Tenure 1283–1314 Spouse Ban of Bosnia Name Elizabeth Serbia | Died c. 1331 | |
House Kotromanic dynasty (by marriage)Nemanjic dynasty (by birth) Father Stephen Dragutin of Serbia Children Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia, Vladislav of Bosnia Parents Stefan Dragutin of Serbia, Catherine of Hungary, Queen of Serbia Grandchildren Elizabeth of Bosnia, Tvrtko I of Bosnia, Dabisa of Bosnia, Catherine of Bosnia, Countess of Cilli Cousins Stefan Decanski, Stefan Konstantin, Zorica, Ana-Neda Similar People Stefan Dragutin of Serbia, Elizabeth of Bosnia, Tvrtko I of Bosnia | ||
Elizabeth of Serbia (Bosnian: Elizabeta/Елизабета, Serbian: Jelisaveta/Јелисавета; fl. 1270 — died 1331) was Baness of Bosnia by her marriage to Stephen I, Ban of Bosnia.
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Family
Elizabeth was the daughter of King Stephen Dragutin of Serbia 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
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:
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.