Elizabeth of Serbia

Elizabeth of Serbia
Baness consort of Bosnia
Tenure	1283–1314
Born	1270
Died	c. 1331
Spouse	Stephen I, Ban of Bosnia
Issue	Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia Vladislaus, Ninoslaus, Catherine Mary Miroslaus
House	Nemanjić dynasty
Father	Stephen Dragutin of Serbia
Mother	Catherine of Hungary

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

Ancestors of Elisabeth of Serbia [4]

16. Stefan Nemanja               8. Stefan Nemanjić                       17. Ana               4. Stephen Uroš I of Serbia                             18. Rainero Dandolo               9. Anna Dandolo                       2. Stephen Dragutin of Serbia                                   5. Helen of Anjou                             1. Elisabeth of Serbia                                         24. Andrew II of Hungary               12. Béla IV of Hungary                       25. Gertrude of Merania               6. Stephen V of Hungary                             26. Theodore I Laskaris               13. Maria Laskarina                       27. Anna Angelina               3. Catherine of Hungary                                   14. Köten                       7. Elizabeth the Cuman

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

External links

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