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Stephen Ostoja of Bosnia
King of Bosnia from 1398 to 1404 and again from 1409 to 1418, supported or deposed according to the alliances of the great Bosnian magnates and pressure from Hungary.
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Key details
Birth: 1370 Approximate
Death: 1418 Pending review
Role: King
Dynasty: Kotromanić · ES
Territories: Bosnia (ES)
Recorded governments and reigns
King · Bosnia · Reign Documented1398–1404Effective rule
King · Bosnia · Reign Pending review1409–1418Effective rule
Recorded relationships
Children
Evidence for this profile
4 recorded claims · 3 without a claim-specific source. Context references do not by themselves verify every fact.
Dates (0/2 with a precise source)
- BirthApproximate
1370
A precise source has not yet been added. - DeathPending review
1418
A precise source has not yet been added.
Governments (1/2 with a precise source)
- GovernmentDocumented
King · Bosnia · 1398–1404
Effective mandate at annual scale; the source for the office does not certify every cartographic boundary.Hrvatska enciklopedija · Bosna i Hercegovina · Medieval history: core in the Bosna valley; separation of Usora/Soli in 1253; expansion in 1324; acquisition between the Drina and Lim in 1373.Hrvatski biografski leksikon · Kotromanići · Prijezda I: Bosnia and Donji Kraji; Stjepan II: expansion in 1324; Tvrtko I: crisis of 1366–1369 and partition in 1373. - GovernmentPending review
King · Bosnia · 1409–1418
A precise source has not yet been added.
Editorial history
- 2026-10-12 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-08 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-03 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-09-30 · The duchy is limited to Dijon and Autun; each other fief now enters the map only under its dated ruler. John III of Namur and the Nevers/Rethel branch were added. The previous shape combined later counties and unrelated lands as if all belonged to the duchy from 1363.
- 2026-09-28 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
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