List of rulers of Bosnia
# List of rulers of Bosnia

This is a list of rulers of Bosnia, containing bans and kings of Medieval Bosnia.

## Duke (1082–1136)

| Picture | Name | House | Reign | Overlordship | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Stephen | | fl. 1082–1101 | Constantine BodinDuklja | Appointed ruler of Bosnia sometime between 1082-5 by King Constantine Bodin of Dioclea. |

## Bans (1136–1377)

| Picture | Name | House | Reign | Overlordship | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Conquered by Béla II of Hungary in 1136; Ladislaus II of Hungary first held the title Duke of Bosnia 1137–1154 ||||||
| | Borić | Boričević | 1154–1163 | Beloš (1154–1158) Géza II (1158–1162) Stephen IV (1162–1163)Hungary | |
| 1167: Bosnia claimed by the Byzantine Empire ||||||
| 1180s: Bosnia claimed by the Kingdom of Hungary ||||||
| | Kulin | Kulinić | 1180–1204 | Manuel I Comnenus (1180–1183) Byzantine Emeric I (1183–1204) Hungary | |
| | Stephen | Kulinić | 1204–1232 | | |
| | Matej Ninoslav | | 1232–1253 | | |
| | Prijezda I | Kotromanić | 1254–1287 | Michael of Bosnia (1262–1266) Béla of Macsó (1266–1272) Stephen Gutkeled (1272–1273) | |
| | Prijezda II | Kotromanić | 1287–1290 | | |
| | Stephen I | Kotromanić | 1287–1314 | | In 1299, Paul I Šubić of Bribir took the title "lord of Bosnia" (Bosniae dominus) and named his brother Mladen I Šubić of Bribir as the Bosnian ban. From 1299 until 1304 Mladen I was at war with Stephen I. |
| | Paul | Šubić | 1305–1312 | | In 1305, Paul I Šubić took the title "lord of Bosnia" (Bosniae dominus). |
| | Mladen II | Šubić | 1312–1322 | | Paul's eldest son Mladen II Šubić of Bribir was Lord of Bosnia from 1312–1322. In 1314, Mladen II appoints Stephen II Kotromanić, his former enemy, as vassal in Bosnia. |
| | Stephen II | Kotromanić | 1322–1353 | | |
| | Tvrtko I | Kotromanić | 1353–1366 | | |
| | Vuk | Kotromanić | 1366–1367 | | |
| | Tvrtko I | Kotromanić | 1367–1377 | | |

## Kings and queen (1377–1463)

All Bosnian kings added the honorific Stephen to their baptismal name upon accession.

| Name | Birth | Marriage(s) | Death |
| - | - | - | - |
| Tvrtko I 26 October 1377 – 10 March 1391 | 1338 son of Vladislav Kotromanić and Jelena Šubić | Dorothea of Bulgaria Ilinci 8 December 1374 no children | 10 March 1391 aged 53 |
| Dabiša 10 March 1391 – 8 September 1395 | after 1339 illegitimate son of Vladislav Kotromanić | Jelena Gruba one daughter | 8 September 1395 Kraljeva Sutjeska |
| Jelena Gruba 8 September 1395 – 1398 | born to the House of Nikolić | Stephen Dabiša one daughter | after 1399 |
| Stephen Ostoja 1398–1404 1409–1418 | illegitimate son of Vladislav Kotromanić or Tvrtko I | (1) Vitača no children (2) Kujava one son (3) Jelena Nelipčić no children | after 23 March 1418 |
| Stephen Ostojić 1418–1420 | son of Stephen Ostoja and Kujava | never married | 1421 |
| Tvrtko II 1404–1409 1420 – November 1443 | illegitimate son of Tvrtko I | Dorothy Garai no children | November 1443 |
| Radivoj anti-king 1432–1435 | illegitimate son of Stephen Ostoja | Catherine of Velika three sons | June 1463 |
| Stephen Thomas 1443 – 10 July 1461 | illegitimate son of Stephen Ostoja | (1) Vojača one son (2) Katarina Kosača two children | 10 July 1461 |
| Stephen Tomašević 10 July 1461 – 5 June 1463 | son of Stephen Thomas and Vojača | Jelena Branković Smederevo 1 April 1459 no children | 5 June 1463 beheaded |

### Pretenders and titular kings

| Nominal |||
| - | - | - |
| Nicholas of Ilok | "King of Bosnia" (1471–1477) | appointed by the King of Hungary |
| Matthias of Bosnia (House of Kotromanić) | "King of Bosnia" (1465–1471) | son of Radivoj of Bosnia, appointed by the Sultan |
| Matija Vojsalić (House of Hrvatinić) | "King of Ottoman Bosnia" (1472–1476) | appointed by the Sultan, removed for conspiring against the Ottomans |
