Catherine of Bosnia (, ) (''

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'' 14th century) was a

Bosnia Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

n noblewoman. She was Countess of Cilli by her marriage to Hermann I, Count of Cilli, and a member of the House of Kotromanić by birth.

Family

It is known that Catherine was of Bosnian origin, but her parentage is disputed. Some believe that Catherine was the daughter of Vladislav Kotromanić and his wife

Jelena Šubić Jelena Šubić (died 1378) was a member of the Bribir branch of the Croatian Šubić noble family who ruled the Banate of Bosnia as regent from 1354 until 1357 during the minority of her son Tvrtko I of Bosnia. Life Jelena was the daughter of ...

. Others believe she was the second daughter of

Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia Stephen II ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Стефан II, Stjepan II) was the Bosnian Ban from 1314, but in reality from 1322 to 1353 together with his brother, Vladislav Kotromanić in 1326–1353. He was the son of Bosnian Ban Stephen I Ko ...

, and his third wife Elizabeth of Kuyavia. If Catherine was a daughter of Stephen, she was the sister of Queen Elizabeth of Hungary; if she was a daughter of Vladislav, she was sister of King Tvrtko I of Bosnia. Catherine's parentage is not clear because there is no evidence to link Catherine to either of the couples.

Marriage

Catherine was married in 1361 (or 1362) to Hermann I, Count of Cilli (Celje). The couple were married for twenty-three years and had at least two children: # Hans of Cilli, died young # Hermann II, Count of Cilli, married

Countess Anna of Schaunberg Hermann II (; early 1360s – 13 October 1435), Count of Celje, was a Duchy of Styria, Styrian prince and magnate, most notable as the faithful supporter and Barbara of Celje, father-in-law of the Hungarian king and Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund ...

and became father of Holy Roman Empress Barbara.

References

{{House of Kotromanić

Catherine Katherine (), also spelled Catherine and Catherina, other variations, is a feminine given name. The name and its variants are popular in countries where large Christian populations exist, because of its associations with one of the earliest Ch ...

1330s births 1390s deaths 14th-century countesses consort Kotromanić dynasty