BURIAL PLACES OF BOSNIAN SOVEREIGNS FROM A TO Z

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BOBOVAC (BOSNIA)
BURIED IN KING'S CHAPEL (Bobovac, kraljevska kapela):

01. King STEPHEN DABIŠA (+1395)
02. King STEPHEN OSTOJA (+1418)
03. King STEPHEN OSTOJIĆ (+1421)
04. King TVRTKO II (+1443)
05. Queen DOROTHY (+1438), consort of King Tvrtko II
06. King STEPHEN THOMAS (+1461)

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JAJCE (BOSNIA)
BURIED IN THE FRANCISCAN MONASTERY OF ST LUKE (Jajce, Franjevčaki samostan Sv. Luke, ul. Fra Antuna Kneževića):

King STEPHEN TOMAŠEVIĆ (+1463)

MILE (BOSNIA)
BURIED IN THE CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS (Mile, crkva sv. Nikola):

King TVRTKO I (+1391)

The church was demolished in the past.

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ROME (ITALY)
BURIED IN THE BASILICA OF SANTA MARIA IN ARACOELI
(Roma, Basilica di Santa Maria in Aracoeli, Piazza Campidoglio):

Queen CATHERINE OF ST SAVA (+1478), consort of King Stephen Thomas

LIST OF BOSNIAN SOVEREIGNS 1353-1463

BANATE OF BOSNIA UNTIL 1353:
KOTROMANIĆ DYNASTY
(Kotromanići)
1353-1377: TVRTKO I (King from 1377)

KINGDOM OF BOSNIA 1377-1463:
KOTROMANIĆ DYNASTY
(Kotromanići)
1377-1391: TVRTKO I
Born in c. 1338.
Father: Vladislav of Bosnia. Mother: Jelena Šubić.
Married Princess DOROSLAVA of Vidin Bulgaria (+c. 1390).
He was crowned in 1377 in the Monastery of Mileševa (now Serbia).
His issue who ruled:
-TVRTKO II (*before 1382,+1443; illegitimate),
-STEPHEN OSTOJA (*c. 1378,+1418; illegitimate).
Died in 1391.
Buried in the Church of St Nicholas in Mile (demolished).

1391-1395: STEPHEN DABIŠA (Stjepan Dabiša)
Born after 1339.
Father: Ninoslav of Bosnia.
Married HELENA (Jelena) Gruba (+after 1399; since 1395 queen regnant of Bosnia).
Died in 1395 in Kraljeva Sutjeska.
Buried in King's Chapel at Bobovac.

1395-1398: QUEEN HELENA (Jelena)
Born in ?
Married King STEPHEN DABIŠA of Bosnia (+1395).
Died after 1399. Burial place unknown.

1398-1404 and 1409-1418: STEPHEN OSTOJA (Stjepan Ostoja)
Born in c. 1378.
Father: King Tvrtko I of Bosnia.
Married firstly VITAČA. Repudiated in 1399.
Married secondly in 1399 KUJEVA Jablanić-Radinović (+1434). Repudiated in 1415.
Married thirdly before 1416 HELENA (Jelena) Nelipić (+c. 1422).
His issue who ruled:
-STEPHEN OSTOJIĆ (+1421; son of Kujeva),
-STEPHEN THOMAS (*c. 1412,+1461; illegitimate).
Deposed in 1404 and exiled in Hungary. Restored in 1409.
Died in 1418.
Buried in King's Chapel at Bobovac.

1404-1409 and 1421-1443: TVRTKO II
Born before 1382.
Father: King Tvrtko I of Bosnia.
Married in 1428 DOROTHY Garai (+1438).
Died in 1443.
Buried with his Queen Dorothy in King's Chapel at Bobovac.

1418-1421: STEPHEN OSTOJIĆ (Stjepan Ostojić)
Born in ?
Father: King Stephen Ostoja of Bosnia. Mother: Kujeva Jablanić-Radinović.
Overthrown in 1421.
Died in 1421.
Buried in King's Chapel at Bobovac.

1443-1461: STEPHEN THOMAS (Stjepan Tomaš Ostojić)
Born in c. 1412.
Father: King Stephen Ostoja of Bosnia.
Married firstly VOJAČA. Repudiated in 1445.
Married secondly in 1446 in Milodraž CATHERINE of St Sava (*c. 1425 Blagaj near Mostar,+1478 Rome).
His issue who ruled:
-STEPHEN TOMAŠEVIĆ (*c. 1438,+1463; son of Vojača).
Died in 1461.
Buried in King's Chapel at Bobovac.
His second consort Queen Catherine of St Sava was buried in the Church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli in Rome.

1461-1463: STEPHEN TOMAŠEVIĆ (Stjepan Tomašević)
Born in c. 1438.
Father: King Stephen Thomaš of Bosnia. Mother: Vojača.
Married in 1459 Princess HELENA (Jelena) Branković of Serbia, known as Queen Mary (*1447,+after 1489).
He was crowned in 1461 in the Church of St Mary in Jajce.
Died in 1463 (beheaded by the Turks).
Buried firstly in the Royal Grave on Hum Mound near Jajce, in 1888 reburied in the Franciscan Monastery in Jajce.

1463: BOSNIA ANNEXED TO THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE

TOMBS OF BOSNIAN SOVEREIGNS













































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The tomb of Queen CATHERINE OF ST SAVA, consort of King Stephen Thomas, in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli in Rome (Italy)

BOSNIAN CORONATION CHURCHES

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JAJCE/BOSNIA, CHURCH OF ST MARY (Jajce, crkva Sveti Marije).
Here was crowned:
1461: Stephen Tomašević

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MILEŠEVO/SERBIA, MONASTERY OF MILEŠEVA
(Mileševo, Manastir Mileševa).
Here was crowned:
1377: Tvrtko I

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Armorial banner of kings of Bosnia, 14th-15th c.