Mladen I Šubić of Bribir (; died 1304) was a

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ian nobleman who was a member of Šubić family, at the end of 13th and beginning of the 14th century. He was a brother of a ban of

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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 ...

, who appointed Mladen as a commissar of the Dalmatian city of

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, along with Klis Fortress. After Paul I Šubić declared himself as " Dominus of

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" in 1299, he gave to Mladen I the title of Bosnian Ban. Stephen Kotroman had resisted the growth of Šubić's power in Bosnia, but had lost by 1300 most control over Bosnia to Mladen I Šubić. After 1302 all of Bosnia was under House of Šubić. Mladen I controlled most of it, and small part of Bosnia land (the Lower Edges) was ruled by Prince Hrvatin Stjepanić, who was a

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of the House of Šubić, which was confirmed by

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. Bosnian Ban Mladen I Šubić had started a campaign in Bosnia to exterminate the adherents of the

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– the Bogumils. In religious conflict Mladen was killed in a battle during 1304. He was inherited by his nephew

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. ...

, who needed help, so Pavao I Šubić himself had to lead an Army to crush the resistance in Bosnia. In 1305 Pavao I took the title of ''

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'' (''totius Bosniae dominus'').

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