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COAT OF ARMS
DETAILS
This
family left many documents and things with their
coat of arms on it but almost every member of
the family modified it. Yellow lily flowers on
blue background symbolize that this family was
subdued to Hungarian royal house - even Stefan
Lazarevic
from time to time added lily flowers to his coat
of arms when he was close to the king of
Hungary. |
The
Bosnian family of Kotromanics lived and ruled the
areas of Bosnia and later parts of Serbia and Hungary
(Croatia) from the 13th century until their state was
overrun by the Turks.
Stefan
Tvrtko I was Bosnian chief duke from 1353 to 1377 when
he was crowned as the king of Serbia too in the
monastery of Mileseva. He adopted the Nemanjics'
tradition and took over the name of "Stefan" since he
wanted to emphasize his direct family ties with the
royal house of Nemanjic. After his death in 1371 many
family members claimed the throne and surprisingly, he
was succeeded by Stefan Dubisa, man who was a
Kotromanic but it is still unclear whose son he was.
Nevertheless,
Dubisa's grandson, Stefan Tomasevic, was the last
ruler of Bosnia and he defended his state when the
Turks finally decided to conquer it. Stefan Tomasevic
was proclaimed "Bosnia's king" by the pope Pie II in
1461. He surrendered to the Turks who previously
promised him that "no harm will be done against him"
but he was beheaded. With his head, Bosnian state was
lost too and his underage children, Sigismund and
Katarina were converted to Islam.
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