Mladen III Šubić of Bribir

Mladen III Šubić of Bribir
Gravestone in the Trogir Cathedral.
Predecessor	Mladen II
Successor	Jelena Šubić
Reign	1315 - 1348
House	House of Šubić
Father	George II
Born	Croatia
Burial	Trogir Cathedral

Mladen III Šubić of Bribir (Croatian: Mladen III Šubić Bribirski) (c. 1315 – Trogir, 1 May 1348) was a member of the Croatian Šubić noble family, who ruled from Klis Fortress. He was in possession of Klis, Omiš and Skradin.^[1]

Family Connections

Mladen III Šubić was (probably oldest) son of Juraj II Šubić and grandson of Pavao I Šubić Bribirski, who was the most powerful Croatian noble at the end of 13th century and beginning of the 14th century.

Mladen III Šubić had two children.

• Mladen IV Šubić
• Katharina Šubić of Croatia (? –1358) who married Duke of Legnica-Brzeg Bolesław III the Generous in 1326.

Ruler

Mladen III ruled from Klis Fortress from 1330–1348, and was named ("shield of the Croats") by the people. He was the famous Šubić from Klis, where he married his sister Jelena Šubić (died c. 1378) to Regent of Bosnia Vladislav Kotromanić. Jelena Šubić give brith to the first Bosnian King Tvrtko I. However, Mladen III Šubić regardless of the diplomatic success could not save Šubić family from fall, because he was almost only one left to defend it. Before the death he married Jelena, half-sister of the Serbian ruler Dušan, but even this relationship couldn't help Šubić's family.

Dux Mladen III Šubić died in 1348, from the plague, and is buried in the Cathedral of St. Lawrence in Trogir.

The Aftermath

Mladen III Šubić ruled from Klis Fortress.

After Mladen III Šubić Bribirski death, arise great political and military struggle for control over Klis Fortress.

• Catherine Dandolo the wife of Pavao III Šubić wanted fortress for Venetians,
• Jelena Šubić (Nemanjić) (his wife-widow) wanted fortress for her half-brother Đušan of Serbia,
• Jelena Šubić (his sister) wanted fortress for her son Tvrtko I of Bosnia.

After several diplomatic games and battles between the armies, Klis became again the city of Croatian-Hungarian king Louis I of Hungary (Ludovik I. Anžuvinac).

Titles

• Prince of Klis, Skradin and Omiš
• marquis of Croatia (from 1348)

See also

• Šubić
• Klis Fortress

References

1. ^ Fine, John Van Antwerp (1994). The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. Michigan: The University of Michigan Press. p. 340. ISBN 0472082604, 0472100793. 

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Name	Subic, Mladen 3
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Place of birth	Croatia
Date of death	1348
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