Background
Elizabeth was the daughter of King Stephen Dragutin of Serbia of the Nemanjić dynasty. Her mother was Catherine of Hungary.
Elizabeth was the daughter of King Stephen Dragutin of Serbia of the Nemanjić dynasty. Her mother was Catherine of Hungary.
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"s father). Elizabeth and Stephen had at least six children, all of whom are believed to have lived to adulthood:
Stephen II (b 1292), Ban of Bosnia, whose daughter was Elizabeth, Queen of Hungary and Poland
Vladislav (1295–1354), co-regent, whose son was Tvrtko I, the first King of Bosnia
Ninoslav (b ca 1288 in Jajce), whose daughter was Mary, Countess of Helfenstein
Miroslav
Katarina (Catherine, b ca 1294 in Bribir–1355), who married Nikola of Hum before 1338, with issues Vladislav and Bogiša
Marija (Mary, b ca 1308), who married Ludovik
possibly, a son (b ca 1300–d ca 1331)
According to a 1601 source whose reliability is unknown, Elizabeth fled to the Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik). and died around 1331.
Upon extinction of the Nemanjić dynasty, Elizabeth"s grandson Tvrtko, Ban of Bosnia, had himself crowned King of Bosnia and King of Serbia based on his descent from Elizabeth.
Elizabeth was great-grandmother to Jadwiga of Poland and Mary of Hungary.