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Name: Banate of Bosnia

Type: Polity

Start: 1181 AD

End: 1377 AD

Nation: bosnia

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Was a medieval state, and the first form of the Bosnian state. In 1377, it was elevated to a kingdom. It was nominally under Hungarian sovereignty, but was independent in practice. It ended with its conquest by the Ottomans.

Establishment


  • January 1181: After the reign of Ban Kulin, rulers of Bosnia enjoyed virtual independence from Hungary.
  • Chronology


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    1. Crusades


    The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the Medieval period. The best known of these military expeditions are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291.

    1.1.Bosnian Crusade

    Was a Hungarian war of conquest against the Banate of Bosnia sanctioned as a crusade.

  • January 1236: In 1236, the Banate of Bosnia was targeted in a Hungarian war of conquest sanctioned as a crusade. This conflict involved King Bela IV of Hungary and Ban Matej Ninoslav of Bosnia, with the goal of expanding Hungarian territory and influence in the region.
  • February 1236: Ban Matej Ninoslav of Bosnia was able to retake control of Bosnia.

  • 2. Bosnian acquisition of Zahumlje


    King Bela IV of Hungary attacked the Serb Kingdom of Rascia of King Stefan Uroš I and conquered Zahumlje in 1254 which it gave to Prijezda's Bosnia.

  • January 1255: King Bela IV of Hungary attacked the Serb Kingdom of Rascia of King Stefan Uroš I and conquered Zahumlje in 1254 which it gave to Prijezda's Bosnia.

  • 3. War of Hum


    Was a war between the Banate of Bosnia under Stephen II Kotromanić and the Kingdom of Serbia under Stefan Dečanski Nemanjić.

  • January 1327: In 1326, Ban Stephen II attacked Serbia in a military alliance with the Republic of Ragusa and conquered Zahumlje.

  • 4. Dissolution of Serbia


    Dissolution of Serbia after the Battle of Maritsa between the Ottoman Empire and Serbia.

  • September 1371: After the dissolution of the Serbian Empire, the Vojinović family established a personal domain in 1371.
  • September 1371: The Banate of Bosnia was de facto indipendent after the Battle of Maritsa.
  • September 1371: After the Battle of Maritsa, Serbia fragmented into several successor states.

  • 5. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1197: Bulgarian conquests around 1196.

  • January 1201: During the reign of Hrvatinić family, since the beginning of 13th century, the territory of Donji Kraji included areas and parishes around Sana river, Glaž, to Grmeč mountain on the west and to the middle course of the Vrbas river on the east.

  • January 1256: The eventual peace between Hungary and the Serbs returned Zachlumia Serbia

  • January 1283: The territory of Syrmia became independent from the Kingdom of Hungary after the collapse of central power.

  • January 1324: During the civil war after Milutin's death, Serbia lost Zachlumia and Vidin. Zachlumia felt under Bosnian control.

  • January 1327: Ban Stephen II gained territories, expending his realm to the coast by annexing space between mouths of the Cetina and the Neretva rivers, and all in between Bosnia main proper and the coast, namely vast expanses of karst poljes of Livanjsko, Duvanjsko and Glamočko, which will from that point on be known as Završje, until territorial reconfiguration under Ottomans. .

  • January 1327: By 1326 Ban Stephen II attacked Serbia in a military alliance with the Republic of Ragusa and conquered Zahumlje, gaining more of Adriatic Sea coast.

  • January 1327: Ban also annexed towns and forts of Imotski, Livno, Duvno, Glamoč, Grahovo.

  • January 1327: The Bosnians occupied Makarska (Macarsca).

  • November 1350: In October the Serbian emperor invaded Hum, with an army said to be of 80,000 men, and successfully occupied part of the disputed territory.

  • January 1351: In 1350, during the reign of Serbian Emperor Stefan Dušan, the Serbs led a military campaign that resulted in the ravaging of the countryside. One of their armies reached the territories of Duvno and Cetina, causing destruction and chaos in the region.

  • January 1351: Imotski and Novi conquered by Serbian Empire.

  • December 1373: Prince Lazar and the king of Hungary formed a coalition agianst the Vojonovic domain and then divided the territory.

  • December 1373: Prince Lazar and the king of Hungary formed a coalition agianst the Vojonovic domain and then partitioned its territory.

  • October 1377: Tvrtko's coronation as king of Bosnia and Serbia was held in the fall of 1377 (probably 26 October, the feast day of Saint Demetrius), but there is no consensus as to where it took place.

  • Disestablishment


  • October 1377: Tvrtko's coronation as king of Bosnia and Serbia was held in the fall of 1377 (probably 26 October, the feast day of Saint Demetrius), but there is no consensus as to where it took place.
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