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Stephen II ( Serbo-Croatian: Стефан II / Stjepan II) was the Bosnian Ban from 1314, but in reality from 1322 to 1353 together with his brother, Vladislav Kotromanić in 1326–1353. He was the son of Bosnian Ban Stephen I Kotromanić and Elizabeth, sister of King Stefan Vladislav II.
Stephen II Kotromanić of Bosnia (Bosnian and Serbian Stjepan II Kotromanić, Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан II Котроманић), nicknamed the Devil's Student was a Bosnian Ban. from 1322, until 1353 sharing some authority with his brother, Prince Vladislav.
31 mar 2024 · In the east, Serbia found itself in the midst of fighting for the throne of brothers Milutin and Dragutin, which the Bosnian ban used to expand Bosnian territory. Using the new situation, Ban Stephen II managed to expand its territories within a few years.
Ban Stephen II played Venice and Hungarian kings against each other, slowly ruling more and more independently and soon initiated a conspiracy with some members of the Croatian and Hungarian nobility against his Hungarian liege and father-in-law.
Documented changes are evident with the Bosnian ban that was to found of a more cohesive medieval state, Stjepan (pr. STYE-pahn) II Kotromanic.
In 1299, Paul I Šubić of Bribir took the title "lord of Bosnia" (Bosniae dominus) and named his brother Mladen I Šubić of Bribir as the Bosnian ban. From 1299 until 1304 Mladen I was at war with Stephen I.
The House of ubi, vengeful enemies of the House of Kotromani now became their protectors. Mladen decided to keep Stephen II under his firm grip and to use him to eradicate the Bosnian Church, so he arranged a marriage between Stephen and a Princess from the family of the Count Meinhard of Ortenburg that ruled in Carniola.
