House of Kotromanic: Stephen Ii, Ban of Bosnia

Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Stephen Ii, Ban of Bosnia. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Stephen II (Bosnian and Croatian: Stjepan II Kotromani, Serbian: II ) was a Bosnian Ban from 1314, but in reality from 1322 to 1353 together with his brother, Vladislav in 1326-1353. He was the son of Bosnian Ban Stephen I Kotroman and Elizabeth, sister of King Stephen Vladislav II of Syrmia. Throughout his reign in the fourteenth century, Stephen ruled the lands from Sava to the Adriatic and from Cetina to Drina. He was a member of the House of Kotroman. He was buried in his Roman Catholic Franciscan church in Mile, near Visoko, Bosnia. When his father died in 1314 and Croatian Ban Mladen II ubi emerged as Count of Zadar, Princeps of Dalmatia and Second Bosnian Ban, Stephen's mother Elizabeth took him and his siblings and fled with them into exile to the Republic of Dubrovnik. Mladen was not popular in Bosnia and had fought bloody but losing wars against the Serbs of Rascia (led by King Stephen Uro II Milutin of Serbia), and the Venetians (to whom he lost Zadar in 1313), along with numerous inner opponents of his regime. Mladen came to the idea to impose Stjepan Kotromani as his vassal in Bosnia, for he was sure that he would be well accepted in Bosnia. The House of ubi, vengeful enemies of the House of Kotromani now became their protectors. Mladen decided to keep Stephen II under his firm grip and to use him to eradicate the Bosnian Church, so he arranged a marriage between Stephen and a Princess from the family of the Count Meinhard of Ortenburg that ruled in Carniola. The Pope was against the marriage since both families were of same German roots, but it would give Stephen certain advantages, so he convinced the Pope to allow it. Member of the ubi noble family, Mladen II ubi was a Ban...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=46231