Tvrtko I of Bosnia
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Stephen Tvrtko I was the first king of Bosnia. A member of the House of Kotromanić, he succeeded his uncle Stephen II as the ban of Bosnia in 1353. As he was a minor at the time, Tvrtko's father, Vlad
Seal of King Tvrtko I
Fortress of Novi, built by Tvrtko I in 1382, with its newly founded port immediately became an economic hub of the kingdom.
Monument at Central Park of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2012.
Monument at Herceg Novi, Montenegro, 2013.
Kingdom of Bosnia
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The Kingdom of Bosnia, or Bosnian Kingdom, was a medieval kingdom that lasted for nearly a century, from 1377 to 1463, and evolved out of the Banate of Bosnia, which itself lasted from at least 1154.
Coin of Tvrtko II
Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić, depicted in Hrvoje's Missal
Weapons of Medieval Bosnian kingdom
Stjepan Tomašević, the last Bosnian king, by Jacopo Bellini