Person

Stephen II Kotromanić

d. 1353 · 14th century

Stephen II Kotromanić was ban of Bosnia from 1322 to 1353. He enlarged the banate greatly, taking Hum (Zachlumia) around 1326 and lands towards the Adriatic, and sold Ston and Pelješac to Ragusa in 1333. He welcomed the Franciscans, and his daughter Elizabeth married Louis I of Hungary.

Stephen II Kotromanić
Image: Denkmäler der Kunst in Dalmatien, Herausgegeben von Georg Kowalczyk, mit einer Einleitung von Cornelius Gurlitt.; Autor Georg Kowalczyk 1909 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 2 state histories

ZachlumiaBanate of Bosnia

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