Regents of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia was a remote mountain area, which for a long time managed to preserve its freedom from foreign rulers. It was however conquered by Hungary 1137 and was then ruled by so called bans. But even after this was Bosnia practically an autonomous region and became later more and more independent. This process was completed with the coronation of Tvertko I to king 1377. The Bosnian kingdom experienced a brief period of greatness until it was conquered by the Ottoman Empire 1463. Thereafter was Bosnia together with Herzegovina (the southern corner of the present day republic) an Ottoman province, which 1878 came under Austrian control and after the First World War was part of Yugoslavia until it became independent 1992.

1083-1091 1091-1137 1137	Stefan (subject to the king of Zeta) Ruled by local leaders Conquered by Hungary
Bans under Hungarian Supremacy
1154-1163 1163-1172 1172-1204 1204-1232 1232-1250 1235-1240 1250-1287 1287-1290 1287-1313 1299-1304 1304-1322 1314-1353 1353-1366 1366-67, 1370 1367-1377	Boric Occupied by the Byzantine Empire Kulin Stefan Mateja Ninoslav Sibislav Prijezda I Kotromanić (also 1239-1241) Prijezda II Kotromanić Stefan I Kotromanić Mladen I Subić Mladen II Subić Stefan II Kotromanić Stefan Tvrtko I Kotromanić Stefan Vuk Kotromanić Stefan Tvrtko I (restored)
Kingdom of Bosnia
1377-1391 1391-1395 1395-1398 1398-1404 1404-1408 1408-1418 1418-1420 1420-1433 1433-1435 1435-1443 1443-1461 1443-1444 1443-1446 1461-1463 1463-1908 1878-1908 1908-1918 1918-1941 1941-1945 1945-1992 1992-	Stefan Tvrtko I (same as above) Stefan Dabisa Jelena Gruba Stefan Ostoja Hristić Tvertko II Tvertković Stefan Ostoja Hristić (restored) Stefan Ostojović Tvertko II Tvertković (restored) Radivoj Ostojović Tvertko II Tvertković (re-restored) Stefan Tomas Ostojović Ulrih Celjski Radivoj Ostojović (restored) Stefan Tomasević ( = 1457) Part of the Ottoman Empire Occupied by Austria-Hungary Part of Austria-Hungary Part of Yugoslavia Part of Croatia Part of Yugoslavia Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The origin of Herzegovina was the small principality of Zahumlje (also called Hum). I changed hands between Duklja (Montenegro) and Serbia before it became a part of Bosnia in the 14th century. Herzegovina got its present name because of its ruler, who rebelled against the Bosnian king, chose to style himself as a "hercog" (duke). The name Herzegovina actually means "the duchy". The period of independence was however brief and it was conquered by the Ottoman Empire 1481. Since 1853 have Herzegovina been included in the name of the Ottoman province of Bosnia and its successors of which the modern republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina is included.