Elizabeth of Serbia

Elizabeth of Serbia (Bosnian: Elizabeta/Елизабета, Serbian: Jelisaveta/Јелисавета; fl. 1270 — d. 1331)^[1] was Baness of Bosnia by her marriage to Stephen I, Ban of Bosnia.

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:

• Stephen II (b. 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 (b. ca. 1288 in Jajce), whose daughter was Mary, Countess of Helfenstein
• Miroslav
• Katarina (Catherine, b. ca. 1294 in Bribir–1355), who married Nikola of Hum before 1338, with issues Vladislav and Bogiša
• Marija (Mary, b. ca. 1308), who married Ludovik
• possibly, a son (b. ca. 1300–d. ca 1331)

After her husband's death in 1314, Elizabeth briefly ruled as regent^[2] for her eldest son, Stephen II. According to a 1601 source whose reliability is unknown, Elizabeth fled to the Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik).^[3] 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.

Ancestry

References

1. ↑ Jelisaveta Nemanja
2. ↑ Jelisaveta of Serbia Regent of Bosnia, Genealogics - Leo van de Pas
3. ↑ Cawley, Charles, Serbia, Medieval Lands, Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ,
4. ↑ Ancestors of Elisabeth of Serbia

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 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, Lady of Zeta; Grand Duchess of Hum
Consorts	Anastasia Eudokia Angelina Anna Dandolo Anna Doukaina Beloslava of Bulgaria Helen of Anjou Catherine of Hungary Helena Doukaina Angelina Elizabeth of Hungary Ana Terter Simonida Theodora Smilets Maria Palaiologina Helena of Bulgaria Anna of Wallachia

Kotromanić dynasty
Bans of Bosnia (1254–1377)	Prijezda I Prijezda II Stephen I Stephen II Tvrtko I
Banitsas 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 Dorothy Garai Vojača Katarina Kosača Jelena Branković
Other significant members	Catherine, Baness of Croatia 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

External links

• Cawley, Charles, Medieval Lands: Elizabeth of Serbia, Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy