Stephen Ostoja of Bosnia - Family Connections

Family Connections

He was a member of the House of Kotromanić, son of Tvrtko and grandson of Vladislav of Kotroman and his wife, Jelena Šubić from the Croatian noble Šubić family. When duke Hrvoje Vukčić in 1416 died, King Ostoja divorced his old wife Kujava from the house of Radenović and married Hrvoje's widow Jelena Nelipčić the next year. Jelena Nelipčić was the sister of Prince Ivan III Nelipac from the Croatian noble Nelipić (Nelipac) family. That way Ostoja inherited most of Hrvoje's lands.

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