Elizabeth of Serbia
Elizabeth of Serbia was Baness of Bosnia by her marriage to Stephen I, Ban of Bosnia. Elizabeth briefly ruled as regent for her eldest son, Stephen II, in 1314.
Family
Elizabeth was a daughter of King Stefan Dragutin of the Nemanjić dynasty. Her mother was Catherine of Hungary. Elizabeth was the second of four children; her brother was Vladislav II of Syrmia.Life
After 1283, she married Stephen I Kotroman, Ban of Bosnia. Dragutin had already controlled two banates in Bosnia: Usora and Soli and Kotroman immediately fell under his influence – many of his acts were of Dragutin's command. The marriage was political and arranged by Ban Prijezda II who had attempted to forge an alliance with Stephen Dragutin.Elizabeth and Stephen had at least six children, all of whom are believed to have lived to adulthood:
- Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia, whose daughter was Elizabeth, Queen of Hungary and Poland
- Vladislav, co-regent, whose son was Tvrtko I, the first King of Bosnia
- Ninoslav, whose daughter was Mary, Countess of Helfenstein
- Miroslav
- Katarina, who married Nikola of Hum before 1338, with issues Vladislav and Bogiša
- Marija, who married Ludovik
- possibly, a son