Elizabeth of Serbia

Baness consort of Bosnia

Elizabeth of Serbia

Baness consort of Bosnia
Tenure| 1283–1314

Died| c. 1331
Spouse| Stephen I, Ban of Bosnia
Issue| Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia
Vladislaus of Bosnia
Ninoslaus of Bosnia
Catherine of Bosnia
Mary of Bosnia
Miroslaus of Bosnia
Dynasty| Nemanjić
Father| Stefan Dragutin
Mother| Catherine of Hungary

Elizabeth of Serbia (Serbian: Јелисаветa/Jelisaveta; fl. 1270 — died 1331)[1] was Baness of Bosnia by her marriage to Stephen I, Ban of Bosnia. Elizabeth briefly ruled as regent for her eldest son, Stephen II, in 1314.

## Family

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Elizabeth was a daughter of King Stefan Dragutin of the Nemanjić dynasty. Her mother was Catherine of Hungary. Elizabeth was the second of four children; her brother was Stephen Vladislav II of Syrmia.

## Life

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After 1283, she married Stephen I Kotroman, Ban of Bosnia. Dragutin had already controlled two banates in Bosnia: Usora and Soli and Kotroman immediately fell under his influence – many of his acts were of Dragutin's command. The marriage was political and arranged by Ban Prijezda II who had attempted to forge an alliance with Stephen Dragutin (Elizabeth's father).

Elizabeth and Stephen had at least six children, all of whom are believed to have lived to adulthood:

* Stephen II (born 1292), Ban of Bosnia, whose daughter was Elizabeth, Queen of Hungary and Poland
* Vladislav (1295–1354), co-regent, whose son was Tvrtko I, the first King of Bosnia
* Ninoslav (born c. 1288 in Jajce), whose daughter was Mary, Countess of Helfenstein
* Miroslav
* Katarina (Catherine, born c. 1294 in Bribir–1355), who married Nikola of Hum before 1338, with issues Vladislav and Bogiša
* Marija (Mary, born c. 1308), who married Ludovik[clarification needed]
* possibly, a son (born c. 1300–died c. 1331)[citation needed]

## Regency

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After her husband's death in 1314, Elizabeth briefly ruled as regent for her eldest son, Stephen II. According to a 1601 source whose reliability is unknown, Elizabeth fled to the Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik) and died around 1331. Upon extinction of the Nemanjić dynasty, Elizabeth's grandson Tvrtko, Ban of Bosnia, had himself crowned King of Bosnia and King of Serbia based on his descent from Elizabeth.

## References

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1. ^ Jelisaveta Nemanja

## Sources

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* Bataković, Dušan T., ed. (2005). Histoire du peuple serbe [History of the Serbian People] (in French). Lausanne: L’Age d’Homme. ISBN 9782825119587.
* Ćirković, Sima (2004). The Serbs. Malden: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9781405142915.
* Fine, John Van Antwerp Jr. (1994) [1987]. The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0472082604.
* Jireček, Constantin (1911). Geschichte der Serben. Vol. 1\. Gotha: Perthes.
* Krstić, Aleksandar R. (2016). "The Rival and the Vassal of Charles Robert of Anjou: King Vladislav II Nemanjić". Banatica. 26 (2): 33–51.

## External links

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* Media related to Elizabeth of Serbia at Wikimedia Commons

Royal titles

Vacant

Title last held by

unknown  |  Baness consort of Bosnia
1283–1314  | Vacant

Title next held by

Elizabeth of Kuyavia

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Nemanjić dynasty

Main ruling members|

* see family tree
* Stefan Nemanja
* Stefan the First-Crowned
* Vukan
* Radoslav
* Vladislav
* Uroš I
* Dragutin
* (Uroš II) Milutin
* (Uroš III) Dečanski
* (Uroš IV) Dušan
* Uroš V

Other ruling members|

* Đorđe
* Konstantin Tih
* Vladislav of Syrmia
* Stefan Konstantin
* John Uroš
* Simeon Uroš

Archbishops|

* Sava
* Sava II

Minor members|

* Vratislav
* Vratko
* Urošica
* Dmitar
* Stefan Vukanović
* Stefan Uroš of Pharsalos
* Desa

Female members|

* Komnena, Duchess of Kruja and Elbasan
* Brnjača
* Zorica
* Jelena, Princess of Bribir
* Elizabeth, Baness of Bosnia
* Ana-Neda, Empress of Bulgaria
* Teodora-Evdokija, Despotess
* Milica, Princess of Serbia
* Maria Angelina, Empress of Epirus
* Jelena Lazarević

Consorts|

* Anastasia
* Eudokia of Byzantium
* Anna Dandolo
* Anna Doukaina
* Beloslava of Bulgaria
* Helena of Anjou
* Catherine of Hungary
* Helena Doukaina Angelina
* Elizabeth of Hungary
* Anna Terter of Bulgaria
* Simonida of Byzantium
* Theodora Smilets of Bulgaria
* Maria Palaiologina
* Helena of Bulgaria
* Anna of Wallachia

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Kotromanić dynasty

Bans of Bosnia
(1254-1377)|

* Prijezda I
* Prijezda II
* Stephen I
* Stephen II
* Tvrtko I

Banesses of Bosnia|

* Elizabeth of Serbia
* Elizabeth of Kuyavia
* Dorothea of Bulgaria

Kings of Bosnia
(1377-1463)|

* Stephen Tvrtko I
* Stephen Dabiša
* Stephen Ostoja
* Stephen Ostojić
* Stephen Tvrtko II
* Stephen Thomas
* Stephen Tomašević

Queens of Bosnia|

* Dorothea of Bulgaria
* Helen of Bosnia
* Vitača
* Kujava Radinović
* Jelena Nelipić
* Dorothea Garai
* Vojača
* Katarina Kosača
* Jelena Branković

Other significant members|

* Vladislav Kotromanić
* Jelena Šubić
* Elizabeth, Queen of Hungary and Poland
* Catherine, Countess of Cilli
* Helen, Duchess of Troppau
* Maria, Countess of Helfenstein
* Radivoj Ostojić
* Catherine Tomašević
* Matija Sabančić

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