnost srpskog naroda, prvo odeljenje, Spomenici na srpskom jeziku 19, Beograd - Sremski Karlovci 1929,
Nekropola kneza Batića

Nadgorbni spomenik kneza Batića

Posjeta nekropoli stećaka u Kopošićima

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