Ivaniš Pavlović ( sr-cyr, Иваниш Павловић; June 1423 – November 1450) was a ''
knez'' and later a
Grand Duke of Bosnia
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from the
noble family
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of
Pavlović
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, who had their estates in the eastern parts of the
Kingdom of Bosnia
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. He is the oldest son of
Radoslav Pavlović, and had two brothers
Petar II and
Nikola
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.
When he was born in June 1423,
Dubrovnik
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greeted his birth with congratulations. During the conflict in Konavle (1430–1432) between Pavlović and the Ragusa, his father sent him together with his mother Teodora to the Bosnian court. With the conclusion of peace between the people of Dubrovnik and Radoslav Pavlović, the question of the oath of the young knez Ivaniš was on the agenda. After the conclusion of peace by Duke Radoslav, Knez Ivaniš was obliged to swear an oath to that peace when he was 14 years old.
After the death of duke Radoslav in November 1441, Ivaniš became the head of the house of Pavlović. With the first moves, he confirmed the peace with Ragusa and all the agreements of his predecessors, and in December 1442, the people of Ragusa confirmed all rights and privileges to the Pavlović. The second diplomatic step was the reconciliation with his uncle
Stjepan Vukčić Kosača
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, with whom the Pavlovićs were in a prolonged conflict, and who seized their territories on the coast, around the
Trebinje
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, including
Klobuk Fortress.
Duke Ivaniš was only Pavlović who left
Bosnian Church
The Bosnian Church ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=/, Crkva bosanska, Црква босанска) was an autonomous Christian church in medieval Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Historians traditionally connected the church with the Bogomils, although this ...
bosoms, however briefly, and turned to
Catholicism
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in 1446 only to return to Bosnian Church in 1449.
He died in 1450, and was succeeded by his brothers Petar II and Nikola.
See also
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Pavlovac
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1450 deaths
1423 births