- Stjepan Tomaš Kotromanić
Stjepan Tomaš Kotromanić (
Cyrillic :Томашь), first name also rendered Stipan, Stefan, and Stephen, from Latin "Stephanus", ruled from1443 to1461 as „By the grace of God, King of theSerbs :Rascia ,Bosnia , the Seaside, the Hum Land,Dalmatia ,Croatia , the Western Lands, the Lower Edges, Usora, Soli and the Drina.“.After the death of king
Tvrtko II , Tomaš took the throne. He is known to have had a wifeVojača , a commoner he had promised to marry. After his enthronement, it became clear that she was unsuited to be a queen. Because of this he sought outPope Eugene IV , who absolved the marriage and declared Tomaš to be the legitimate king of Bosnia onMay 29 ,1445 .Tomaš soon made peace with
Stjepan Vukčić Kosača , a powerful noble ruling today'sHerzegovina region. The king was now searching for a new wife, and decided to marry Vukčić's daughterKatarina Kosača-Kotromanić , which brought some political stability to the kingdom. They were married onMay 26 1446 inMilodraža nearFojnica . The couple had three children: Katarina, Sigismund, and another son about whom very little is known. Stjepan Tomaš died in 1461. He was succeeded by his son from his first marriage,Stjepan Tomašević . Tomašević recognized Katarina as queen mother, and she continued to live at the royal dwellings atBobovac andKraljeva Sutjeska .See also
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List of rulers of Bosnia
*List of Bosnians and Herzegovinians
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