{{Infobox noble, type , name = George II Šubić of Bribir
''Juraj II. Šubić Bribirski'' , title = Duke of the Dalmatian cities
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Omiš Omiš () is a town and port in the Dalmatia region of Croatia, and a municipality in the Split-Dalmatia County. The town is approximately south-east of Croatia's second largest city, Split (city), Split, where the Cetina River meets the Adriatic ...

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Mladen III Šubić Mladen III Šubić () ( 1315 – Trogir, 1 May 1348) was a member of the Croatian Šubić noble family, who ruled from Klis Fortress. He was in possession of Klis, Omiš and Skradin. He is also known as Shield of the Croats (Clipeus Croator ...

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 ...

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George II Šubić of Bribir ({{langx, hr, Juraj II Šubić Bribirski; {{circa 1275 – Klis, 15 December 1328{{Cite web , url=http://www.visovac.hr/hrvatski%20jezik/download/DODATNI%20DOWNLOAD/POSILOVIC/Karbic.htm , title=Damir Karbi? , access-date=2018-06-14 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609015734/http://www.visovac.hr/Hrvatski%20jezik/download/DODATNI%20DOWNLOAD/POSILOVIC/Karbic.htm , archive-date=2008-06-09 , url-status=dead ) was a Croatian nobleman, a member of the Šubić noble family, who ruled from the Klis Fortress.

Early life

George II Šubić was son of Paul I Šubić of Bribir,{{cite book, author1=John V. A. Fine, author2=John Van Antwerp Fine, title=The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LvVbRrH1QBgC&pg=PA210, year=1994, publisher=University of Michigan Press, isbn=0-472-08260-4, page=210 who was the most powerful Croatian nobleman at the end of the 13th century and beginning of the 14th century. After the capture of his brother

Mladen II Šubić Mladen () is a South Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Slavic root ''mlad'' (, ), meaning "young". It is present in Bosnian, Slovenian, Montenegrin, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Serbian, and Croatian society since the Middle Ages. ...

, George II became the head of the Šubić family with support of his two remaining brothers: Gregory I Šubić and Paul II Šubić.

Career

When George I died in 1303, his nephew George II succeeded him as ruler in

Dalmatia Dalmatia (; ; ) is a historical region located in modern-day Croatia and Montenegro, on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea. Through time it formed part of several historical states, most notably the Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Croatia (925 ...

. When Paul I died in May 1312, Mladen II succeeded as Ban of Croatia and Dalmatia, and he shared out his cities to his brothers: Gregory received Šibenik and Bribir, while George II received

, Nin and

Klis Klis is a Croatian village and a municipality located around a mountain fortress bearing the same name. Population In the 2011 census, the municipality of Klis had a total population of 4,801, consisting of the following settlements: * Bršta ...

. George II tried to retake the land and influence that his brother, Mladen II Šubić, had lost in the last war over Bosnia. But he didn't claim Bosnia, instead, he pursued the conquest of lands in Croatia, which had been taken from Šubić's by Prince Nelipac. Stjepan II Kotromanić again changed allegiances and started to fight again for the Šubićs. In the summer of 1324 Prince Nelipac and George II clashed near the waterfalls of Krka. Stjepan II gave considerable support to the Šubićs, but he did not dare involve himself into the fight. Šubić's party was defeated near

Knin Knin () is a city in the Šibenik-Knin County of Croatia, located in the Dalmatian hinterland near the source of the river Krka (Croatia), Krka, an important traffic junction on the rail and road routes between Zagreb and Split, Croatia, Split. ...

, and George II himself was captured by Prince Nelipac some time after the battle. Stjepan had attempted to liberate George II from imprisonment, but all attempts had failed. He died in 1328.

Issue

Juraj II Šubić had five children: *

Paul III Pope Paul III (; ; born Alessandro Farnese; 29 February 1468 – 10 November 1549) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 October 1534 to his death, in November 1549. He came to the papal throne in an era follo ...

(d. 1356), married Venetian noblewoman Catherine Dandolo * Katarina, married count Ivan Jurišić * Božidar or "Deodat" (d. 1348), count of Bribir 1345–47 * Mladen III (d. 1348), ruled

in 1330–48, married Serbian princess Jelena Nemanjić * Jelena (ca. 1306–1378) who married Regent of Bosnia Vladislav Kotromanić in

, and gave birth to the first Bosnian King

Tvrtko I Stephen Tvrtko I ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Stjepan/Stefan Tvrtko, Стјепан/Стефан Твртко; 1338 – 10 March 1391) was the king of Bosnia, first king of Kingdom of Bosnia, Bosnia. A member of the House of Kotromanić, h ...

References

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