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Katarina, Bosnian Queen
Katarina was the daughter of Duke Stjepan Vukčić Kosača and Jelena, a princess of the Zeta ruling family of Balšić. As the eldest child of this married couple, she was born in August 1425 at the earliest. There is little information available about Katarina’s...
Mara, Queen of Bosnia
Mara, also known as Jelena, was the daughter of despot Lazar and granddaughter of despot Đurađ Branković. Her mother was Helene Palaiologos, daughter of Morea’s despot Thomas Palaiologos. She was born around 1447 as the first child from their marriage. She had...
Jelena, Queen of Bosnia
Jelena came from the Nelipčić kindred, who ruled the Cetinje county. She was the daughter of Duke Ivan II Nelipčić and Margareta from the famous Merini noble family from Split. Her brother was the famous Price of Cetinje Ivaniš Nelipčić. She was the wife of the...
Jelena, wife of Sandelj Hranić Kosača
Jelena was the third daughter of Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović and Princess Milica of the Serbian ruling family of Nemanjić. It is most likely that she was born in 1365 or 1366, perhaps in Prilepec near Novo Brdo. Her childhood is not well documented, as is the case with...
Queen Jelena (1395-1398)
The death of King Stjepan Dabiša on September 8, 1395 left an open question regarding the succession to the Bosnian throne. According to the decisions of the Treaty of Đakovo concluded in July 1394, after Dabiša’s death, if he died without male descendants, the...