Kotroman
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Kotroman (born c. 1242, died 1316) ruled a territory in northern Bosnia from 1287 to 1316 as a vassal of Hungary. The Bosnian ruling dynasty Kotromanić is named after him, with his patronymic. He is also sometimes referred to as Stephen (Stjepan) Kotromanić or Stephen I Kotromanić, being the first of the Kotromans that was Stephanus, a ruler.
In 1284 he married Jelisaveta or Elisaveta of Serbia's ruling Nemanjic Dynasty, the daughter of Stefan Dragutin, Duke of Mačva, whose duchy included part of northeastern Bosnia (Soli and Usora) and part of northern Serbia.
He had four sons: Stephen Kotromanic, who succeeded him as ruler of the territory and later became Ban of Bosnia; Vladislav Kotromanic, the father of Tvrtko Kotromanic; Ninoslav; and another son; and two daughters, Katarina and Marija.