The House of Hrvatinić was a Bosnian medieval noble family that emerged in

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county, located in today's territory of western

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. Principally they were vassals to

Kotromanić dynasty The House of Kotromanić ( sr-cyrl, Котроманић, Kotromanići / Котроманићи) was a late medieval Bosnian noble and later royal dynasty. Rising to power in the middle of the 13th century as bans of Bosnia, with control ove ...

of the

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and

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, occasionally also to the

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, changing loyalties between Hungarian kings

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and

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, and finally the

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(1472–1476). They rose to prominence in the second half of the 14th century, and attained its peak under magnate

Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić (c. 1350–1416) was a medieval Bosnian nobleman and magnate, Grand Duke of Bosnia, Knez of Donji Kraji, and Duke of Split. He was the most prominent member of the Hrvatinić noble family, and one of the major feu ...

(1350–1416), who also held large swaths of

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and obtained title of

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in 1380.

Background

The family can be traced from the second-half of the 13th century and were cousins and relatives of the Croatian noble

Šubić family The Šubić family, also known initially as Bribirščić (Berberistich, Broborstic, Breberstic, Breberienses), was one of the Twelve noble tribes of Croatia and a great noble house which constituted Croatian statehood in the Middle Ages. They h ...

. It is considered that in the beginning had estates in the "

" (), specifically in

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Banica with town Ključ, Vrbanja with town Kotor (

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) and Zemljanik with town Greben as well as

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History

The family started to grow in power during Stjepan (d. before 1301) whose only surely known son was named as Hrvatin. The family's eponymous founder was Hrvatin Stjepanić ( 1299–1304), a count and holder of possession in parts of "

" () and "Zapadne Strane" (), and a vassal of Croatian magnate

Paul I Šubić of Bribir Paul I Šubić of Bribir (, ; – 1 May 1312) was Ban of Croatia between 1275 and 1312, and List of rulers of Bosnia, Lord of Bosnia from 1299 to 1312. As the oldest son of Stephen II of the Šubić family, Šubić noble family, he inherited th ...

. Hrvatin's sons was part of a coalition of Bosnian and

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n nobility that revolted against

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between 1316 and 1317. From around 1322 the family submitted to the

of the

, but during the Hungarian-Bosnian struggles until 1357 mostly allied with the Hungarian king. In 1363, the Hrvatinić supported

Tvrtko I of Bosnia 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 ...

against Hungary, after which they came up through the ranks in Bosnia, while their most prominent member,

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, along with major new possessions in Donji Kraji and Zapadne Strane was awarded with the title

. In c. 1387, while loyal to Tvrtko I, they supported rebellion in

against Sigismund. The last member of the family was Matija Vojsalić who was last mentioned in the archives of

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in 1476. He was installed as a puppet

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by the Ottoman sultan as an answer to

Nicholas of Ilok Nicholas of Ilok ( Hungarian: ''Újlaki Miklós'', Bosnian and Croatian: ''Nikola Iločki''; 1410–1477) was a Hungarian nobleman, Ban of Croatia, Slavonia, Dalmatia and Macsó, Voivode of Transylvania and titular King of Bosnia from 1471 u ...

, named king of Bosnia by

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. Matija Vojsalić was removed after conspiring with

against the

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and was not mentioned after that.

Religion

During the 1320s, the first mention of the institutionally developed

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is tied to the clan, to which some branches were affiliated. Other branches, however, were loyal to the

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and were also relatives of the Bribir's knezs, to which they owe their rise under the Croatian-Hungarian throne and helped Bribir's extend their rule over the greater part of the Bosnian Banate for couple of decades.

Lineage

*Stjepan or Stipan (; died before 1301), according to F. Šišić possibly ''knez'' in Donji Kraji, possibly as early as 1244. ** Hrvatin Stjepanić (; 1299–1304), ''knez'' (count) in Donji Kraji of Bosnia (''de inferioribus Bosne confinibus'') and vassal of

. Believed by F. Šišić to have died around the same time as Paul I (1312). He had three sons. Called ''Hrvatin Stjepanić'' or ''Hrvatin Stipanić'' in historiography. *** Vukoslav Hrvatinić (; fl. 1315–1326), issued a charter in 1315 in Sanica. In ca. 1326, Ban Stjepan II in a land grant mentioned that Vukoslav "had left the Croatian lord". Served as Knez of Ključ (fl. 1325). Married Jelena, the daughter of Knez Kurjak. ****Vlatko (fl. 1364) ***Pavao Hrvatinić (fl. 1323–1332) ****Grgur (fl. 1357) ****Vladislav (fl. 1357) ***

Vukac Hrvatinić Vukac Hrvatinić ( 1350 – d. after 10 April 1378) was a Bosnian magnate with the title of '' knez'' in the service of Ban Tvrtko Kotromanić of Bosnia, who elevated him to title of vojvoda () later on. He belonged to the Hrvatinić noble fami ...

(fl. 1357–1366), defended the Soko fortress in the

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county in ca. 1363 against the Hungarians, for which he was awarded an entire

Pliva and a title of vojvoda () by Ban Tvrtko I. Coa hrvoje vukcic hrvatinic b-big

****

(1350–1416), Grand Duke of Bosnia (1380), Knez of Donji Kraji and Duke of Split (1403) His sister Resa Vukčić

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was married to Knez Batalo Šantić. ****

Vuk Vukčić Hrvatinić VUK or Vuk may refer to: *Vuk (name), South Slavic given name ** Vuk, Ban of Bosnia (), a member of the Kotromanić dynasty ** Vuk Karadžić (1787–1864), Serbian language reformer and folklorist, often referred to simply as Vuk * ''Vuk'' (film) ...

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Sources

* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hrvatinic * Bosnian noble families